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About Me<\/span><\/h1>\n

Taken from my linkedin<\/a>.. yes, this is corny as hell, but that’s me in a nutshell.<\/p>\n

The year is 1999, a tall, gangly 15 year old boy is sitting in a tiny dark theatre in a small town.<\/p>\n

As the film projector whirred and bright lights filled the room his eyes lit up even brighter, bedazzled by the spectacle before him.<\/p>\n

When he emerged from that theatre, he new exactly what wanted. He wanted to be a part of that. He was hooked on Movie Magic.<\/p>\n

That boy was me, and the film? Star Wars: Phantom Menace. Am I ashamed to admit that? Hell no. Pod Racers are totally rad.<\/p>\n

Since then, I’ve worked on productions big and small, from the billion dollar juggernaut to the indie music video and many in between. I’ve also co-supervised and mentored students in numerous award winning student films.<\/p>\n

I’m currently at Weta Digital in Wellington New Zealand, where I work as a Lead Technical Director in the Motion Research and Development Department.<\/p>\n

Our department is responsible for the Motion Pipeline and we provide artist tooling and support for the Motion Realm (Motion Edit, Animation, Facial Motion, Previs and Crowds).<\/p>\n

I’m a skilled problem solver, and pride myself in being able to spot and mitigate risks; and tackle large problems strategically.<\/p>\n

I’m a pretty good people person, I find I’m able to work well with most; although I do find it hard to work with big egos but hey, this is show business baby!<\/p>\n

I enjoy mentoring and fostering talent in others. This is something which came to light during my teaching years and again recently in my current Lead position.<\/p>\n

If I was able to choose my own title, it would probably be something corny like “Chief Problem Solver” or perhaps something more appropriate like “Digital Janitor”.<\/p>\n

If there is one thing I know, it’s that you can never stop learning. Even those at the top of their field are often only at the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n

I’m also quite passionate about Video Games and the Video Game industry, I like keeping up with current trends and see many Film VFX and Video Game workflows converging. I see this continuing as digital story telling and the technology that helps facilitate it continues to evolve.<\/p>\n

Although currently I’m in a more technical \/ development heavy role, I consider myself a 3D Generalist \/ Technical Artist. I really enjoy creating things from the ground up and watching things come to life. I also get great satisfaction creating tools that people enjoy using. It’s what has kept me hooked on this industry for so long.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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