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FILM
Features:	Production Designer	“Magic” (Animals Are People, Too) starring: Christopher Lloyd, Robert Davi, Sammi Henratty - a family adventure concerning a motherless little girl and the stray dog whose voice she hears
	Art Director	“AVA” (MTV Films) a surreal CGI and live action ‘war opera’ with Tom DeLonge’s (Blink-182) new band ‘Angels and Airwaves’
	Art Director (2nd Unit)	“An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus” (River Road Ent) dir: Steve Shainberg, starring: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr. – biopic of 50’s art photographer Diane Arbus
	Production Designer	“Out at the Wedding” (Goff-Kellam Productions) comedy - dir: Lee Friedlander, starring: Mike Farrell, Mink Stole, Reginald VelJohnson
	Art Director	“I Love Your Work” (Muse, ThinkFilm) thriller - dir: Adam Goldberg starring: Christina Ricci, Giovanni Ribisi, Franka Potente, Jason Lee
	Production Designer	“10th Amendment Project” (Studio Nelson) dir: Jennifer Nelson An experimental film study of the modern American marriage
	Art Director	“I’m Reed Fish” (Akiva Goldsman, Exec Prod) dir: Zachary Adler starring: Alexis Bledel, Jay Baruchel, DJ Qualls, Victor Rasuk
	Writer/Director	“Johnny Appleseed” (Graveyard Machine) live-action/animated feature in development, to be scored by Mark Mothersbaugh (in development)
Shorts:	Writer/Director	“The Letters” (Graveyard Machine) a chilling drama, based on the short story, "Suicides" by Ellen Gilcrest (in development)
	Production Designer	“Next Door” Kurt Vonnegut's short story of postwar 1949, a boy without a baby sitter for the first time
	Production Designer	“The Fortune Cookie” noirish story of contemporary youth and redemption
	Writer/Director	“The Firefly Man” (Graveyard Machine) celebrated animation fable screened at Telluride – airing on Sundance Channel and AtomFilms
	Production Designer	“Yeti Vengeance” (Wallace-Whayne Productions) 80’s horror spoof set in 1981 -- dir: George Maranville, starring: John Sanderford
	Production Designer	“Snapdragon” (Fox SearchLab) romantic comedy short, dir: Robert Byington, starring: Michael Panes and Laura Harris
	Production Designer	“Extra Ordinary” (Independent Voices) dir: John Wellford, period dramatic comedy concerning a former child star on the lam
	Prop Sculptor	“Apocalypse Oz” (Bradley Films) surrealist short film combining the stories and motifs of The Wizard of Oz and Apocalypse Now
	Production Designer	“The Crone” (Robert/Corey Productions) dramatic period short, written and designed in the styles of Poe and Edward Gorey
TELEVISION
Series:	Art Director	“Simple Life 3: Interns” (Bunim-Murray) FOX Television
	Art Director	“College Hill 3” (Edmonds Entertainment) BET Network
	Art Director	“Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models” (Pariah) NBC Network
	Art Director	“College Hill 2” (Edmonds Entertainment) BET Network
	Art Director	“Fraternity Life: Santa Cruz” (MTV Networks)
Music Videos:	Art Director	Ringside: “Tired of Being Sorry” (Geffen Records) boxing motif dir: Joaquin Phoenix, starring Scott Thomas and Balthazar Getty
	Production Designer	The Procussions: “The Storm” (Basementalism Records) rap trio builds a time machine in the basement of a high rise
	Writer/Director	Salon K: “Hearts-a-Breakin” (Introducing) performer depicted in varied motifs: Speakeasy, Calypso, Radio City Hall, and Gypsy Pop
Commercials:	Production Designer	“Substance Hostage” (Drug and Alchohol Awareness Campaign)
	Production Designer	“Wheelbarrow” (Drug and Alcohol Awareness Campaign)
	Production Designer	Guster: “Keep It Together” (album promo for MTV - 50’s schoolroom)
	Art Director	“Flood” (multi-million dollar special fx spot for SAS – Magritte motif)
	Art Director	“Harvest” (additional special fx spot for SAS – HG Wells motif)
	Art Director	“Scooby-Doo: The Game” (WB promo spot for character video game)
PRINT
	Art Director	“South Park Moguls" Fortune Magazine: Trey Parker and Matt Stone in sendups of 80's executive portraits
	Art Director	"Isolation" Newsweek cover: too busy for family or friends, a man throws himself a birthday party
	Art Director	"The Nine" Entertainment Weekly: ABC's new fall series promo with Scott Wolfe, Tim Daly, Chi McBride, and Kim Raver
	Art Director	“Keane" Blender Magazine: UK poprockers catch fish from the rooftop pool of a swanky Hollywood hotel
	Art Director	"The Game" XXL Magazine cover: Rapper, The Game, as a 40's gangster
	Art Director	“Walking the Line: Joaquin Phoenix” (20th Century Fox promo spread as Johnny Cash -- with prison, hotel room, and diner sets)
	Art Director	“Green Day” (Rockers play a recycled cardboard band set in a forest – for Flaunt Magazine’s Green Issue)
	Art Director	“Michelle Kwan” (Winter Olympics promo spread set in faux ice cave)
	Art Director	“Caribbean Cruise Lines” (miniatures set of Battleship board game)
	Art Director	“Imaginasium” (Sundance for Kids video game promo)
	Art Director	“Alcatel Business Systems” (series of ads with fairy tale motifs)
	Art Director	“Cigar Classics” (series of ads for humidors in Cigar Aficionado)
	Art Director	“Harley Davidson” (series of ads for motorcycles in varied settings)
	Art Director	“Food For Thought” (painting commissions for Omni Magazine’s healthy eating series)
	Staff Writer/ Illustrator	The Independent Weekly (tri-city arts and entertainment publication in NC: featured arts reviewer and commissioned illustrator)
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
1997 - 2001	Art Director	Alternate Route Studios NC-based production facilities specializing in CGI, set design, and model-making for high-end television commercials, multi-million dollar theatrical productions, and national branding campaigns. Responsibilities on various award-winning projects included: management of scenic staff and animators/editors, conceptual pitches with clients, mockup designs for CAD illustrators, storyboarding, production drawing, model-making, and set design. Partial client list: Red Storm Entertainment, Warner Bros Games, The North Carolina Ballet and Symphony, SAS Institute, BKN, Hardee’s.
1995 – 1997	Founder/Director	Bluebower Design Group (NC-based design team for commissioned projects ranging from a children’s hospital and numerous regional fine-dining restaurants to professional photography sets for print advertising. Management of creative and financial aspects as well as all key crew within 3,000 sq ft office and warehouse facilities.
1994 – 2001	Visual Artist	Critically lauded fine artist exhibitions throughout the Southeast – several series of works in various mediums: installation, sculpture, painting, photography, and performance art. Reviewed in numerous regional and national publications including Art Papers magazine.

		References available upon request.