Will was a founding Partner at the Spatial Harmonics Group where he wore many hats during production. Will developed bidding structures, produced VFX work, established production pipelines and CG supervised the commercial and feature work on the floor.
Will is currently freelancing R&D FX and Lighting for film, commercial and new product work.
Work Experience
June 2013-Present | WillAnimate | Owner | Freelancing VFX for Film, Commercials and Games |
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Sept 2012-March 2013 | Eclipse VFX | Operations Director | Will oversaw the merging operations of EclipseFX Studio (Beijing) and SHG into Eclipse VFX (now Phenom Films). He focused on production, distributed pipelining and rigging. |
Aprl 2010-March 2012 | Spatial Harmonics Group | CG Supervisor, Etc | As a partner at SHG Will provided VFX Producing, CG Supervision, Lead FX, Pipeline/IT dev, R&D, Business Strategy and Management to a team of 5-20 artists. |
Jan-Feb 2010 | Cafe FX | FX TD | A brief stint as an FX TD, Will helped Cafe wrap the "Alice in Wonderland" feature. |
Jan-Aug 2009 | Uncharted Territory | FX Artist | Provided FX animation for the Roland Emmerich feature "2012" |
June 2004-Dec 2008 | Inhance Digital | CG Lead | Provided Lead Animation, project management and supervision for TV and corporate clients. Clients included NASA, Boeing, Cisco, CBS, Intel, BAE Systems, and the Discovery Channel. |
Mar 1998-May 2004 | Triplehelix, Inc | Owner | Provided design, 3D animation, Ad layout, real-time modeling and web design. |
May 1995-Feb 1998 | Aneiva, Inc | Partner, Creative Dir | Wrote, Produced and Directed a staff of 8-10 through the production of the "Cydonia" (aka "Lightbringer") 3D adventure game. |
Feb 1993-Jan 1995 | Trilobyte, Inc | Animator, etc | Provided VO and live-action performance, 3D sets and CG animation for a number of game titles such as "The 7th Guest" and "The 11th Hour". |