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Shader Writing
The Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions © 2003 Warner Bros.
- Shader Writing and Look Development on all of the tunnels.
Toy Story 2 © 1999 Disney/Pixar
- Shaded about 20 props and some characters. Textures were mainly procedural.
A Bug's Life © 1998 Disney/Pixar
- Shaded about 20 props and some characters. Textures were mainly procedural.
It's Tough to be a Bug © 1997 Disney/Pixar
- Lead Technical Director
- Work with Disney Theme Park Productions and Rhythm & Hues to make the Stereo Optic film that is being shown in the "Tree of Life" theater in Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom.
- Animated, shaded, lit and rendered Flik and Hopper from "A Bug's Life" for compositing into Rhythm & Hues' CG backgrounds and secondary characters.
For the Birds © 2000 Disney/Pixar
- Academy Award winner "Best Animated Short Film" 2002
- Wrote shaders for all props.
- All texture painting on the birds.
Geri's Game © 1997 Disney/Pixar
- All texture painting and animated paint fixes.
