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Short Films

DEAR DEATH (2016)
Synopsis: A bipedal horse writes a letter to Death to make a change in his life.

Please watch the trailer below, or email me for a private link to the entire film.

DEAR DEATH contributions:
Script
Direction
Storyboards (TVPaint, Photoshop)
Animatic (Premiere)
Animation (TVPaint, After Effects)
Background painting (Photoshop)
Production management (Flix)
Sound design (Pro Tools)

Editing (Premiere)
Additional team members

DEAR DEATH awards:

​Blue Ribbon Winner, UCLA Director's Spotlight 2017
Spotlight Award,
 UCLA Director's Spotlight 2017
Myrl A. Schreibman Fellowship in Directing 2017
Special Commendation, Short Film: Portland Film Festival 2017

​Best Student Film, Phoenix Comicon 2017
Best of Show, UCLA Animation Festival 2016
Matt Groening Production Fellowship in Animation
Production grant, National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada

Best Animated Short, Benicia Film Festival 2017
​Honorable Mention, Festival Anim!Arte 2017
DEAR DEATH festivals:
Montreal International Festival of Animation 2016, Canada
Portland Film Festival 2017
San Francisco Independent Film Festival 2017
Animation Block Party 2017
​Bucheon International Animation Festival 2017, South Korea
Riverrun International Film Festival 2017

Phoenix Comicon 2017
Santa Fe Comic Con 2017

Comicpalooza 2017
​Albuquerque Comic Con 2018

Animation Nights New York 2017
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival 2017

Anim!Arte XIII: International Student Animation Festival 2017, Brazil
Ojai Film Festival 2017
Mendocino Film Festival 2017
UCLA MFA Director's Spotlight, Directors Guild of America 2017
Diamond in the Rough Festival 2017
​Benicia Film Festival 2017

First Step International Student Film Festival 2017, Albania
Hancheng International Short Film Festival 2017, China
Learning From Dying: Buddhist Understandings of Consciousness, a conference with Robert Thurman, 2017
Early Bird International Student Film Festival 2017, Bulgaria

HEADS OR TAILS (2015)
Synopsis: A lucky penny found on a beach catalyzes a romance that endures despite life's many curve balls.
HEADS OR TAILS contributions:
​Story (adapted from the song by Annie Award–winning composer Alexis Harte)
Direction
Storyboard (TVPaint, Photoshop)
P
roduction management
Animatic (Premiere)
Animation (TVPaint, After Effects)
Background painting (watercolor on paper)

Editing (Premiere)
HEADS OR TAILS awards:
Matt Groening Production Fellowship in Animation, 2014
Best Art Direction, UCLA Animation Festival 2014
Dreamweaver Award, Music Malt Festival
HEADS OR TAILS festivals:
Sansueña Festival - Madrid 2018
Comic-Con International - San Diego 2016
WonderCon - Los Angeles 2016

Providence Children's Film Festival 2016
Mendocino Film Festival 2015
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival 2015
San Jose International Short Film Festival 2015
Athens Animfest 2015
​Music Malt 2015
Anim!Arte 2014

ROBIN (2013)
Synopsis: A lonely business traveler encounters a robin who entices him into a dream world within San Francisco.
ROBIN contributions:
Original song (learn more)
Direction
Storyboard (Pencil on paper)
Production management
Animatic (Premiere)
Animation (Pencil on paper)
Ink and paint (Photoshop)
ROBIN festivals:
2D Or Not 2D Drawtastic Festival 2016
Sound Unseen Music Film Festival 2015

Croq'Anime Festival du Film d'Animation de Paris 2014


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  • Home
  • About
    • Biography
    • Experience
    • Press
  • Editorial Cartoons
  • Stewball Comics
    • Stewball: Play Date
    • Stewball: Gila (sketches)
    • Stewball: Consignment (sketches)
    • Stewball: American Dream
    • Stewball: Laundromanic
    • Stewball: The Heart Is a Lonely Swiff'r
    • Stewball: Flip-Floppin' Flohiowa
    • Stewball: Poll Position
  • Animation
    • Short Films
    • Sound Design
  • Contact