Resume
EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts (1999-2003)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Traditional Animation)
• Deans List with Honors
• 3.63 grade point average
• Silas H. Rhodes Scholarship
• Rhodes Family Award for Outstanding Achievement in Animation
• Alumni Production Grant
FILMOGRAPHY
The Lift (2010) http://thelift.kohrtoons.com
2d animated short, 4 years in production, directed a staff of 9 artists
• $5,000 Seed Grant from MTV Networks for production.
• Best Animation at Alabama International Film Festival and Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Sky
Fest, Blue Plum Animation Festival, Peach Tree Film Festival and Atlantic City International Film Festival
Runner Up Best Short Film at in The Bin Film Festival (Australia)
• Finalist or screened at over 49 festivals including Woods Hole Film Festival, Boston Film Festival,
Animation Block Party, San Diego Children’s Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, Foyle Film Festival,
Kinofest, and Ojai Film Festival.
Alumni Grant Panel (January 2007)
• Juror for School of Visual Arts Alumni Society 2007 Thesis Grants.
Broadcast Design Awards (through Nickelodeon)
• Nickjr.com/kids (Gold Award – 2010) flash animation & design
• Wonderpets Save the Day (Silver Award – 2007) flash animation
• Yo Gabba Gabba mini arcade (Nominee – 2008) flash animation
• Downward Doghouse Game (Bronze – 2005) flash animation
EMPLOYMENT
Nickelodeon Kids and Family Digital (8/2004 – present) http://www.nickjr.com/kids/
Animator, Interactive Designer
• Animated properties including Wonderpets, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go, Wow Wow Wubbzy,
Team Umizoomi, Ni Hao Kai-lan and Moose and Zee.
• Created the 3D animated logo slate for all Wii, PC, and mobile games.
• Created and directed 3 network ids for Halloween 2010.
• Animated all characters in the 2010 redesign.
• Maintains and quality controls the animation libraries for all preschool properties.
Kohrtoons Studio, Inc (03/2009 – present)
Owner
• Animation and design services. Clients include Cartoon Brew, LLC., Zephyr Games, Inc., Spring Thyme, Inc., BK Forex Advisors and Bill Plympton Studios
Technical
• Adobe Suite of products, including After Effects & Flash, Animate Pro, Storyboard Pro, Final Cut Pro, Blender, Maya, HTML, CSS, Actionscript 2, and Linux server administration. Experienced pre-school game design expert.