Experience

Bardel Entertainment

• Canada
• Animation and Post-production
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Key Series Director

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Sausage Party: Foodtopia Sausage Party: Foodtopia



Cobra Blade Detective Agency

• Gibsons, Sunshine Coast, BC

• Executive Creative Director / Director / Editor

  • Jun 2014 - Present

  Cobra Blade Detective Agency is all about finding bad guys and makin' 'em pay. Cobra Blade Detective Agency is all about finding bad guys and makin' 'em pay.



Mainframe Studios

• Canada
• Animation and Post-production
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Series Director / Director

  • Nov 2020 - Mar 2022

  Series Director & Director for The Guava Juice Show Series Director & Director for The Guava Juice Show



Kickstart Entertainment

• Canada
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Director

  • May 2018 - Jun 2020

  Lead director for Netflix's preschool series "StarBeam". This was my first experience with a preschool series, Netflix and working with an overseas animation team. Lead director for Netflix's preschool series "StarBeam". This was my first experience with a preschool series, Netflix and working with an overseas animation team.



DHX Media

• Canada
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director -- Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs (animated series)

  • Nov 2015 - Jul 2018

  My first time directing a 2D project.* *This is a lie. I had a 3 month stint working on a 2D series called Chaotic a while back but it was a blur of insanity and only a handful of survivors. I wasn't one of them. My first time directing a 2D project.* *This is a lie. I had a 3 month stint working on a 2D series called Chaotic a while back but it was a blur of insanity and only a handful of survivors. I wasn't one of them.



ICON Creative Studio

• Canada
• Animation and Post-production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director -- Goldie & Bear

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

  Television series for Disney Jr. Television series for Disney Jr.



Nerd Corps Entertainment

• Canada
• Animation and Post-production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director -- Slugterra: Return of the Elementals

  • Mar 2014 - Jun 2014

  Limited theatrical release animated Slugterra feature.

• Director -- Slugterra: Ghoul From Beyond

  • Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

  Direct to DVD/TV movie

• Series Director (Show Runner) -- Slugterra

  • Mar 2011 - Oct 2013

  39 episodes for Disney XD's Emmy Award winning hit series. Also created the opening title sequence.

• Director of Visual Development

  • Sep 2010 - Mar 2011

• Director -- Rated A For Awesome opening title sequence

  • Dec 2010 - Dec 2010

• Series Director (Show Runner) -- Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5

  • Aug 2009 - Sep 2010

  Working directly with Mattel, this over-the-top action-packed sci-fi car show pushed Nerd Corps to a new level. I was also responsible for the show's opening title sequence.

• Director -- League of Super Evil

  • Apr 2009 - Sep 2010

  Directed six 11 minute episodes and won a Leo Award for Best Direction in an Animated Series for the episodes "10" & "Escape From Skullossus"

• Director -- Storm Hawks

  • Jul 2007 - Apr 2009

  Directed four 22-minute episodes and won a Leo Award for Best Direction in an Animated Series for the episode "Stratosphere"



4th Portal Design

• Editor -- Indigenous Plant Diva

  • May 2008 - May 2008

• Creative Consultant -- Bloodied But Unbowed

  • Dec 2007 - Apr 2008

  Punk music? Vintage Vancouver Punk scene footage?! Are you kidding me?! Sign me up!!! Edited a sizzle reel for Susanne Tabata's Vancouver punk scene documentary. Tabata used this sizzle reel to acquire feature funding and as an artistic template.



Bardel Entertainment

• Canada
• Animation and Post-production
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director / Editor -- Chaotic

  • Feb 2007 - Jul 2007

  Worked as a unit director on a Flash animated series for 4Kids! called Chaotic. This was my first experience with the Flash medium and though it was new, I found it extremely rewarding to learn how this medium is produced. I learned a lot (taught myself the basics of Flash) and met some extremely talented people from the more "traditional" animation world. Worked as a unit director on a Flash animated series for 4Kids! called Chaotic. This was my first experience with the Flash medium and though it was new, I found it extremely rewarding to learn how this medium is produced. I learned a lot (taught myself the basics of Flash) and met some extremely talented people from the more "traditional" animation world.



Rainmaker Entertainment

• Canada
• Animation and Post-production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director / Co-Writer -- Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage

  • Mar 2005 - Feb 2007

• Director -- various development projects

  • Feb 2005 - Aug 2006

• Director / Editor -- 2006 MTV MOVIE AWARDS

  • May 2006 - May 2006

  Opening Title Sequence and the nomination category title cards. The challenge for this was to create category titles which were 12,933 x 486 in size. IT WAS HUUUUUGE!

• Animation Director -- Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2005



4th Portal Design

• Vancouver, Canada Area

• Editor -- Red1 "Dem No Worry We" Music Video

  • Aug 2006 - Aug 2006

  The director of this music video didn't use timecode. I had to manually lipsync everything! When I asked him why he didn't shoot timecode he said, "What's timecode?" The director of this music video didn't use timecode. I had to manually lipsync everything! When I asked him why he didn't shoot timecode he said, "What's timecode?"



4th Portal Design

• Vancouver, Canada Area

• Editor -- Indigenous City

  • May 2006 - May 2006



Rainmaker Entertainment

• Canada
• Animation and Post-production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director -- 2003 MTV Movie Awards

  • May 2003 - May 2003

  What? I have two weeks to create a 2 minute opening title sequence and thirteen 15-second nomination category animated shorts -- and can only work on it after work hours with volunteer animators?! AWESOME!

• Animation Director / Pre-Production Director -- Spider-Man: The Animated Series

  • Mar 2001 - Apr 2003

• Animation Director -- Heavy Gear

  • Jan 2000 - Jun 2001

• Editor

  • Jun 1997 - Jan 2000

  Editor for a variety of shows including Transformers: Beast Wars, Transformers: Beast Machines, War Planets, Action Man and numerous promotional demo reels.



4th Portal Design

• Vancouver, Canada Area

• Editor -- segments of KAINAYSSINI IMANISTAISIWA

  • Apr 2003 - May 2003



4th Portal Design

• Director -- Starchild: Strangest Skull On Earth

  • Sep 2001 - Oct 2001

  Short Film

• Director -- Animism & the Art of Leo Labelle

  • Jul 2001 - Aug 2001

  Short film about a kooked out artist



Weinerboy

• vancouver, canada area

• Director/Editor

  • Sep 1991 - Jun 1997

  Live action music videos for independent bands, promotional spots, corporate industrial videos and live video projection for bands. Live action music videos for independent bands, promotional spots, corporate industrial videos and live video projection for bands.