Experience

Chocolate Tribe

• South Africa
• Animation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO / Executive Technical Director

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  Chocolate Tribe is a high-end visual effects and animation studio based in sunny Johannesburg, South Africa. Our core business is in feature film, television series, commercials and immersive technology. At Chocolate Tribe my responsibilities are from being the Technical Director is to provide pipeline solutions (Scripting) , rigging (Creature Work), lighting, simulations, VFX etc to the team. As always my vision is the grow and keep on pushing myself to stay competitive in the on going ever changing market. Title: Rigging (Triggerfish, "SealTeam") Dates Employed Nov 2019 – Feb 2020 Employment Duration 4 mos Location South Africa Title: VFX TD Lead (Netflix Series, "Queen Sono") Dates Employed May 2019 – Feb 2020 Employment Duration 10 mos Location South Africa Title: VFX TD Lead (BBC TV-Series, "Noughts and Crosses") Dates Employed Oct 2018 – Nov 2019 Employment Duration 1 yr 2 mos Location South Africa Title: Rigging (Glassworks, "The Kid that would be King") Location South Africa Title: VFX TD Lead (Short Sci-Fi Film, "Cognition") Dates Employed Jun 2018 – Nov 2019 Employment Duration 1 yr 6 mos Location South Africa Title: VFX TD Lead (Short Sci-Fi Film, "Robot and Scarecrow") Dates Employed Jun 2016 – Apr 2017 Location South Africa Show less



MovingVector

• Technical Director/ Owner

  • Mar 2015 - Feb 2017



WagTales

• Technical Director / VFX / Production Supervisor

  • Jan 2012 - Feb 2017

  Was working on some new content for the Jock franchise, very fresh and stylised look. Was working on some new content for the Jock franchise, very fresh and stylised look.



Jock-Animation

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Technical Supervisor

  • Apr 2008 - Nov 2011

  Joined the Jock Animation production team, to assist in pipeline development and complex rigging. Custom tools developed for the feature film , to improve performance and played my part as TD Supervisor and character TD rigger. Developed tools for stereoscopic and production. Joined the Jock Animation production team, to assist in pipeline development and complex rigging. Custom tools developed for the feature film , to improve performance and played my part as TD Supervisor and character TD rigger. Developed tools for stereoscopic and production.



Animmate

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Technical Director / Mocap operator

  • Nov 2004 - Apr 2008

  Started at Animmate as a generalist and improved and developed my skills to the studios Technical Director. At the period I also managed the mocap system and got experience in Realflow, Massive, scripting and working with a big team. Scripting and tool development assisted me in the pipeline and workflows skill set. Started at Animmate as a generalist and improved and developed my skills to the studios Technical Director. At the period I also managed the mocap system and got experience in Realflow, Massive, scripting and working with a big team. Scripting and tool development assisted me in the pipeline and workflows skill set.