Freischaffender Illustrator und Character - Designer.
Arbeitete unter anderem fuer Pixar ( 'Ratatouille'), Dreamworks ( Character Animation fuer Shrek2 und Character Design fuer Jerry Seinfelds Projekt 'The Bee-movie' und 'PIB')
Studierte an der FH Hamburg Illustration
und bekam mein MFA in Experimenteller Animation in LosAngeles am California Institute of the Arts.
Bei Interesse schicke ich gerne Arbeitsproben per Email (ein PDF-file).
education
2000-2003 MFA, Experimental Animation; California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1995-2000 Illustration for childrens books; University of Applied Sciences, Department of
Design, Hamburg, Germany
1993-1995 History of Art, Classical Archeology and Prehistory at Julius Maximilians
Universitaet, Wuerzburg, Germany
PROFESSIONAL Experience
- 2005 Character design for feature film PIB at Dreamworks
2004-2005 Character design and visual development on Jerry Seinfeld project B-movie at
Dreamworks
2004 Tought character design at Young San University in Busan, South Korea
2003-2004 Assistant character animator for Shrek2
2002 Freelance Character design for Pixar movie Ratatouille
2001-2003 Creator of animated film Flying objects, including layout, design, story and
animation
2000-2001 Creator of animated film Fische, including layout, design, story and animation
1999-2000 Daftsman for model sheets, clean ups, inbetweens at Animation Studio
Ludewig ASL in Hamburg, Germany
Illustrator of two chapters of the book Eine geistreiche Kulturgeschichte des
20. und 21. Jahrhunderts
Illustrator for Childrens book fair Bologna, Italy
1997 Illustrator for the book Jan auf Umwegen
1995-1998 Draftsman for archeological artifacts and excavation plans for scientific
publications at Helms Museum Hamburg Harburg, Germany
1994, 1995 I excavated artifacts, drew excavation plans and surveyed the area in
Gaukoenigshofen, Germany