Technical Director

"the technical director is known as a generalist-someone who can shade, light, model and more..." ~Pixar Artist Corner

I am now a Technical Director at PalmaVFX.

I was hired back in July to work as a full time employee.
Things picked up right away as if to give me a preview of what I was in for. Work was pretty hectic with 3-4 projects in the air for a few weeks coupled with lots of overnights. Making deadlines was a challenge but we pulled through.

One of the things that really got me enthusiastic about taking the job was that Fred would like me to head the Lighting and Rendering at Palma.

Though these were not my area of focus I have become increasingly confident of my ability to learn on the fly during the course of a projection. I will also be given resources and support for learning these topics, and expanding the areas I am already familiar with. I have a really good work/learning environment here, and expect to see vast improvements in my contributions at Palma in this coming year.

I found this interview with Neil - Technical Director at Pixar very inspiring.