ANIMATION
I started as an assistant animator in 1995 with Disney TV Animation, drawing Donald Duck and friends in Disney's "Quack Pack".
After surviving the upheaval of the digital revolution, I founded and ran my own studio, Karactaz Limited, producing animation from script to screen for 13 years between 2002-2015. At first, the studio specialised in traditional hand-drawn 2D character animation, and in 2005 we built a CGI division. As a producer, my mantra is to first CONCEPTUALLY SOLVE THE BRIEF - then-- produce that project ON TIME, ON BUDGET and EXCEED EXPECTATIONS.
Through this time, I produced many projects for the international market - TV shows, Web Series, Corporate Videos and Commercials. My studio's clients included Disney, Marvel, Warner Bros, MTV, Blizzard Entertainment, DC Comics & top-tier advertising agencies.
A compilation of work is presented here, and scroll down the page for more details about some the major projects produced over that time.
CREATIVE PRODUCER @ KARACTAZ
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE &
HULK AND THE AGENTS OF SMASH
CLIENT: MARVEL ANIMATION STUDIOS (US)
FORMAT: 104 x 26 minute EPISODIC TELEVISION
My job was to first lead the team to WIN THE WORK based on an animation test offered to the studio in 2010 for "Ultimate Spiderman". We were told our work was the highest quality production value, and Karactaz was the only studio worldwide to complete the task on time, but after further discussion we were deemed too small a studio to take the work on.
But the team at Marvel Animation Studios in Los Angeles came calling again the following year in 2011, and offered the studio work under my guidance to lead all the CGI 3D design and asset creation for their new series, HULK AND THE AGENTS OF SMASH.
After successfully establishing a design team, and dedicated CGI pipeline, the team and I were awarded the contract for the follow up series - AVENGERS ASSEMBLE in 2012.
These two series were produced alongside each other in the same studio and pipeline in Wellington, New Zealand for 4 complete seasons, where I produced a total of 104 x 26-minute episodes over 3 years.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR @ KARACTAZ
DISNEY'S TALKING FRIENDS
CLIENT: MARVEL ANIMATION STUDIOS (US)
FORMAT: 10 x 3-4 minute WEB SERIES
After producing and delivering 30-mins of animated corporate videos, the same executive at Disney Interactive offered us the Web Series "Talking Friends" in 2010. Disney provided the script, music and voiceovers and we completed the series at our Wellington studio - all episodes delivered as final masters for streaming.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR @ KARACTAZ
SUPERMAN RED SON: MOTION COMIC
CLIENT: WARNER PREMIERE/DC COMICS (US)
FORMAT: 25 x 2-3 minute WEB SERIES
The studio completed a successful motion comics test for DC Comics, I flew to LA and eventually won the bid for the SUPERMAN: RED SON motion comic. The style required me to design a motion narrative from still comic art supplied by DC, and to extend artwork and create short episodes from the comics. Karactaz was responsible for all aspects of production - launching the series at San Diego Comic-Con in 2010.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR @ KARACTAZ
COMMERCIALS & ONE SHOTS
VARIOUS CLIENTS 2002-2015
I produced hundreds of commercials and one-shots at Karactaz.
I've put together a collection of a few of my favourites-- Enjoy! -- DC