Hey! I'm Jason. I'm a 3D character animator based in the California Bay Area. In addition to animation and film-making, I get excited about creating with new technologies. I've contributed to a variety of projects including in-game cinematics, VR short films, AR apps, interactive music videos, video game trailers, and mobile games. Currently, I'm an animator on contract at Meta. I originally hail from Pennsylvania, but I got my BFA in Animation at SCAD in Georgia. Luckily, my first short film I made there as a senior gained some recognition. Soon after, the folks at Encyclopedia Pictura invited me out to San Francisco to work on a music video. I've been here since! I'm very grateful to have over a decade of experience working in the industry with a lot of amazing people. Current interests: creating Control Rigs and helper widgets in UE5, coding animation tools in Python, sculpting in Blender, and teaching tricks to Poppy (our French Bulldog).

Software Knowledge:

Maya, Blender, Unreal Engine, Unity, Python, Git, Perforce, Adobe Creative Suite

Work Experience:

Aug 2025 - PresentMeta Animator on the Horizon team. Animated believable game cycles and cinematic character shots for Meta products. Assisted with animation implementation and prototyping game features. Apr 2021 - Jul 2025Evil Eye Pictures Animated “Fortnite” video game trailers in Unreal Engine in Maya, and later in Sequencer using Control Rigs. Was Animation Supervisor for three trailers, overseeing a team of animators and handling client meetings. Also made Technical Animator contributions including prop rigs, shot setup tools, and animation widgets. Mar 2019 - Mar 2021Jam City Animating cutscenes and playspace actions for the mobile game Vineyard Valley. Also responsible for implementing animations in Unity. Mar 2018 - Feb 2019Evil Eye Pictures 3D Character animation, movement system prototyping and technical setup for Google AR apps, especially the AR camera app "Playground." Apr 2016 - Feb 2018Jam City Animated superheroes flying around, fighting, and goofing off in the Marvel Avengers Academy mobile game. Responsible for generating and planning animation concepts with the Lead Animator. May 2015 - Mar 2016Freelance 3D Animator Clients include: Toca Boca, Robert Paraguassu, Motional LLC, Ataboy Studios, Aatma Studio Promotional social media animations, web series character animation, VR character animation, previs animation, and animation for apps, under direction of the client or creative director. Often responsible for modeling and rigging as well. Sep 2014 - Apr 2015Encyclopedia Pictura Character animation and modeling on the music video for "Boys Latin" by Panda Bear. Game cycle and cinematic animation, plus implementation in Unity for an interactive music video app "Only One."

Recognition:

2015Official Selection: Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2014Annie Awards: Best Student Film 2014Top Shorts Online Film Festival: Best Animation 2014CartoonBrew.com Student Film Fest Finalist 2014Vimeo Staff Pick

Education:

2014BFA - Animation - Savannah College of Art and Design Artistic and Academic Honors scholarship, Dean’s List: 2010 - 2014