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awards and honors
•strand (2011) – official selection, Mega Media Showcase; official selection, Fine Cuts
•Reve - Brave Rabbit (2010) – Sight + Sound winner, Ann Arbor Film Festival
•Fish School (2008) – official selection, Miller’s Creek Film Festival
•A Message from the Huron River Rock Bass (2007) – best PSA, best animation, Miller’s Creek Film Festival
•Rock Harder! (2007) – finalist, WCSX Commercial Casting Call
•Friday the 13th, 1989 (2006) – finalist, GameTrailers.com Halloween Movie Contest
•Snuffles the Hedgehog (2006) – finalist, GameTrailers.com Sibling Rivalry Movie Contest
•Gramps’ Big Day (2005) – best animated film, Planet Ant Film & Video Festival; Creativity Prize, WCC Student Showcase
education
MA Media Studies, The New School
BA English, William Tyndale College
Film and Digital Video Editing Certificate, Washtenaw Community College
clients
Media Group Films, Videoburst, Mayer Creative, Accidental Productions, Arbor Hospice, Copper Tom Music, HKO Media, Oakland University, BD Creative Productions
primary software used
after effects, final cut pro, photoshop, illustrator, dvd studio pro, maya, aperture
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