Cliff has extensive digital animation industry experience and has held the following positions: Director, Animation Director, Artistic Director, Lead Story Developer, Lead Animator, Technical Director, Special Effects Director, Lead Modeler. He has done extensive storyboarding, illustration design and animation for major US Television Networks such as NBC, CBS, and ESPN and Advertising Agencies such as McCann Erickson NY, and BBDO, as well as character development for 3D animation in both television series and feature film. Cliff has supervised full-scale digital edits and composites utilizing multi-layered live action and CG elements combined with computer-generated imagery and special effects. He has also directed large scale animation productions involving large teams of animators and professionals, for clients such as Disney Interactive, Motion Works Group, Nelvana and Nokia.
Cliff has a ‘pre-digital’ background of four years working with traditional animation, cel, drawing and ‘claymation’, and has been trusted to direct the animation of some of Disney’s premier ‘flagship’ characters: Snow White & Cinderella, Buzz Lightyear and the cast from Toy Story, as well as the gang from ‘Winnie the Pooh’ and ‘Finding Nemo’ on 5 projects for Disney Interactive.
In 2006, Cliff teamed up with Chinese company; Wuhan Digital Media, to develop and direct a full length feature movie; ‘7 Celsius’. Cliff has also directed a number of series and shorts for WDM, including 'Baza Baza', a sci-fi adventure series for kids ages 8-12, the ‘Sea Elfettes’, a pop music video for kids, and Pig Bodi, a series for Chinese children ages 4-6. He also directed, supervised and animated various North American character animation series, film and special effects projects, for Clients such as: So! Animation NY, Lava Studios, Miami, Camp Films, Hollywood.
In April, 2016, Cliff returned from China to head up a new Animation Division at Leap Creative Group, a well established award winning Design and Advertising Agency in Vancouver. He is currently in production of a series of 'Infotainment' shorts for The CDSBC, COTBC and MERCK Canada, and is building a team to handle full scale 2D and 3D CG series production and to further develop CG Entertainment animation in partnership with Leap Animation.
Cliff has a ‘pre-digital’ background of four years working with traditional animation, cel, drawing and ‘claymation’, and has been trusted to direct the animation of some of Disney’s premier ‘flagship’ characters: Snow White & Cinderella, Buzz Lightyear and the cast from Toy Story, as well as the gang from ‘Winnie the Pooh’ and ‘Finding Nemo’ on 5 projects for Disney Interactive.
In 2006, Cliff teamed up with Chinese company; Wuhan Digital Media, to develop and direct a full length feature movie; ‘7 Celsius’. Cliff has also directed a number of series and shorts for WDM, including 'Baza Baza', a sci-fi adventure series for kids ages 8-12, the ‘Sea Elfettes’, a pop music video for kids, and Pig Bodi, a series for Chinese children ages 4-6. He also directed, supervised and animated various North American character animation series, film and special effects projects, for Clients such as: So! Animation NY, Lava Studios, Miami, Camp Films, Hollywood.
In April, 2016, Cliff returned from China to head up a new Animation Division at Leap Creative Group, a well established award winning Design and Advertising Agency in Vancouver. He is currently in production of a series of 'Infotainment' shorts for The CDSBC, COTBC and MERCK Canada, and is building a team to handle full scale 2D and 3D CG series production and to further develop CG Entertainment animation in partnership with Leap Animation.
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Achievements and Awards
2004 X-Box Asia Development Prize for The Lost Continent of Terrapin Game Design. 1991 Florida EMMY for Individual Achievement: Telemundo Sports – National Network 1990 National EMMY for Design: Superbowl XX1V Open – CBS Sports 1989 Named one of North America’s “Top Videographic Artists” – Videography Magazine 1988 Cover design for Millimeter Magazine’s SIGGRAPH Animation Issue 1987 BDA award for ‘Best Industrial Promo’: Broadcast Designers Association. 1986 Created Canada’s first digitally created postage stamp celebrating CBC’s 50th Anniversary. |
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