HAIR LOVE takes home the OSCAR for Best Animated Short

I was fortunate to be part of the animation team for HAIR LOVE working under the Direction of Matthew A. Cherry, Karen Rupert Toliver (Sony Animation), Bruce W. Smith (Bebe’s Kids, Proud Family, Disney) and Everett Downing (Blue Sky, Pixar, Netflix). Everett and I studied animation together at Columbia College Chicago so it was a thrill to finally work on a project together after all these years. And for that project to be an Oscar winning film is mindblowing!

Six Point Harness, the production studio for the film, was a joy to work with, allowing me to work remotely in Harmony from Minnesota. I provided traditional hand drawn animation and 6PH took it to a whole level of awesome!

Although my role was small in comparison to what Matthew, Karen, Bruce and Everett have done to make this beautiful story of a reality, I could not be more proud of the work we did together.

EMMY WIN!!!!

In a suprise victory for the directing team way up in the balcony of the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, DANGER & EGGS won Emmy for OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN AN ANIMATED PROGRAM!  So proud of our diverse crew from Minnesota and Los Angeles.

DANGER & EGGS receives DAYTIME EMMY NOMINATION!!!

DANGER & EGGS has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy for OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN AN ANIMATED PROGRAM!!! Phillip & D.D. are offering free hugs and/or high fives to our Directing team... Sarah Seember Huisken EPISODIC DIRECTOR Drew Schmidt EPISODIC DIRECTOR Vincent Proce EPISODIC DIRECTOR Mike Owens SUPERVISING DIRECTOR Brian Sheesley SUPERVISING DIRECTOR Sam Riegel VOICE DIRECTOR Shadi Petosky VOIC E DIRECTOR #dangerandeggs, #daytimeemmys

New short produced in 3 days!

A few years ago, my wife and creative partner Wendie told stories through sound. These soundscapes created worlds using sound effects and music and let the listener use their imagination.

This year we wanted to produce a short animation for the HELLAVISION TELEVISION Animation Festival in Minneapolis, so we and challenged ourselves to write, design and animate a story using one of Wendie's soundscapes.

The film premieres this Thursday at the Trylon Micro Cinema.

http://www.trylon.org/film/hellavision-television-animation-show/2018-03-15/

CRITIC'S CHOICE NOMINATION!!!

DANGER & EGGS has been nominated for a CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD for BEST ANIMATED SERIES!!!! We are in the same category as Archer, Bob's Burgers, BoJack Horseman, Rick & Morty and The Simpsons. "Is my mind blown" you ask? Ye. Yes it most certainly is.

ANNIE AWARD NOMINATION!

They announced the nominations for the Annie Awards today and I just found out I was nominated for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production for Danger & Eggs!

PHILLIP the SAFETY EGG has been in my brain for a long time. So excited that he exists in the world of cartoons!