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The two Demo Reels show scenes and snippets of some of my film styles.
Also check the "Awards" page!
Below is a selection of my films (click on the film title to watch the film on Vimeo); also, click on this link for more of my films on my Vimeo channel;
Demo Reel 2018-2022
Demo Reel 2023
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"Once There Was a Girl"
(2020; 4:09)
A look back at vague but consistent memories of childhood stories, forging these disparate images into something that seeks to capture some of their wonder and power.
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"Nightmares"
(2021; 1:00)
Ominous, terrifying, surreal and disorienting; this animated micro film is a study in the relentlessness of nightmares. This micro-short is based on two actual nightmares; I attempted to capture the oppressive atmosphere and terrifying pursuit/flight of being ensnared in dreams.
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"The Masque of the Red Death"
(2020; 4:56)
Closely adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's short story, this animated tale of a time of pestilence paints a picture of what might have been Poe's own feelings of fatalistic helplessness in the face of the White Plague, tuberculosis. Artistically told in a surreal expressionistic style.
Featuring narration by Michael Ethier.
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"You Are Here"
(2017; 1:00)
Inspired by a postcard and by the many summers spent at a remote Northern Ontario lake in my youth, this short one-minute animation is a dusk-to-dawn meditation on the crossroads between the seen and the unseen. This was my first "poetic film", using only image and original music/sound. It was also the film that started my love affair with the one-minute format.
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"And She Rode Forth..."
(2018; 2:47)
A Bard recounts the tale of the Archetypal Heroine, called forth by necessity to begin her journey and fulfill her destiny. A silhouette animation (and as such an hommage to Lotte Reiniger), this is a "song without words", the tale being told solely through visuals and original instrumental music.
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"Full Fathom Five"
(2021; 1:40)
"Full Fathom Five" (also known as "Ariel's Song") is from Shakespeare's The Tempest; Robert Johnson set the Bard's text to music in 1611. This animated film takes as its inspiration the line "something rich and strange", creating a fantasy underwater world filled with wonder and beauty. The song is beautifully interpreted here by Valentina Rybakova (mezzo soprano) and Viktor Rybakov (lute).
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"A Fable for Four Voices"
((2022; 8:44)
Loosely inspired by folk tales, “A Fable for Four Voices” chronicles the mystical journey of a quartet of aging animals fleeing their fates to find a place free from fear to live out their days, overcoming their inherent differences and regaining a sense of wonder.
"...absolutely beautiful and moving." Claire Duquette, Big Water Film Festival.
Featuring the voice talents of Mike J. Fort and D.D. Rumin.
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(2023; 11:58)
A lone communications technician on a distant relay planet must face reality and isolation during her five-year contract with a Terran banking consortium in this animated short.
"If Silent Running is the model here, this manages to transcend its source and do its own thing, with depth and feeling. A fine narrated solo performance, a superb script that develops well and comments in passing on the ruthless nature of commerce and finance, and bold striking imagery, all make this a memorable piece of work." Darrell Buxton, Delta competition co-ordinator, Festival of Fantastic Films Manchester
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(2023; 7:13)
A surreal experimental animated allegory of the cyclical rise, fall and evolution of social order.
Based on copious decades-old notebooks from my time in art school, this film was a chance to finally bring to life concepts and images from a prolific time in my artistic life through new skills and tools. The music and sound design by Ewan Laker-Mansfield lift this project to a whole new level.
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"Effigy House"
((2024; 4:51)
A meditative journey through the surreal inner spaces of the filmmaker’s mind as passing images and thoughts overlap, yearning to coalesce into a concept, "Effigy House" creates surreal interior spaces into which the viewer is inextricably drawn, pulled forward almost on a "train of thought".
Featuring music by Diego Samuel Moreno Flores.