For two decades, I have operated at the intersection of technical precision and wild spaces. I am an Emmy Award-winning visual effects artist and adventure photographer, with a career built around the study of light, whether it is being simulated for a Hollywood blockbuster or captured at sunrise on a remote alpine face.

My journey has been defined by a deep immersion in the craft of visual storytelling. From the storied halls of the Jim Henson Creature Shop in London to the cutting-edge pipelines of Framestore and Luma Pictures, I have refined the art of the invisible, creating images where technology serves the story rather than revealing itself. My credits span the cinematic spectrum, including the cosmic worlds of Thor: Love and Thunder and the multiverses of Spider-Man: No Way Home. My work on Jimmy Chin’s Meru was particularly meaningful, combining high-end visual effects with the raw, documentary reality of elite climbing.

I was also an early advocate of remote collaboration, founding RemoteVFX, a remote-first visual effects facility based in the rugged South Island of New Zealand, years before distributed workflows became the industry norm. Today, I continue my work as a Senior Compositor at Crafty Apes Sydney, combining decades of compositing experience with emerging technologies to solve increasingly complex creative and technical challenges.

The evolution of AI-assisted development and agentic programming has expanded my capabilities as a Technical Director, allowing me to design automated workflows, develop custom Nuke tools, and create C++ NDK plugins that extend the capabilities of modern visual effects pipelines. This has become a natural progression of my career: from creating images, to building the systems and tools that help create them. My focus is on reducing technical friction, allowing artists to spend more time on creative problem solving and less time fighting the pipeline.

Beyond the screen, my lens is trained on the rugged and real. As Grand Prize winner of the Banff Mountain Photography Competition, my imagery has appeared in National Geographic, Outside, and New Zealand Geographic. My approach to photography is rooted in participation rather than observation, driven by a fascination with human-powered exploration and the relationship between people and extreme environments. My background in anatomy and movement science informs how I document athletic performance, movement and the connection between climbers, adventurers and the landscapes they inhabit.

My methodology is grounded in human-centred design and a curiosity about the relationship between people, technology and the natural world. I began my career creating multimedia for nuclear medicine before bringing that experience full circle through a Postgraduate Diploma in Interaction Design at the University of Sydney, graduating on the Dean’s List. I remain an active member of the Visual Effects Society (VES) and the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), driven by the belief that the most compelling stories emerge where advanced technology meets the unpredictable beauty of the natural world.