Animation for Open Access Week. Animation and direction by me. Produced by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries and McGill University Library:

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This film was done as a promotional piece for the community portal, loonlounge.com. The animation was animated entirely in After Affects. Loonie talks about the website, its advantages and features for members wanting to become Canadians.  The film was animated and timed in both English and French. Voice work in English done by Brad Smith. French version by Philippe Desmarais.

In English:

En Français:

This is a fun little film that I made for the National Film Board of Canada. The film was animated in Flash and co-directed with Sheldon Cohen.  The concept was to do a film with a checklist of things you need to ask yourself before getting a dog. Music was composed by Zander Ary. The movie is part of a dog run theme portal at NFBkids.ca.  Flash is required to view the movie below.

This film was directed by Sheldon Cohen and produced by PMA Productions.  I used After Effects and Flash for the final animation. This story is about an unusual cast of characters trying out for the lead roles in the famous Broadway play, Man of La Mancha.  Set to the ever-popular theme song ‘The Impossible Dream’ by Allan Jones.

Here is the opening to the film, approx. 30 secs.

This is my first Flash animation. I’m still fond of it for its simplicity and straight forward premise. This film was also showcased on the website: http://www.chezhuguette.com. Lunchbox was written, animated and produced by Greg Houston.

Commission for Heavy.com.

Unleashed is a fun rock video parody of Dogs turning on their masters. The music is based on U2, with Zander Ary doing a terrific Bono impression. Concept was created by Sheldon Cohen. Animation was done completely in Flash. Click the start button in the bottom right corner of the animation.

This was the pilot I developed for Copie Zero. They eventually sold it to Zed TV. This series was created and written by Dave Stewart with studio direction by Campbell Webster.

I did a series of short animations for a popular kid’s cooking program called Wiz Chefs. I was subcontracted though David Bacha .  These clips don’t have sound.

In 2005, I  animated some sequences for the film “Animated Stories, The Sheldon Cohen Collection”.  I decided to mix real life  photography with my animation to give it a nice cut-out look. Some movie samples are below. You will need Flash to view them.