Videos


  • SOME CRAZY MAGIC: MEETING HARRY SMITH
    Client:

    American Standard Time

    Media:

    Adobe Flash and After Effects

    Details:

    An Animated interpretation of John Cohen’s first meeting with Harry Smith, the experimental filmmaker and animator who compiled the Anthology of American Folk Music.


  • EMPRESS OF THE NORTH / MOONDOGGIES /
    Client:

    Moondoggies/Hardly Art Records

    Media:

    Ink and Watercolor on Paper

    Details:

    I created and animated this music video for The Moondoggies. Thousands of hand drawn frames each painted with watercolor.


  • THE SINKING OF THE HUNLEY / 2006
    Client:

    Personal Project

    Media:

    Ink & Watercolor on 10 books

    Details:

    An animated interpretation of the Sinking of the HL Hunley, the civil war submarine. Originally done in 2006.


  • HISTORY IS US / 2011
    Client:

    Museum of History and Industry

    Media:

    Adobe Flash and After Effects

    Details:

    My submission for the 2011 History Is___ Film Contest put on by the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle. History is Us won Best in Show


  • FIRE FIRE I HEARD THE CRY / 2009
    Client:

    Personal Project

    Media:

    Linocut Prints and Acrylic Paint

    Details:

    An animated interpretation of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. Made using linocut prints. Animated by Drew Christie, narration by Amanda Moore, written by Amanda Moore and Drew Christie. Featured at Seattle’s 4Culture’s E4C gallery


  • SEATTLE FOLK FESTIVAL
    Client:

    Hearth Music/Seattle Folk Festival

    Media:

    Flash and After Effects

    Details:

    My homage to the Cranky, an early form of proto-cinema involving a long, rolled up image and a candle.


  • SINGLE SENTENCE STORY
    Client:

    Electric Literature

    Media:

    Flash and After Effects

    Details:

    Commissioned by Electric Literature for their Single Sentence Animation series, this is my take on Nathan Englander’s story The Reader from his upcoming collection “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank”


  • MCAFEE NEXT GENERATION NETWORK SECURITY
    Client:

    McAfee/Makeshift Studios

    Media:

    Adobe Flash, Photoshop, After Effects

    Details:

    An animated explanation of anti-virus,encryption,firewall and online security software by McAfee. 2011.


  • THE MAN WHO SHOT THE MAN WHO SHOT LINCOLN
    Client:

    Personal Project

    Media:

    Pastel, Charcoal, Crayon on Books

    Details:

    An animated interpretation of the strange life of Boston Corbett, the guy who killed John Wilkes Booth. Animated in the pages of 12 books. Winner Best Short Film Local Sightings 2010 and Official Selection of the Atlanta Film Festival 2011.


  • THE CRAB FISHERMAN’S DAUGHTER
    Client:

    Personal Project

    Media:

    Video. Flash, After Effects

    Details:

    An ode to the beauty and wonder of crustaceans.


  • House of Gold
    Client:

    Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA

    Media:

    charcoal, pastels, newsprint

    Details:

    Created for the play House of Gold directed by Gates McFadden. Winner of the Production Design Award from LA Weekly Theatre Awards 2012.


  • Hi! I'm a Nutria
    Client:

    The New York Times

    Media:

    Hand drawn, photoshop

    Details:

    A nutria in Lake Washington tries to defend himself and asks the question "How long dies it take to become a native?".