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I was born in the year of the
Boar, in Picton, before it was fashionable to be there. My
mother was a concert pianist and my Father owned his own
company. I studied music as a child, along with dance, and art.
It was a natural progression later to combine these acquired
abilities and study animation.
I was accepted at Sheridan
College at the age of 17. Before I graduated, I was hired by
Hanna Barbara to work on the Scooby Doo series. I loitered
around Toronto for a while, working on some commercials, not
only in animation, but also in live action. It was at this time
that I met my husband-to-be and we started performing music
together.
Our part-time careers seemed
to take over our lives for about ten years during which time we
moved to Prince Edward County. After our move, we taught
traditional martial arts during the evening, played in our band
on weekends, and generally freelanced during the day. I am now a
second degree Black Belt, and we are still teaching and
occasionally performing. We’ve been involved in numerous stage
productions in the County area.
I decided to get into feature
animation. After updating my portfolios I searched for and
eventually landed a job with Creative Capers. I worked on
numerous CD Disney ROM's such as Hercules, Little Mermaid, Lion
King and a few pilots. The studio then landed a contract with
Warner Bros' Quest for Camelot, then Fox for Bartok (a spin off
of Disney's Anastasia), and after that it was again Fox, working
on Titans AE. The most recent project was again with Warner
Brothers. It was Osmosis Jones with Bill Murray, released in
August 2001. The business has slowed down somewhat recently, so
I decided to study Multi Media. |
