Virtual Art Department Supervisor

Jess was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. He attended college in Sarasota, Florida and received a BFA in Computer Animation at Ringling College of Art and Design. Moving to southern California after graduation, he began his career at a small graphics boutique, GreenhausGFX in Culver City as a 3D generalist. After a few years of freelancing at various studios around LA, he partnered with Tree Media in creating graphics for a variety of climate change shorts and documentaries, the most recent being HBO’s “Ice on Fire”. In the spring of 2016, he joined Halon as a Previs artist working on titles such as Ride Along 2, War for the Planet of the Apes, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Logan, and The Call of the Wild before taking on a more specialized role as a Supervisor in Halon’s Virtual Art Department. He has worked on titles such as Red Notice, The Batman, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and a host of blockbuster level films currently in production. He currently resides in Playa Del Rey with his wife Jennie and son Cooper.