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Born: January 17th 1976,
in
Pointe
Claire, Quebec, Canada
Education:
Pure
& Applied Science (2 years), Computer Science (1 year), BFA in
Design
Art (3 years)
Job History: Technical
Director at Pixar 2002 - present (Incredibles, Cars, Wall-e, Up),
Animator at Blur
Studio
1999 - 2002 (Scifi Chain Reaction, Soulkeeper, Ground Control,
Fellowship Of The Ring Cinematics, Out Of Time)
Neil Likes: Monsters,
Scifi
and Fantasy Movies, Death Metal, Quake
3, Playing Guitar and Drums, Drawing & Painting,
Museums, Howard Stern, Swimming and Hiking
Claims To Fame: The Blevins
Sauce
(hmmm), able to recite every single Simpson's and Southpark episode in
their entirety, former owner of the Van of DeathTM
Most Embarrassing Moment: The
day
my pee ended up in the soup at a ski camp
Favorite Music: Devin
Townsend,
Meshuggah, Fear Factory, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Dream
Theater, Suffocation, Origin, Nasum
Favorite TV: Babylon 5, Dr
Katz, Samurai Jack, The Simpsons, 60 Minutes,
SouthPark, Whose Line Is It Anyways? Goldorak, The Transformers,
Tranzor-Z, Lost
Favorite Movies: Bulworth,
The
Crow, Drunken Master 2, Fight Club, Transformers The Movie, The Matrix,
Ninja Scroll, Robocop,
Starship Troopers
Favorite Games: Quake 3,
Halo, Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, Final Fight, Aliens, E-Swat,
TMNT, Strider, Space Gun, Ikaruga
Favorite Artists: Ashley
Wood, Craig Mullins, Dale Keown, Daniel Dociu, Dave McKean, Dylan Cole,
Feng Zhu, Heidi
Taillefer, H.R.
Giger, JMW Turner, John Harris, Marc
Silvestri, Michael Turner, Nicolas Bouvier, Nicolas Ferrand, Zdzislaw
Beksinski
Home Computer: Intel i7-950
3.06Ghz Quad-core, 24 Gigs of RAM, nVidia Geforce GTX 570 1.28GB
Main Home Software: 3DStudio
MAX,
Brazil r/s, Mudbox, Photoshop |