UPSTANDER
"Upstander" is a 360-animated experience about bullying and how we can make a difference if we step in. Upstander recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Cannes XR Film Festival. It was created with the Oculus VR for Good Program and youth charity The Diana Award. The experience uses scale, embodiment, and space to push the boundaries of the medium. Revolved around a child’s school day, Upstander touches on the trauma caused by social, verbal, physical, and cyberbullying. He is excited that Upstander is currently used by two research institutions in behavioral therapy research studies.
Values
"Values" also won Best Animated Short at SIGGRAPH, which qualified it for the Academy Awards. It also won a student Emmy. Recently, both his films also had the honor of being screened at the Classic USC shorts program alongside George Lucas and Robert Zemeckis's student films.
Wild Card
Wild Card premiere at SIGGRAPH and also won numerous awards including The Best of Show at the 3D Magazine awards. It was also an official selection at SXSW film festival and screened at over twenty film festivals.
