Raising standards
Animation Bootcamp
Raise your juniors and animators to your studio's standards, faster.
Production Training · Advanced · Personalized
Raise your team's standards, every week.
An advanced, customized training program for studio teams, built on the methods I've taught at iAnimate and developed over 27+ years, and taken further. Weekly reviews, mentorship and workshops on your team's real work, built around your project and pipeline.
Naughty Dog to Wētā FX
studios where graduates of the iAnimate programs I helped build have gone on to work
Animator to Director
the path I teach, because I walked it, picking up different skills along the way
More with less
accelerating performance and production, and realigning teams around what matters
Week after week
steady progress on your team's real work
How it works
Your team owns the work. I teach the method.
You keep the final call
Your directors make the creative decisions. I review, teach and coach, and I'm not part of your production.
Built to transfer
Every session teaches the thinking behind the notes, so your leads run stronger reviews without me over time.
My own methods
The directing, review and feedback approach I've built and taught through iAnimate over many years.
Confidential by default
Your work stays yours. Happy to sign your NDA.
Production training · One-off or add-on
Workshops
Book one on its own, or add it to a weekly plan. Each is scoped to your team and project.
Leadership
Lead to Director Mentorship
Keep developing your leads with their next steps: how to run reviews, give feedback, and provide direction and vision.
Emerging technology & innovation
AI-Assisted Workflows
My personal approach to where AI genuinely saves time, and how artistry stays in control.
Ongoing · Monthly plans
Ongoing, not one-off.
A workshop lifts a team for a week. A weekly review changes how it works. Each plan is a monthly subscription built around one recurring session.
For animation teams
Weekly Review & Training
One live review a week of your team's work, run the way I run a directing review: clear notes, clear priorities, and the reason behind every note.
- One live group review every week
- Sized to your team
- Written summary of key notes after each session
For leads and directors
Ongoing Mentorship for Leads & Directors
A weekly one-on-one with your animation lead or director. Planning the week, preparing reviews, handling team problems, and growing into direction.
- A weekly one-on-one for each lead in the plan
- A personal development plan for every lead
- Help preparing their own reviews and feedback
Most complete
Talent Development
Weekly team review and lead mentorship together, plus a workshop each quarter. A complete program for growing your animation team's talent.
- Everything in Weekly Review & Training and Ongoing Mentorship
- One workshop per quarter, chosen for your project
- Quarterly progress review with studio leadership
Monthly plans · Remote · Session length, team size and terms are set together on the discovery call.
For individuals
Private Mentorship
Have someone to support you and build with you.
One-on-one, confidential mentorship for animators, leads and directors. Your craft, your work, your next role, and how to lead the people around you.
Book when you need it
Single session
A focused one-on-one on a shot, a review, a career decision or a leadership challenge.
Monthly
Ongoing private mentorship
I help you develop and shape your creative vision, and make ambitious things possible. My job is to support you along the way: clearing the path, connecting your creative choices to what the work needs, and helping you grow through whatever changes come next. Whether it's your career or your creative work, I'll be by your side.
Getting started
From first call to first review.
Discovery call
Your team, your project, and where animation is slowing you down.
Pick a plan
A weekly plan, a workshop, or both, with the schedule set around your team.
Weekly sessions
Reviews and mentorship on your team's current work, every week.
Quarterly check-in
What's improved, what's next, and whether to change the plan.
Who it's for
Game studios
AAA and AA animation teams raising the bar on quality, consistency and speed.
Indie & mobile game teams
Growing teams without an in-house trainer or senior director to learn from.
Outsourcing studios
Teams that need to match each client's animation style quickly.
Individual artists & leads
Animators, leads and directors who want private, one-on-one mentorship to grow their craft and career.
Questions
Good to know
Is this the same as iAnimate's online courses?
No. It builds on what I've taught at iAnimate, then goes further: it's customized to your studio and taught on your team's own work.
Do you join our production?
No. I teach and coach. Your team does the work, and your directors make every creative and production decision.
Is it remote?
Yes. Sessions are live and remote, scheduled in advance around your team.
What about confidentiality?
Your work stays yours. I'm happy to sign your NDA before we start.
How much does it cost?
Every plan is scoped to your team, so pricing is shared after a short discovery call.
iAnimate graduates have gone on to animate games at Naughty Dog, Sony Santa Monica, Blizzard, Insomniac and Bungie, and films at Pixar, Disney, DreamWorks, Fortiche, ILM and Wētā FX.
Graduates' studios, not clients.
Tell me about your team.
Share a few details and I'll reply personally to set up a discovery call. Pricing is shared on request, based on your team and plan.