some samples of my work. keep scrolling down to see more stuff!
Art Direction
‘The Lighthouse’ First LookTHE LIGHTHOUSE, directed by Robert Eggers and starring Willem Defoe and Robert Pattison, is set to debut at Cannes Film Festival 2019 as part of the Directors’ Fortnight. I’m super excited to share the work we did on this film after it is released. For now, I will say that we designed and built the titular set and I could not be more proud of the work accomplished by the crew. Here is the first officially released image. More to come!
Production Design
We got up to some serious silliness on CBC’s Cavendish. Wax statues, giant crystals, caves, accoutrements of the dark arts, flying saucers and three-eyed easter island heads are just a small sample of the crazy things we designed and built to bring Andy and Mark’s vision to life.
From CBC:
Brothers Mark (Mark Little) and Andy (Andy Bush) return to Cavendish for the first time since childhood to care for their ailing father who runs The Museum of the Strange and Fantastic. They quickly find out that Cavendish is not like other towns, and while Mark (the golden boy) and Andy (the striver) become embroiled in creepy misadventures, they soon realize their family dynamic hasn’t changed much since they were kids.
Cavendish airs on CBC or can be viewed online through the CBC Gem app (link below).
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Production Design
View TrailerNominated for achievement in Production Design by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
Just after the end of the Vietnam War and in the midst of the American bicentennial celebrations of 1976, runaway Kit and his girlfriend Alice hitchhike their way along the east coast of Canada.
“Abetted by outstanding costume and production design and period-appropriate pop-rock on the soundtrack (Harry Nilsson, Edward Bear, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray), he perfectly balances nostalgia and in-the-moment drama. Weirdos is quietly alive with the sensuous detail of the road, the thrill of dislocation and the unknown territory of that once-in-a-lifetime cusp, being 15.”
– The Hollywood Reporter
Art Direction
View TrailerWhen the residents of Bridgeville, Maine find themselves engulfed by a foreboding mist containing a myriad of inexplicable and bizarre threats, their humanity is put to the test in THE MIST, a new 10 episode serialized drama premiering Thursday, June 22 at 10 PM, ET/PT on Spike.
Art Direction
From the producers of the THE RING and THE GRUDGE and based on the award-winning short by Lars Klevberg, comes the next iconic and bold new vision in horror: POLAROID. High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the mysterious Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn’t take long to discover that those who have their picture taken meet a tragic end.
More media coming soon.
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Production Design
Production Design
“Did He Do It?” is a docu drama crime show that airs on Discovery Channel Investigation. Here are some samples of the sets we created.
Production Design
These are some prison interiors that we created using an old abandoned school as our canvas. These sets play a crucial role in the movie with a good chunk of the story taking place inside them. It was important that the rooms felt old and used.
Art Direction
The “Pour House” was one of the main standing sets on SEED. Imagine it as the coffee shop on Friends – it was a place for all of the main characters to meet (and for Harry to work).
Set Design
View 'Making Of' VideoYou would never know when watching this episode of Haven, but we built this entire Sewer set inside our studio. The only thing missing: Ninja Turtles. Check out the “Making Of” video link to the right. We lucked out and had a behind the scenes crew there to document the planning and construction.
Production Design
“Lou works for the city cleaning up road kill. One day he finds a mysterious purple high heel under a raccoon and his quest to find the shoe’s owner leads him to a woman who is just as quirky and solitary as he is.”
Art Direction
I took the photos and facilitated the printing of these backdrops that we used in studio for SEED season one and two.
Set Design
This was a really fun project. We wanted a classic old tubed neon ‘Diner’ sign but the sign was only going to be seen during the day. It allowed us to save some major cash by faking the neon tubes with plumbing pipes and fittings.
Art Direction
SEED on CityTV“SEED” is a half hour comedy series that airs on CityTV.
Playback Design
One of my favourite tasks of all time: Create a fictional arcade game in the classic beat ’em up style for two of the most bad ass characters of all time, THE PLAGUE!
Graphic Design
"OPTIMUS REIM" Globe and Mail articleJames Reimer, goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs, was on fire when he burst on to the scene for the Toronto Maple Leafs. I created this logo to go along with his fan created nickname “Optimus Reim”. The graphic caught on like wild fire on social media and ended up appearing on SportsCentre, in the Globe and Mail and eventually on to several of James Reimer’s masks.
Check out Jay Onrait showing off the logo on SportsCentre.
Production Design
“An eight-minute exercise in action suspense, as a terrified woman flees through the woods, trying to evade three monstrous pursuers…”
Graphic Design
A selection of graphics I created for “HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN”.
Playback Design
Breakout Kings was a television show on A&E. Convicts helped put escaped prisoners back behind bars using fictional super high tech computer tools like these. I made close to 45 unique playback moments, most of which consisted of animation and interactivity with the actors.
Graphic Design
Spanning the entire length of a hockey rink, this is one of the biggest (and most stressful!) projects I’ve been part of. 32 unique 8′ panels printed on acrylic substrate each replacing an existing local advertisement.
Graphic Design
Visit Pucking HilariousI started a web site called “Pucking Hilarious” to sell funny hockey t-shirts. The site is still up but I can’t sell most of these because the NHL and NHLPA have no sense of humour! Here they are in all of their glory.