Best Effects in a Feature Film (nominated)
"Lightyear" - Carl Kaphan, Cody Harrington, Hope Schroers, Jon Barry, Nate Skeen
PIXAR Animation Stdios

 50th Annie Awards • ASIFA Hollywood • February 2023

Designing Effects Workflows: The Thinking Behind Tool Development
Using real production examples from Blue Sky Studios’ Spies in Disguise, we demonstrate how to break down effects within the production, taking into consideration a variety of aspects from optimization to collaboration.

Production Talk • ACM SIGGRAPH • 2020

What time is it? Efficient and Robust FX Retiming Workflow for Spies in Disguise
We present our FX retiming workflow developed on Blue Sky Studios' latest feature, Spies in Disguise. Our solution is shown to be robust and efficient for a variety of elements including particles, rigid bodies, volumetrics, and fluids.

Production Talk • ACM SIGGRAPH • 2019

Creating Abstract Motion Sculptures Through Simulation
The methods described in this thesis present a robust, simulation-driven, and artist friendly process for manipulating animated point data into controllable structures inspired by the artist of the late 19th-century and early 20th-century.

Dailies • ACM SIGGRAPH •  2015