My Story (so far)
My animation journey started with flipbooks in 3rd grade and grew into a serious passion when I discovered LEGO stop-motion as a teenager in Accra, Ghana. I became fascinated with telling stories one frame at a time, and eventually knew I wanted to pursue animation as a career.
That led me to SCAD, where I earned my BFA in 3D Character Animation and graduated Magna Cum Laude. During my time there, I directed (alongside Andy Ortiz), produced, and animated on my senior thesis, Out O’ the Inkwell, which received the 2022 Southeast Regional Student Production Award for Excellence.
I later joined Studio Zubio in Utah, where I worked across realistic and cartoony styles while gaining a deeper understanding of production pipelines and the technical side of animation. Since then, I’ve worked across episodic animation, filters, virtual influencers, indie games, and AA game cinematics with teams across the US, UK, Ghana, and New Zealand.
I’m especially drawn to stylized feature and cinematic animation, and I’m obsessed with nuanced acting, timing, and the details that make a performance feel real. Outside of work, I’m independently producing my own short film, I Want to Go Home, using Maya and Blender to explore the kind of ambitious animation I want to make.
Having lived in Ghana and across the US, and coming from an American and Lebanese background, I bring a broad perspective to my work. I’m trilingual and enjoy working with people from different backgrounds and finding ways to communicate and collaborate effectively.
I’m always looking for ambitious projects, great collaborators, and work worth obsessing over.
Work Experience
March 2025 - Present
March 2025 - Present
Apr 2024 - Present
Nov 2021 - March 2023
Sep 2021 - March 2023
Jul 2021 - Sep 2021
Senior 3D Cinematic Animator | Unannounced AA Game - Space Rock Games
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Create high-quality 3D character, creature, and object animations in Maya, ensuring they meet artistic and technical standards before importing into Unreal Engine.
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Collaborate remotely with a multidisciplinary team to ensure the game meets stylistic goals.
3D Cinematic Animator | Billy Bust Up - Giddy Goat Games
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Create high quality stylized animations within assigned deadlines.
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Collaborate with storyboard artists, directors and other animators to align with the project’s style and vision.
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Thrive in a remote work environment, maintaining communication with a global crew.
Animation and Art Coach | ARTriculate
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Provide personalized coaching and feedback to students to enhance their skills.
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Stay updated on industry trends and techniques to enhance teaching content.
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Mentor students in portfolio development and career guidance.
Animator | Studio Zubio
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Animate both realistic human nuance for Virtual Influencer "Vida De Mia" and stylized cartoony characters on an unreleased project, "Bunderkin".
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Animate filters and virtual meeting backgrounds.
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Communicate with diverse teams, build rapport with teammates and create long-lasting relationships.
Animation Trainee | Academy @ The Focus
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Animate realistic objects and characters such as balls, bipeds and quadrupeds.
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Perform well in a studio-like environment, meet deadlines, critique colleagues and receive notes.
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Learned and applied animation principles and techniques under the guidance of experienced professionals.
Freelance Animator | AnimaxFYB
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Animate shots and tests for the project, "The Chronicles of Kilo n Kwaata".
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Work with one of the leading directors of animation in Ghana.
