Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 3-D animation programmer and rendering software engineer whose credits include STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982), RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983), THE ADVENTURES OF ANDRÉ AND WALLY B. (1984), A BUG'S LIFE (1998), TOY STORY 2 (1999) and MONSTERS, INC. (2001). He served on the research & development team whose software and tools were used for FINDING NEMO (2003), THE INCREDIBLES (2004), and CARS (2006).  Scientific and Engineering Awards (Plaque) 1995: For their pioneering inventions in Digital Image Compositing. (w. Ed Catmull, Thomas Porter & Alvy Ray Smith)  Scientific and Engineering Awards (Plaque) 1997: For the development of the Marionette Three-Dimensional Computer Animation System. (w. Eben Ostby, William (Bill) Reeves & Sam Leffler) 2 Scientific/Technical Awards