Timescapes
Senior Producer / Interim Studio Director
California Academy of Sciences
Visualization Studio
Fulldome Film Premiering Fall 2026
Narrated by Aisha Tyler
Think about the place you live—your spot on Earth. Do you know what it was like a century ago? What about a thousand years ago, or a million? And can you imagine what it will be like in the future?
In our new original planetarium film Timescapes, join us as we delve into the deep past of California. Dive into prehistoric seas patrolled by giant marine reptiles, travel alongside herds of migrating mammoths, and soar with ancient winged giants. See how humans have shaped our place and unlock the power of history to shape a regenerated, resilient future for the land we call home.
Timescapes | Trailer
Columbian mammoths walk through a field 13,000 years ago in a place that will eventually be known as California. | California Academy of Sciences
The San Francisco we know today, a bustling city by the bay. | California Academy of Sciences
70 million years ago ammonites swam in this sea. Eventually plate tectonics will raise this seafloor and make it part of the land of California. | California Academy of Sciences
Ancient California Coast 70 million years ago | Plesiosaurs chasing ammonites | California Academy of Sciences
Columbian Mammoths walk through a river valley of Pleistocene California | California Academy of Sciences
Pleistocene California | Saber-toothed lions | 13,000 years ago | California Academy of Sciences
Morning in an indigenous village prior to European contact. Tule reed was an important building material for coastal people. | California Academy of Sciences
Ancient California Kelp Forest | Young leatherback sea turtle | 13,000 years ago. | California Academy of Sciences / Upwell Turtles
Modern California | Roadways blocking migration routes and wildlife corridors. | California Academy of Sciences
Timescapes (2026) — Interim Deptartment Directorship, Cross-Functional Corporate Mergers, and Resilient Crisis Management
Executive Mandate: Senior Producer / Interim Studio Director
Alliances Secured: The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, NVIDIA, Autodesk
Creative Frameworks: Indigenous Advisory Integration, Deep Historical Chronology Mapping, Multi-Vendor Remote Asset Synchronization
Pipeline Infrastructure: High-Volume Spatial Rendering, Distributed Cloud Workflows, Multi-Tier Contractor Management
Core Strengths Proven: Change Management, Crisis Operations, Cross-Department Integration, High-Value Partner Relations, Devotional Project Stewardship
Crisis Continuity, Interim Department Director & Structural Studio Mergers
When the long-time Writer/Director and senior division heads departed mid-production cycle, I stepped into an expanded executive vacuum for over a year. Assuming full administrative command of the Visualization Studio, I defended our operating architecture during a complex, top-down corporate restructuring that merged our filmmaking unit with the legacy Exhibits and Engineering teams. To stabilize a team navigating immense systemic uncertainty, I codified rigorous staff stewardship frameworks, establishing bi-monthly one-on-one diagnostic interventions and professional development pathways to maintain morale throughput. I mentored and partnered with our veteran lead animator as he transitioned into the Director role, ensuring nearly two decades of shared team chemistry was safely preserved.
Strategic Fiscal Architecture & Technology Alliances
To insulate the property’s ambitious technical scope from compounding federal grant reductions, I actively stepped into high-level philanthropic and B2B procurement networks. I conceptualized and pitched comprehensive funding proposals to The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, successfully locking down critical capital infusions to subsidize the theatrical feature, international distribution networks, digital educational toolkits, and web platforms. Furthermore, I negotiated directly with global technology pioneers NVIDIA and Autodesk to orchestrate high-value in-kind hardware and enterprise software donations, radically modernizing our computational render infrastructure at zero cost to the core budget.
Deep Historical Ingestion & Cross-Cultural Advisory Networks
On a creative pipeline level, I supervised a massive, multi-century research matrix tracking California's geological formation, flora, fauna, and subsequent colonization. Recognizing the profound nuance required to depict our region's ecological trajectory, we expanded our traditional scientific advisory pipeline to include formal Indigenous Advisory Boards. We coordinated sensitive, high-trust consultations with tribal elders and historians to ensure absolute historical accuracy and cultural reverence in depicting ancestral lineages, while seamlessly weaving their modern-day ecological regeneration initiatives directly into the film's climax—a visionary, real-time visualization of a resilient Bay Area a century into the future.
External Vendor Integration & Remote Pipeline Guardianship
Faced with strict budgetary lean constraints, I structured and managed an agile network of elite external contractors across music composition, sound design, and advanced 3D character modeling. When late-stage institutional restructuring and sudden studio closures disrupted on-site access, I pivoted the operational paradigm to an external, remote framework. Driven by an unwavering commitment to the team and the piece, I navigated strict system access barriers to consult, review, and champion the project through its final post-production milestones, managing complex asset workflows following the unexpected passings of our beloved, long-time VFX Supervisor and master Lead Composer.
