 He was a storyboard artist for "Antz", "" and "Curious George" and was the head of story for ILM's aborted computer animated feature "Frankenstien", and a short film, "Work in Progress".He made his directorial debut as co-director of Sony Pictures Animation's first film "Open Season".He co-directed the 3D stop-motion animated feature film "The Boxtrolls", at Laika.