• Skybound Entertainment

  • Skydance Interactive

  • The Walking Dead

  • Saints and Sinners

  • Skybound Entertainment

  • Skydance Interactive

  • The Walking Dead

  • Saints and Sinners

  • Skybound Entertainment

  • Skybound Entertainment

  • Skydance Interactive

  • The Walking Dead

  • Saints and Sinners

  • Skybound Entertainment

  • Skydance Interactive

  • The Walking Dead

  • Saints and Sinners

  • Skybound Entertainment

  • Skybound Entertainment

  • Skydance Interactive

  • The Walking Dead

  • Saints and Sinners

  • Skybound Entertainment

  • Skydance Interactive

  • The Walking Dead

  • Saints and Sinners

  • Skybound Entertainment

  • Skybound Entertainment

  • Skydance Interactive

  • The Walking Dead

  • Saints and Sinners

  • Skybound Entertainment

  • Skydance Interactive

  • The Walking Dead

  • Saints and Sinners

  • Skybound Entertainment

Saints And Sinners

Surviving Today. Haunting Tomorrow.

Surviving Today. Haunting Tomorrow.

When the dead rise in New Orleans, strength alone is not enough to survive; survival demands that choices be made that will haunt us forever.   

Directing alongside the team at Axis Studios for Skydance Interactive and Skybound Entertainment, we crafted a narrative where a child's unicorn backpack becomes a powerful symbol, turning an innocent gift into a haunting reminder of all we've lost. 

When the dead rise in New Orleans, strength alone is not enough to survive; survival demands that choices be made that will haunt us forever.   

Directing alongside the team at Axis Studios for Skydance Interactive and Skybound Entertainment, we crafted a narrative where a child's unicorn backpack becomes a powerful symbol, turning an innocent gift into a haunting reminder of all we've lost. 

When the dead rise in New Orleans, strength alone is not enough to survive; survival demands that choices be made that will haunt us forever.   

Directing alongside the team at Axis Studios for Skydance Interactive and Skybound Entertainment, we crafted a narrative where a child's unicorn backpack becomes a powerful symbol, turning an innocent gift into a haunting reminder of all we've lost. 

When the dead rise in New Orleans, strength alone is not enough to survive; survival demands that choices be made that will haunt us forever.   

Directing alongside the team at Axis Studios for Skydance Interactive and Skybound Entertainment, we crafted a narrative where a child's unicorn backpack becomes a powerful symbol, turning an innocent gift into a haunting reminder of all we've lost. 

A zombie with blood covering its face stands in the streets of New Orleans in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, creating a chilling and unsettling scene.
A zombie with blood covering its face stands in the streets of New Orleans in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, creating a chilling and unsettling scene.
A zombie with blood covering its face stands in the streets of New Orleans in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, creating a chilling and unsettling scene.
A zombie with blood covering its face stands in the streets of New Orleans in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, creating a chilling and unsettling scene.
A zombie with blood covering its face stands in the streets of New Orleans in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, creating a chilling and unsettling scene.

Credits

My Roles

Director

Client

Skydance Interactive,

Skybound Entertainment

Studio

Axis Studios (RIP)

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Credits

My Roles

Director

Client

Skydance Interactive,

Skybound Entertainment

Studio

Axis Studios (RIP)

Full Credits

Full Credits available on desktop

Innocence Shatters

The morning starts like any other — a young girl named Linh bounces into her home after greeting the firefighter from her local firehouse and receives a colourful unicorn backpack from her mother before heading off to school.  

But in this reality, normal doesn't last long. When chaos erupts and the dead walk, that innocent gift becomes a witness to transformation, connecting a survivor with her last moments of childhood. 

The morning starts like any other — a young girl named Linh bounces into her home after greeting the firefighter from her local firehouse and receives a colourful unicorn backpack from her mother before heading off to school.  

But in this reality, normal doesn't last long. When chaos erupts and the dead walk, that innocent gift becomes a witness to transformation, connecting a survivor with her last moments of childhood. 

A fireman glances over his shoulder as he is chased by zombies in The Walking Dead by Skybound Entertainment.
A fireman glances over his shoulder as he is chased by zombies in The Walking Dead by Skybound Entertainment.
A fireman glances over his shoulder as he is chased by zombies in The Walking Dead by Skybound Entertainment.
A girl receives a backpack from her mother in Saints and Sinners: The Walking Dead by Skydance.
A girl receives a backpack from her mother in Saints and Sinners: The Walking Dead by Skydance.
A girl receives a backpack from her mother in Saints and Sinners: The Walking Dead by Skydance.

Navigating The Landscape

With the help of Axis Studios' visionary team, we developed a distinctive visual language that balanced raw horror with deeply human storytelling.  

In creating the backdrop for the narrative, the battle-scarred streets and crumbling architecture of New Orleans offered rich creative possibilities — every broken window and torn facade telling its own story of survival. 

A woman looks cautiously around a corner in a moodily lit scene from The Walking Dead by Skybound Entertainment.
A woman looks cautiously around a corner in a moodily lit scene from The Walking Dead by Skybound Entertainment.
A mother appears desperate and upset as she packs a bag, preparing to leave her home during a zombie apocalypse in The Walking Dead by Skybound Entertainment.
A mother appears desperate and upset as she packs a bag, preparing to leave her home during a zombie apocalypse in The Walking Dead by Skybound Entertainment.
The Weight Of Memory

Our narrative leads viewers through the shadows before delivering its gut-punch reveal. Through calculated misdirection, we captured the essence of Saints & Sinners: in our darkest moments, it's the choices that will shape who we become that truly matter. 

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