Jay was born and raised in Saskatoon and moved to Toronto in 2000 to attend the International Academy of Design for 3d Animation and Visual Effects. He lived and worked in Toronto for six years and then Vancouver for four years and worked on feature films like Babel, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Stranger than Fiction, The Fountain, and The Number 23. In ten years, Jay has worked on over twenty feature films, five tv shows and various commercial ads. He has also been nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Visual Effects in 2008 for his water simulation work with Realflow and Maya. He has worked at four of the top ten visual effects studios in Canada. Jay is proficient in all areas of the cg production pipeline and is skilled in visual effects, dynamics and animation.