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Helen Paul

New Zealand

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Senior Lighting Technical Director

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Senior Lighting Technical Director

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

Senior Lighting Technical Director

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)

Key Lighting Artist

BIOS (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

Wellington Paranormal (2021)

Key Lighting Artist

WandaVision (2021)

Key Lighting Artist

Cats (2019)

Senior Lighting Technical Director

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Lighting Technical Director

Avatar: Flight of Passage (2017)

Digital Compositor

Pete's Dragon (2016)

Lighting Technical Director

The BFG (2016)

Lighting Technical Director

Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)

Lighting Technical Director

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

Lighting TD

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Lighting TD

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Lighting TD and Compositor

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Lighting TD and Compositor

Iron Man 3 (2013)

compositor

Prometheus (2012)

Lighting TD and Compositor

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Lighting TD and Compositor

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

compositor

Good for Nothing (2012)

Lighting TD

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Lighting TD and Senior Compositor

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Compositor

Gulliver's Travels (2010)

compositor

Knight and Day (2010)

Lead Compositor

The Lovely Bones (2010)

Lighting TD and Compositor

Avatar (2009)

compositor

District 9 (2009)

compositor

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

Lead compositor

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

compositor

Jumper (2008)

compositor

The Water Horse (2007)

compositor

Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

compositor

Eragon (2006)

compositor

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

compositor

King Kong (2005)

Compositor

I, Robot (2004)

Compositor

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Senior Paint Artist

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Paint Artist

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Paint artist

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

compositor

King Kong 360 ride for Universal Studios

Work History

Lighting TD and Compositor

Wētā FX

August 2009 - Present

Lighting/comping on Avatar
Lighting/comping on Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Lighting/comping on The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Lighting/comping on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Lighting/comping on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lighting/comping on Iron Man 3
Lighting/comping on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Compositor

Wētā FX

March 2003 - Present

Compositing on:
Return of the King
I Robot
King Kong
X-men: The Last Stand
Eragon
Bridge to Terebitha
The Waterhorse
Jumper
Prince Caspian (2D sequence lead)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Lovely Bones (2D sequence Lead)
District 9
Avatar
Knight and Day
King Kong 360
Predators
Good For Nothing
Gulliver's Travels
Visual Effects artist

Wētā FX

2001 - Present

Lighting TD and Senior Compositor
Lighting TD

Wētā FX

March 2015 - March 2016
Wētā FX

March 2014 - March 2015
Senior Paint Artist

Wētā FX

January 2002 - March 2003

Senior paint artist whilst working on The Two Towers. This job required extensive paint-outs of actors from plates with other characters, as well as more run of the mill paint work.
Paint Artist

Wētā FX

January 2001 - January 2002

Worked on Fellowship of the Ring as a paint artist.

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Education

Wellington School of Design

1997 - 1999
Hutt Valley Polytechnic (now Welltec)

1996 - 1996