Quay Mims

Work History

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  Lighting Lead

  ScanlineVFX

  March 2022 - March 2024
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  Lighting / Compositing Lead (cinematics)

  Blackbird Interactive Inc

  January 2018 - February 2022

  400-565 Great Northern Way Vancouver, BC V5T 0H8

  • Established initial Lighting / Look Dev production pipeline for cinematics
  • Scripted multiple production tools
  • R&D visual styles for cinematics
  • Created Light Rigs and Key Lighting
  • Look Dev assets
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  CG Generalist

  FuseFX

  May 2017 - January 2018

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • Worked on multiple VFX Television Shows
  • Responsibilities: Lighting, Look Dev, Texturing, Modeling
  • Developed/Scripted tools for pipeline
  • Created concept images for show bids
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  Lead Lighting / Compositing Artist

  ICON Creative Studio

  April 2017 - May 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Lit on a Netflix Original series
  
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  Lighting Artist

  Digital Domain

  March 2016 - February 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Fast and Furious 8
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Independence Day: Resurgence
  • Look Dev
  • Optimized Renders
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  Lighting Technical Director

  Method Studios

  August 2015 - March 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Lit in Houdini on Captain America: Civil War
  • Look Dev and Lit on The Divergent Series: Allegiant
  • Optimized Renders
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  Lighting Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  February 2015 - July 2015

  Vancouver, Canada

  • Lit and Composited on Hotel Transylvania 2
  • Rendered shots
  • Adjusted textures
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  Lighter / Compositor

  Reel FX

  March 2014 - August 2014

  * Lit and Composited on The Book of Life
  * Fixed render issues, textures and effects for my shots
  * Optimized render times
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  Modeling / Look Dev

  Case NYC

  January 2013 - January 2013

  Utah

  • Modeled new Clinique product for commercials
  • Created displacement / bump maps
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  Lighting

  Blue Sky Studios

  December 2013 - January 2014

  * Created render layers for Lighting and Compositing on Rio 2
  * Wrote a Python script that automates the beginning process for LTAs
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  Lighting / Compositing

  Laika

  June 2013 - August 2013

  Portland, OR

  • Lit and Composited on commercials

• Lighting / Compositing Lead

  QVC Commercial

  May 2013 - August 2013

  • Lit in Houdini and Composited in AE
  • Shaded the main medical device

• Lighting / Compositing

  Chasm - Animated Short Film

  January 2012 - April 2013

  Utah

  • Oversaw lighting in Houdini and compositing in Nuke
  • Built light rigs
  • Developed scripts and gizmos for Nuke
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  Research Assistant

  Brigham Young University

  August 2012 - March 2013

  Utah

  • Taught students how to light and composite
  • Developed lighting / compositing pipeline

• Lighting TD

  LDS Motion Picture Studio

  February 2013 - February 2013

  • Lit and Composited realistic architecture
  • Rendered with Mental Ray

• iLearning

  iLearning

  October 2011 - August 2012

  Utah

  • Created and Composited 3D / 2D elements into live footage
  • Edited video for timing and color correction

• Lighting TD

  Estefan, Butchered Meats and Dreamgiver - Animated Short Fil

  April 2010 - August 2012

  • Lit in Maya and Houdini
  • Rendered with RenderMan and Mantra
  • Composited with AE and Nuke