Sumesh Kumar Somnath

Sumesh Kumar Somnath

Technical problem solver with excellent attention to detail.

Senior CG Supervisor / lighting Supervisor / 19 yrs

Dublin, Ireland

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lighting artist

Scared Shrekless (2010)

lighting artist

Merry Madagascar (2009)

Lead Lighter

Back at the Barnyard (2007)

lighting artist

Madly Madagascar

Lighting Supervisor

Bob the Builder

lighting supervisor

BingBunny (2021)

CG supervisor

Sherwood

lighting supervisor

Henry Hugglemonster (2013)

Lead Lighter

Farmkids

Vampirina (2017)
Showreel
Tikki bar shot from Merry Madagascar
Castle Duloc Enterance Gate shot
Castle Duloc Scared Shrekless
Merry Madagascar Maurice Closeup
Merry Madagascar King Julien and Santa
Gingy Sugar Sequence
Sumesh is a CG Supervisor with more than 14 Years’ experience in the industry. During this span of time, he has fulfilled various responsibilities and roles in multiple companies on their award winning projects.

Most of his time is spent working closely with the Producers, Department heads and other key stakeholders in the company, Solving problems for the various departments within the company.

In addition to his experience in various roles in the industry, he also carries a Diploma in Project Management.

His key interests are in keeping in check with the latest Technology in almost every industry including Automotive Science, Aerospace, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Robotics.
Work History

  • technical director / CG Supervisor

    Moetion Films

    February 2019 - November 2019
    Galway

    Problem Solve technical Issues, Production issues, Design Crowd system and supervise its build, Manage Tech Anim and CFX, Training Animators on Pipeline, Oversee Tech anim renders.

  • CG supervisor

    Giant Animation

    November 2017 - June 2018
    Dublin, Ireland

    CG Supervision, Pipeline Design, Supervise Asset Build, Supervise Shot Production Pipeline.

  • CG supervisor

    Egg VFX

    March 2017 - November 2017
    Dublin, Ireland

    CG Supervision, Pipeline Building, Supervise IT, Supervise Look Dev, Documentation, etc.

  • cg supervisor-lighting department

    Brown bag films

    November 2011 - March 2017
    Dublin, Ireland

    Lighting Supervision, Look Dev Supervision, Master Lighting Setups, General Optimization, Render optimizations, Trouble shooting, Progress updates, Artistic Reviews, Technical Reviews, Quality Control, Visual approvals, etc.

  • lead lighter/compositor

    Xentrix Studios

    March 2011 - June 2011
    Bangalore, India

    Master Lighting Setup, Master comp Setup, Technical Setup for Sequences.

  • lighting artist

    DreamWorks Animation

    May 2008 - February 2011
    Bangalore, India

    Lighting Artist, Shot Lighting, Master Lighting Setups when required.

  • lead lighter/compositor

    Technicolor India

    April 2006 - May 2008
    Bangalore, India

    Master Lighting Setup, Master Compositing Setups, Shot Lighting, Shot render, Shot compositing, Render Wrangling, Texture shading, etc.

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