Tyson Cross

Tyson Cross

Senior VFX TD, Unity TA, Actor, Electrical Engineer

Supervisor Lighting TD / Supervisor Render Supervisor / 16 yrs

Johannesburg, South Africa

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Render Supervisor

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

Senior Lighting Technical Director

Warcraft: The Beginning (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

Strange Magic (2015)

Lead Lighting Artist

Ultimate Energy (2014)

Digital Artist

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Digital Artist

Pacific Rim (2013)

Digital Artist

The Avengers (2012)

Lighting Technical Director

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

Lighting Technical Director

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Digital Lighting Supervisor

Aftershock (2010)

Digital Artist

10,000 BC (2008)

3-D Artist

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Lighting

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

2-D Artist

Children of Men (2007)

Digital Artist

The Magic Flute (2006)

3-D Artist

Flyboys (2006)

3D Lighting

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

3D Digital Artist

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

3-D Animator

Ella Enchanted (2004)

Digital Artist

King Arthur (2004)

Digital Artist

Demon Slayer (2004)

Modelling/Texturing

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

Work History

  • Render Supervisor

    Double Negative

    February 2023 - June 2024

  • Head of Operations

    Eden Studio

    November 2021 - January 2023
    Johannesburg, South Africa

    Created pipeline from script breakdown through motion capture to layout, animation and rendering in game engine for VR experiences for children’s healthcare.

  • Head of Design

    Isazi.ai

    January 2020 - October 2021
    Johannesburg

    In charge of all design output for the company, also wrote data analytics software, and worked as full-stack developer

  • BSc Eng (Elec)

    Studied Electrical and Information Engineering B.Sc (Hon) at Wits University

    February 2015 - November 2019
    Johannesburg

    Full time engineering degree in electrical and informational engineering

  • Senior Lighting Technical Director

    Industrial Light & Magic

    January 2011 - December 2014

    Sequence lead, lighting, shotwork, mentoring, look development

  • Adjunct Lecturer

    Nanyang Polytechnic

    2012 - 2013

    I helped design the curriculum and lectured a three month course on Lighting, Texturing and Rendering within the Special Diploma in VFX at the School of Interactive and Digital Media.

  • Lead Lighting TD/HOD

    Blackginger

    November 2009 - September 2010

    Head of Department for Lighting and Rendering for feature films and occasional commercials.

  • Lead Technical Director

    Condor Cape

    November 2008 - November 2009

    -I oversaw the planning and pipeline for long-form work and larger commercials, from the inital VFX bid and breakdown through to the technical execution and asset/resource allocation during post-production.
    -I also participated in an active role as a TD in production, and worked as a senior artist/operator in Maya, Shake, Mental Ray.
    -On set supervision & HDR capture

  • Texture and Lighting TD

    Double Negative

    June 2005 - May 2008

    Lighting TD, Particle and Effects TD, Texture Artist, Modeller, Generalist.

  • 3d VFX Artist

    Cinesite

    March 2003 - April 2005

    Lighting TD, Animator, Particle and Effects TD, Texture Artist, Generalist
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Education

  • BSc.Eng (Electrical and Information)

    University of Witwatersrand

    February 2015 - November 2019

  • Gnomon School of Visual Effects

    2001 - 2002

  • University of Cape Town

    1997 - 2000

  • Crawford College

    1994 - 1996

  • Shakespeare Theatre Company

    1992 - 1993

  • St. Albans School

    ? - ?

  • St. Georges College

    ? - ?

  • The extraordinary talent of my co-workers and coll

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