Hi, my name is Antonio Carranza and I am a 3D artist with more than 21 years of experience in TV, cinema and advertising. I’m passionate about my profession and I could not imagine myself doing anything else
Work History
Lead Lighting Artist
Jellyfish Pictures
February 2023 - Present
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
Senior Generalist (Lighting / Lookdev )
ScanlineVFX
August 2021 - February 2023
London, England, United Kingdom
Senior Lighting Artist
Luma Pictures
June 2021 - August 2021
London, England, United Kingdom
Lead Lighting & Render Artist
Passion Pictures
April 2021 - June 2021
London, England, United Kingdom
Lead Lighting Artist
Jellyfish Pictures
April 2020 - April 2021
London, England, United Kingdom
Sequence Light Rig, shot lighting, rendering Artist for a Dreamworks
Feature Film:
• Spirit Untamed
Lighting Artist / Generalist
Union
March 2020 - April 2020
London
Lighting Artist / Generalist
Union Visual Effects
February 2020 - April 2020
London, United Kingdom
Lead Generalist
Polar Media
August 2019 - January 2020
London, United Kingdom
Hands-on 3D for individual projects as a generalist
Key Lighting Artist
MPC
November 2018 - June 2019
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Sequence Light Rig, shot lighting and rendering Artist for a film division using Katana.
Film:
• The Lion King
Lighting TD
Double Negative
January 2017 - August 2018
London, United Kingdom
Projects:
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) / EnvGen & Lighting TD
Pacific Rim 2 "Uprising" (2018) / Lighting TD & LookDev.
Justice League (2017) / Lighting TD
Wonder Woman (2017) / Lighting TD
Life (2017) / Lighting TD
3D VFX Artist
Sky
February 2012 - January 2017
Isleworth
Hands-on 3D for individual projects as a generalist for Sky. Including, modelling, animation, texturing, lighting, rendering and simple simulation using Autodesk Softimage.
Coordinate small projects and assist in planning workflow on individual F1 projects within the 3D team.
Develop collaborative relationships with Designers, Directors, Creative Directors and all internal departments to ensure visual effects workflow is efficient and produces the level of work expected.
Provide visual effects, animation, grading and mastering of promos, titles and branding across a wide range of briefs to fulfil business needs.
1.- Referral from Sky Plc
Justin Bates (Creative Director and Manager VFX at Sky)
Justin.Bates@sky.uk
Lighting TD / 3D Generalist
The Mill
March 2010 - February 2012
London, United Kingdom
I have worked on few projects is a Senior Lighting TD /3D Generalist.
1.- Referral from The Mill
Jordi Bares (Former CG Head at The Mill) now Creative Director at Framestore
jordibares@hotmail.com
3D Generalist / Blender 3D Teacher
Tegnix
December 2009 - March 2010
Blender 3D Teacher
3D Generalist
Enxebre Entertainment
November 2009 - December 2009
Project "A meta do camiño"
Senior 3D Artist / Lighting TD & Compositing Artist
Bren Entertainment
February 2000 - October 2008
Santiago De Compostela Area, Spain
At Bren Entertainment I worked as a senior 3D modeller and FX artist in several productions, for instance:
3D Feature Animation films
2008 -“Ratón Pérez 2” Lighting TD, Senior modeller
2005–2007 - “Donkey Xote” Senior modeller
2003–2004 TV programme “Club Xabarín” TVG - Senior character modeller
2003–2004 Feature film “El Cid, The Legend” - Senior modeller
2002–2003 Feature film “P3K Pinocchio 3000” - Senior modeller
3D TV series
2000–2003 “Goomer” (26x22') - 3D Generalist
Commercial
2001 Terra Mítica - Fur system.
3D teasers (TV series)
2000 - 240, Manolito Gafotas , El Cid, La Leyenda, Connie the Cow, Donz.
Position: 3D Generalist
1.- Referral from Bren Entertainment
Jordi Bares (Former CG Head at Bren Entertainment) now Creative Director at Framestore
jordibares@hotmail.com
Freelance 3D Artist
Immersive Education
2003 - 2004
I worked modelling and texturing 3D sets and characters to be used by Immersive Education in the development of interactive CD-ROM [www.imed.co.uk].
Team manager: Marvi Carames (Madrid).
3D Generalist
Atlas Galicia (RTVE)
June 2001 - September 2001
Santiago De Compostela Area, Spain
I worked for the TV programme “O vagalume” [directed by Maite Cabezas and produced by ATLAS for RTVE Galicia] making the intro, generalist.