Alex Corll

Alex Corll

Lighting TD with experience in compositing and shot finaling

Mid-level Lighting TD / Mid-level Digital Compositor / 11 yrs

Irvine, California

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Lighting Artist

Strange World (2022)

Lighting Artist

Trolls World Tour (2020)

Lighting & Compositing Artist

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

peter rabbit (2018)

Lighting TD

The Emoji Movie (2017)

Lighting TD

Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

Visual Effects Artist

Monster Trucks (2017)

Digital Effects

Legacy (2017)

Lighting and Look Development TD

The Finest Hours (2016)

Lighting and Look Development TD

Suicide Squad (2016)

Overwatch (2016)

Lighting TD

The Smurfs 3 (2015)

Lighting TD

American Sniper (2015)

Lighting TD

Goosebumps (2015)

Lighting and Look Development TD

Furious 7 (2015)

Lighting Artist

RWBY (2013)

Currently a Lighting and Compositing Artist at Blizzard Entertainment. Well versed in the principles of photography and realistic lighting, including plate integration, physically based shading, and modern pathtracers. Additionally, I'm interested in and have experience with fx simulations, particularly in regards to look development and lighting.
Work History

  • Senior Lighter

    DreamWorks Animation

    February 2023 - Present
    Glendale, California, United States · Hybrid

    Projects:
    Lead Lighter - Trolls Band Together
    -Sequence setup and keylighting in Houdini, SideFX LOPs, and Nuke
    Senior Lighter - Kung Fu Panda 4
    Senior Lighter - Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken

  • Mentor

    Think Tank Training Centre

    October 2021 - Present
    Remote

    Mentoring students and providing feedback on assignments and instruction in 3D software including Maya, vRay, Mari, and Mudbox as they complete a 1 year online certificate program.

  • Narrative Lighting Artist - 343 Industries

    Microsoft

    September 2022 - January 2023

    Narrative lighting for in game cinematic content, primarily for the Season 3 multiplayer content update for Halo Infinite.

  • Lighting and Compositing Artist

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    January 2022 - September 2022
    Burbank, California, United States

    Zootopia+
    Strange World

  • Lighting/Compositing Artist

    DreamWorks Animation

    October 2019 - January 2022
    Glendale, CA

  • Lighting/Compositing Artist

    Blizzard Entertainment

    July 2019 - October 2019
    Irvine, California

  • Lighting TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2019 - June 2019
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Lighting and Compositing TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    June 2017 - June 2019

    Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (2018)
    -Academy Award: Best Animated Feature

  • Instructor - Introduction to Lighting for Animation

    Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games + Animation

    December 2018 - March 2019

    Produced a tutorial video on lighting techniques for animation using Maya, Arnold, and Nuke.
    Special thanks to Adam Floeck for the use of a scene I lit for his short film, The Sentinel.

  • Rooster Teeth

    November 2018 - December 2018
    Austin, TX

  • Lighting TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    December 2017 - October 2018
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Digital Artist

    Animal Logic

    July 2017 - December 2017

  • Digital Artist - Lighting

    Animal Logic

    June 2017 - December 2017
    Sydney, Australia

    Peter Rabbit (2018)

  • Lighting TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    July 2016 - June 2017

    Lighting on Smurfs: The Lost Village

  • Lighting and Look Development TD - Associate

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2015 - June 2017

  • Lighting TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2015 - June 2016

  • Lighting and Look Development TD

    MPC

    August 2014 - October 2015
    Vancouver, BC

    Lighting and look development work for feature films.
    Projects:
    American Sniper
    Monster Trucks
    Furious 7
    The Finest Hours

  • Visual Effects Intern

    Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio

    April 2014 - July 2014
    Greater Nashville Area, TN

    Modeling, surfacing, and lighting assets for television and advertising work. Also contributed work as a compositor.

  • Peer Tutor

    Savannah College of Art and Design

    January 2011 - June 2013
    Savannah, Georgia Area

    Provide training in a variety of software packages and programming languages used in SCAD's VSFX curriculum.

  • Teaching Assistant

    Project Forward Leap

    June 2009 - August 2011
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Education

  • Savannah College of Art and Design

    2009 - 2013

  • Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School

    2005 - 2009