Ari Ross

Ari Ross

Lead Lighting Artist / 22 yrs

Wellington, New Zealand

Lighting Lead

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Senior Lighting TD

Lady and the Tramp (2019)

Senior Lighting TD

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Senior Lighting TD

Mortal Engines (2018)

lighting td

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

lighting td

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Touch (2017)

The BFG (2016)

lighting td

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Lighting Lead

Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

The BFG (2016)

Lighting Lead

The Peanuts Movie (2015)

Lighting Lead

Rio 2 (2014)

Lighting Lead

Epic (2013)

Lighting Lead

Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

Lighting Lead

Rio (2011)

Lighting Lead

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Senior Lighting TD & Feathers Development

Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

Lighting TD & Fur TD

Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

Lighting TD & Fur TD

Robots (2005)
Weta Lighting Reel
Demo Reel
Rendezvous with Rama vfx breakdown
Rendezvous with Rama - NYU 2001
Work History

  • Lighting Lead

    Wētā FX

    September 2021 - July 2023
    Wellington, New Zealand

    Avatar 2 (2022)

  • Senior Lighting TD

    Wētā FX

    June 2018 - September 2021

    Avengers: Endgame (2019)
    Lady and the Tramp (2019)
    Mortal Engines (2018)

  • Lighting Lead

    Blue Sky Studios

    July 2003 - October 2015

    Ice Age 5 (2016)
    Peanuts (2015)
    Rio 2 (2014)
    Epic (2013)
    Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
    Rio (2011)
    Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
    Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
    Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
    Robots (2005)

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    Asia Legend Ltd

    June 2001 - August 2002
    Hong Kong

    The Touch (2002)

Education

  • Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

    1998 - 2001

  • University of Maryland College Park

    1997 - 1998