Brian Adams

Brian Adams

Senior cg lighting artist / 21 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Lighting And Compositing Artist

Lilo & Stitch (2025)

Lighting Artist

Wish (2023)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Lighting Artist

Encanto (2021)

Stereo Final Color Artist

Frozen 2 (2019)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

The Emoji Movie (2017)

Animation Camera

The Mask (2017)

Lighting Artist

Moana (2016)

Lighting Artist

Zootopia (2016)

Lighting Artist

Big Hero 6 (2014)

Lighting & Compositing Artist

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

The Smurfs 2 (2013)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Cg Lighting And Compositing Artist

Men in Black 3 (2012)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

Arthur Christmas (2011)

Lighting And Compositing

LittleBigPlanet 2 (2011)

Lighting Artist

Tangled (2010)

Lighting And Compositing Technical Director

G-Force (2009)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

Eagle Eye (2008)

Color & Lighting Td

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Digital Compositor

Superman Returns (2006)

Visual Effects Technical Director

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Color & Lighting Td

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Additional Compositor

Kangaroo Jack (2003)

Senior Compositor

Mission to Mars (2000)

Digital Compositor

Crimson Tide (1995)

Image Processing Technician

The Swan Princess (1994)

Matte Photography

Hot Shots! (1991)

Motion Control Camera Assistant

The Abyss (1989)

Visual Effects Production Assistant

The Blob (1988)

Work History
  • Lighter

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    May 2023 - September 2023
    Burbank, California, United States · Remote

    Lighter/Compositor:
    Wish

  • Lighter

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2022 - May 2023
    Culver City, California, United States · Remote

    Lighter/Compositor:
    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse marketing
    Lighter:
    Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

  • Lighter/Compositor

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    January 2022 - October 2022
    Burbank, California, United States · Hybrid

    Lighter/Compositor:
    Strange World
    Zootopia+

  • Technical Director, Sr.

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    September 2021 - December 2021
    Culver City, California, United States · On-site

    Lighter/Compositor:
    The Sea Beast

  • Lighter/Compositor

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    April 2021 - September 2021
    Burbank, California, United States · On-site

    Lighter/Compositor:
    Encanto

  • Compositor

    The Molecule

    March 2021 - April 2021
    New York, New York, United States · Remote

    Compositor:
    Only Murders in the Building

  • Lighter/Compositor

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    August 2020 - December 2020
    Burbank, California, United States · On-site

    Lighter/Compositor:
    Raya and the Last Dragon

  • Stereo Final Color Artist

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    June 2019 - October 2019
    Burbank, CA · On-site

    Stereo Artist:
    Frozen 2

  • Compositor

    FuseFX

    January 2019 - March 2019
    Van Nuys, CA · On-site

    Compositor:
    various shows

  • Lighter/Compositor

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    May 2018 - September 2018
    Burbank, CA · On-site

    Lighter/Compositor:
    Ralph Breaks the Internet

  • Technical Director, Sr.

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2018 - May 2018
    Culver City, CA · On-site

    Lighter/Compositor/Stereo:
    Hotel Transylvania 3

  • Compositor

    CoSA VFX

    October 2017 - February 2018
    North Hollywood, California · On-site

    Compositor:
    Gotham
    The Last Ship
    Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
    The Reverie
    Lucifer

  • Technical Director, Sr.

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2016 - June 2017
    Culver City, CA · On-site

    Lighter/Compositor/Stereo:
    Emoji Movie

  • Lighter

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    April 2016 - October 2016
    Burbank, CA · On-site

    Lighter/Compositor:
    Moana

  • Technical Director, Sr.

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    December 2015 - April 2016
    Culver City, CA · On-site

    Lighter:
    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Lighter

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    April 2014 - December 2015
    Burbank, CA · On-site

    Lighter/Compositor:
    Zootopia
    Big Hero Six

  • Technical Director, Sr.

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2012 - March 2014
    Culver City, CA · On-site

    Lighter/Compositor/Stereo:
    Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
    The Smurfs 2

    Compositor:
    The Amazing Spiderman 2
    Oz The Great and Powerful

  • Compositor

    Method Studios

    August 2012 - October 2012
    Santa Monica, CA · On-site

    Compositor:
    Beautiful Creatures

  • Technical Director, Sr.

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    November 2010 - August 2012
    Culver City, CA · On-site

    Lighter/Compositor/Stereo:
    Hotel Transylvania
    Men In Black 3
    Arthur Christmas

  • Lighter

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    March 2010 - September 2010
    Burbank, CA · On-site

    Lighter/Compositor:
    Tangled

  • Technical Director, Sr.

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    May 2003 - December 2009
    On-site

    Lighter/Compositor:
    Cats and Dogs 2
    G-Force
    Eagle Eye
    Speed Racer
    Spiderman 3
    Spiderman 2.1
    Polar Express Imax 3D
    Spiderman 2
    The Haunted Mansion

    Compositor:
    I Am Legend
    Superman Returns
    The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
    Zathura

  • Digital Compositor

    Cinesite

    November 2002 - 2003
    Hollywood, CA · On-site

    Compositor:
    X-Men 2

  • Digital Compositor

    The Secret Lab

    December 1999 - November 2002
    Burbank, CA · On-site

    Compositor:
    Kangaroo Jack
    Reign of Fire
    Gone in Sixty Seconds
    Snow Dogs
    Bubble Boy
    102 Dalmations

  • Various

    Dream Quest Images

    August 1987 - December 1999
    Simi Valley, CA · On-site

    Compositor:
    Mission to Mars
    Bicentennial Man
    Inspector Gadget
    Stigmata
    Mighty Joe Young
    Deep Rising
    Jungle 2 Jungle
    Crimson Tide
    The Shawshank Redemption
    Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
    Honey We Shrunk Ourselves
    Alien Nation "Body and Soul"
    Alien Nation "Millennium"
    JAG

    Animation Camera Operator:
    The Mask
    Newline Cinema Logo
    Sony Wonder Project
    The Shawshank Redemption
    Hot Shots
    Freejack
    The Batman Adventure
    The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (title sequence)
    Nightmare On Elm Street: Freddy's Dead
    Starquest (70mm, 48 fps)
    Asteroid Adventure (70mm)

    Matte Camera Operator:
    Defending Your Life
    Hot Shots
    Freejack
    Green Card
    Final Analysis
    Nightmare On Elm Street: Freddy's Dead
    Total Recall
    Christmas Vacation
    Exorcist 3

    Motion Control/Stage Assistant:
    Total Recall
    The Abyss
    The Blob

    Driver, Fish Sitter, Blobateer

  • Dream Quest Images

    September 1988 - July 1989
  • shipping engineer ;)

    California Medical Products

    July 1986 - August 1987
    Long Beach, CA

    Did a little product design but mostly put stuff in boxes and then shipped it.

Education
  • BS in Industrial Design

    California State University, Long Beach

    1982 - 1987
  • Undeclared

    UCLA

    1980 - 1982
  • Los Gatos High School

    1976 - 1980