Brian Cofano

Brian Cofano

Mid-level Lighting Artist / Senior Adjunct Professor / 5 yrs

Austin, TX

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A Dungeons and Dragon loving, bad sci-fi watching, basketball-playing father that is in love with the storytelling through lighting.
Work History
  • Adjunct Professor

    University of Silicon Valley

    January 2023 - Present
    Remote

    Teaching Intro to 3D Modeling and Texturing Skills: Problem Solving · Communication · Teaching · 3D Rendering · Lighting · Texturing · 3D Modeling · Autodesk Maya

  • Lighting Artist

    Outpost VFX

    December 2021 - December 2022
    Los Angeles, California, United States · Remote

    Lighting for multiple films, such as 1923, Star Trek Picard and Extraction 2.

  • Lighting Artist

    Project X

    May 2021 - December 2021

    Skills: Problem Solving · Communication · Teamwork

  • Lead Rigging Artist

    Media Works

    November 2020 - May 2021
    San Jose, California, United States

    - Accomplished all the rigged characters and assets for a client.
    - Volunteered to assist in a 3D promotional video for Diamanti, inc. Skills: Problem Solving · Communication · Teamwork

  • Histology Technician/ Corpsman

    US Navy

    December 2011 - June 2016

    -Assists in the orienting and training of new laboratory staff
    -Monitors, maintains, orders and stocks laboratory equipment and supplies
    -Participate in and performs frozen sections, intraoperative consultations, autopsies and prenatal procedures. -File and retrieve surgical and autopsy materials and maintain accurate records of all such activities Skills: Problem Solving · Communication

Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Digital Arts

    University of Silicon Valley

    2018 - 2022