Christopher Lexington

Christopher Lexington

Supervisor Art Asset & Pipeline Lead / Lead Lead Lighting Artist / 4 yrs

Irvine, CA, United States

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Doctor Strange (2016)

Senior Lighting TD

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

Production Lighter

Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

Lead Lighter

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Lead Lighter

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

Puss in Boots (2011)

Senior Lighting Artist

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Lighting & Compositing TD

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Senior Lighting Artist

Megamind (2010)

Senior Lighting TD

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Senior Lighting TD

Knowing (2009)

Surfacer/Lighter

Australia (2009)

Lighting Artist

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

Lighter/Surfacer

Bee Movie (2007)

Lighter/Surfacer

Flushed Away (2006)

Lighter/Surfacer

Over The Hedge (2006)

Work History

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    Crystal Dynamics

    April 2018 - Present
    Redwood City, CA

    Lighting

  • Lead Technical Lighter

    Hogarth California

    July 2017 - March 2018
    Cupertino, CA

    Lead Lighting, Tool Development, Team Leading, Department Liaison, R&D, Pipeline Development

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    Industrial Light & Magic

    August 2016 - October 2016

  • Senior Lighting TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    February 2016 - May 2016

  • Technical Director

    Tippett Studio

    March 2015 - June 2015

    ● Integrated digital character with fur and props to live action plates using Katana including true area lighting and ray tracing,
    reflections, shadows and matte objects.
    ● Created substantial precompositing setups that were used to approve the lighting of the digital assets in the live action plate.
    Precomps included lighting AOV and matte AOV passes.
    ● Optimized shots to minimize farm render times including selectively adjusting samples and reducing render noise.

  • Senior Lighter

    DreamWorks Animation

    February 2010 - October 2010

    -Puss in Boots
    -Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
    -Kung Fu Panda 2
    -Megamind

  • Senior Lighting TD

    ImageMovers

    March 2009 - January 2010

    -Mars Needs Moms
    -A Christmas Carol

  • Surfacer/Lighter

    Animal Logic

    June 2008 - February 2009
    Sydney, Australia

    Digital Painting and Shader construction for live action visual effects.
    -Guardians of Ga'hoole
    -The Knowing
    -Australia

  • Lighter/Surfacer

    Monsters vs Aliens

    February 2008 - June 2008

  • Lighter/Surfacer

    DreamWorks Animation

    August 2003 - June 2008

    -Monsters vs. Aliens
    -Bee Movie
    -Flushed Away
    -Over the Hedge
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Education

  • M.F.A. - Film and Digital Arts - USC FIlm School

    University of Southern California (USC)

    September 1996 - January 2003

  • B.S. - Business Administration: Marketing

    University of Southern California (USC)

    January 1992 - December 1996