Christopher Lexington

Work History

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  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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  lighting td

  Industrial Light & Magic

  August 2016 - October 2016

  
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  Senior Lighting TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  February 2016 - May 2016
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  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.
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  Senior Lighter

  DreamWorks Animation

  February 2010 - October 2010

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

  ImageMovers

  March 2009 - January 2010

  -Mars Needs Moms
  -A Christmas Carol

  

  
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  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

  
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  Lighter/Surfacer

  Monsters vs Aliens

  February 2008 - June 2008
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  Lighter/Surfacer

  DreamWorks Animation

  August 2003 - June 2008

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