Cynthia Soza

Cynthia Soza

Senior Lighting TD / 16 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Digital Artist

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)

Digital Artist

Renfield (2023)

Look Development Artist

Mila (2021)

Lighting TD

Star Trek: Picard (2020)

CG Artist

Legends of Tomorrow (2016)

Lead Lighting Artist

Supergirl (2015)

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Tracking/Layout Artist

Godzilla (2014)

Tracking/Layout Artist

Maleficent (2014)

lighting artist

The Flash (2014)

track/layout artist

Pacific Rim (2013)

3D Digital Artist

G-Force (2009)
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Hello!
Little about me, I've enjoyed working on sequences with a great team. On a tight schedule, having to brainstorm how to get a show from point A to point B is something I love to do. I not only take the task of lighting but help in other aspects of the pipeline if needed.
Work History

  • Lighting/Lookdev

    House Of Parliament

    July 2023 - March 2025
    Los Angeles, California, US

  • Lighting TD

    Outpost VFX

    June 2021 - June 2023
    Burbank, California, United States

  • Lighting TD

    FuseFX

    August 2020 - June 2021

  • Lighting TD

    Freelance

    August 2020 - November 2020

  • Lighting TD

    Double Negative

    July 2019 - February 2020
    Los Angeles

    Lighting for Star Trek:Picard using Clarisse

  • Lead Lighter

    Encore VFX

    January 2016 - July 2019
    Burbank,Ca

  • Freelance Artist

    Gradient Effects

    February 2015 - January 2016

  • Matchmove Artist

    Pixomondo

    April 2015 - May 2015

    Tracked shot for film in Syntheyes
    Created layout in Maya.
    Exported camera and layout to 3dMax for artists

  • Freelance Artist

    Zoic Studios

    October 2014 - December 2014
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Man in the High Castle
    commercial

  • Freelance Artist

    Comen VFX

    September 2014 - November 2014
    Santa Monica,CA

    Film: The Best of Me
    Commericial

  • Lighting TD

    ICON Creative Studio

    June 2014 - June 2014
    Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Tracking/Layout Artist

    Gener8 Media Corp

    January 2014 - June 2014
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Films
    Godzilla
    Maleficent
    Jupiter Rising
    Tracking in Syntheyes and PF Matchit
    Creating the layout in Maya

  • Lighter

    The Graphic Film Company

    August 2013 - January 2014
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Vray Lighter for Cg Film

  • track/layout artist

    Mirada Studios

    September 2012 - February 2013
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Pacific Rim
    Tracking shots in syntheyes and making sure the camera is working correctly in maya for other cg artists
    Some shots I did the tracking then created the layout in Maya
    Tmobile Commercial
    Unnannunced commercial
    Tracking in Syntheyes

  • Lighter

    Logan

    August 2012 - August 2012
    Santa Monica,CA

    Lighting in maya vray

  • Lighting and Compositing

    Saatchi & Saatchi

    June 2012 - July 2012
    Torrance,CA

    Lighting cars in Maya with Vray and compositing in Nuke

  • Track/Matchmover artist

    Zoic Studios

    March 2012 - May 2012
    culver city,ca

    Vegas
    Once upon a time
    Arrow
    tracked shots in syntheyes for pilot shows

  • Realtime Lighter

    Hydrogen Whiskey Studios

    January 2012 - March 2012
    Santa Monica,CA

    Game Lighting Artist (Infernal Engine)
    Lighting & Scripting In-Game / Cinematic levels for Star Wars Kinect (Xbox)

  • Post vis Artist(Freelance 2wks)

    Halon Entertainment

    December 2011 - January 2012
    Santa Monica,CA

  • Lighting/ Lead Track Matchmover

    Technicolor Group

    June 2011 - August 2011
    Beijing,China

  • Stereo artist

    Stereo D

    May 2011 - May 2011

  • Track Match Moving artist

    Sassoon Film Design

    September 2010 - May 2011

    Tracking and Match Moving live plates for feature film using Boujou, PFTrack,and Maya. Creation of necessary elements and animating for 2D to 3D conversion.

  • Lighting Artist (freelance)

    Radium

    January 2011 - January 2011
    Santa Monica,CA

  • Lighting TD/Rendering

    Mosaik Studios

    June 2010 - September 2010

  • CG generalist

    FMJ

    August 2009 - January 2010

  • Lighter

    Nylon

    December 2009 - December 2009

    Syfy-Christmas spot

  • Lighter

    Nylon

    October 2009 - October 2009

    Syfy-Halloween Spot

  • Lighting TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2009 - June 2009

    Gforce-3d

  • Lighter

    Technicolor Interactive Services

    February 2009 - February 2009

    Activision Sizzler spot

  • Lighter/Texture artist

    Red Giant

    July 2008 - January 2009

    Help texture any assets that need to be done. help set tone for Animation Short films and be consistent with the storyboard.

  • Asset modeler/Texture artist

    Digital Toybox

    August 2008 - December 2008

    I was given reference to make the assets needed for the scene.I modeled and textured assets then put them in engine.

  • Cg Lighter

    Game Wizards

    July 2008 - September 2008

    Set the tone for the game and give each level a different feel but stay consistent to the theme

  • Producer/Lighter,Aftermath

    Game Wizards

    January 2008 - May 2008

    As a producer for the Game Wizards team, it was my responsibility to make sure that the team runs smoothly. I check to make sure that the props artists are staying on track and making sure that props are done properly and game ready. I try to be an example to my team and lead them in a way that will help the team succeed and to reach our goals.
    As well as being the producer for our team, I am also the lead lighter. I use the Unreal Tournament 3 Engine to light our scenes. As the lighter it is my responsibility to make sure the lighting is appropriate to the scene.

  • Cinematic Director

    Game Wizards

    March 2007 - 2007

    I oversee a team of animators for in-game cinematics.

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Education

  • Art Institute of Los Angeles

    2005 - 2008