Dale Drummond

Dale Drummond

Lead Lighting Artist / Senior Digital Compositor / 20 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Lighting Artist

Blue Beetle (2023)

Lighting Artist

Baymax! (2022)

Lighting & Compositing Artist

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

Live Stream (2019)

Look Development Artist

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Look Development Artist

Storks (2016)

Look Development Artist

The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Digital Artist

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Support

Hercules (2014)

senior lighting td

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

The Smurfs 2 (2013)

Lighting & Compositing Artist

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Lighting & Compositing Artist

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

CG Supervisor

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011)

Lead Lighter

Puss in Boots (2011)

Lighter

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Lead Lighter

Shrek Forever After (2010)

Lead Lighter

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

Lead Lighter

Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors (2008)

Additional Lead Lighting

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Lead Lighter

Bee Movie (2007)

Lighting And Compositing Artist

Superman Returns (2006)

Shading Artist

Valiant (2005)

Look Development

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

Color And Lighting

The Polar Express (2004)

Digital Production

Home on the Range (2004)

Lighting TD

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Software TD

Gone In Sixty Seconds (2000)

Look Dev Supervisor/TD; Software Engine

Dinosaur (2000)

Supervisor

Tarzan (1999)

Technology Production Support

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

Work History

  • Senior LookDev/Lighting TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2015 - Present

  • MPC

    November 2014 - November 2015

  • Senior Lighting TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2015 - July 2015

  • Compositor

    Digitial Sandbox

    October 2014 - November 2014

  • Lighting TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    April 2014 - September 2014

  • Senior Lighting TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    April 2012 - October 2013

  • Lead Lighter

    DreamWorks Animation

    October 2006 - September 2011

    Film Credits: Puss in Boots, Kung Fu Panda 2, Shrek Forever After, Monsters vs Aliens, Kung Fu Panda and Bee Movie

  • Color/Lighting TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    April 2004 - September 2006

    Shader/Look Development; Lighting/Compositing
    Film Credits: Polar Express, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,
    Monster House 3D and Open Season 3D

  • Lighting TD

    Wētā FX

    July 2003 - October 2003

    Film Credit: The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King

  • Look Dev Supervisor/TD; Software Engineer

    Walt Disney Feature Animation

    1994 - 2003

    Look Development Film Credit: Tarzan (Supervisor)
    Other Look Development Projects: Mickey's Philharmagic (3D theme
    park attraction)
    Software Development Credits: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, Hercules and Dinosaur

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Lexis Nexis

    1987 - 1994

  • Imaginary Forces

    ? - Present
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Education

  • National Technological University

    1989 - 1993

  • Wright State University

    1985 - 1986