David Gutman

David Gutman

Lighting Technical Director at Industrial Light & Magic

Senior Lighting TD / 22 yrs

San Francisco Bay Area

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Lighting TD

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)

Technical Director

Soul Snatcher (2020)

Lighting TD

Kingdom (2019)

Lighting Artist

Crazy Alien (2019)

Lighting Artist

Sweet Dreams (2018)

Lighting TD

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)

Lighting Technical Director

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

lighting technical director

Doctor Strange (2016)

lighting technical director

League of Gods (2016)

Lighting Technical Director

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

lighting technical director

Deepwater Horizon (2016)

Lighting Technical Director

Jurassic World (2015)

Lighting Technical Director

Tomorrowland (2015)

Lighting Technical Director

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

After Earth (2013)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)

Ted (2012)

Digital Artist

Titanic (2012)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)

The Smurfs (2011)

Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Priest (2011)

Season of the Witch (2011)

Digital Compositor

Jingle All the Way (2011)

Piranha 3D (2010)

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)

Digital Artist

Star Trek (2009)

2D Supervisor / CG Supervisor

space chimps (2008)

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)

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

Ice Princess (2005)

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

The Cat in the Hat (2003)

Digital Compositor

Solaris (2002)

Digital Compositor

The Ring (2002)

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

Digital Compositor

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)

Digital Compositing Lead

The 6th Day (2000)

Tracking

Fantasia 2000 (2000)

End of Days (1999)

Digital Compositor

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Digital Compositor

The X-Files: Fight The Future (1998)

Digital Compositor

Alien: Resurrection (1997)

Digital Compositor

Face/Off (1997)

Digital Compositor

Volcano (1997)

Digital Compositor

The Relic (1997)

2D Digital Artist

Down Periscope (1996)

Digital Artist

Virtuosity (1995)
2024 Commercial Reel
VFX Reel 2024
David Gutman-VFX Reel 2016
Over 20 years experience working in the visual effects industry on 40+ films and commercials.
The majority of my work has been at the "scene and shot level", although I do have two years of supervisor experience. I consider myself a well-rounded CG artist who can move comfortably between 3d and 2d roles. Also experienced in look development and color pipeline design.

Filmography Recent:
Jurassic World (2015)
Tomorrowland (2015)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Filmography Past:
After Earth (2013)
Buick Encore 2013 'Dinosaurs'
Ted (2012)
Breaking Dawn part 2 (2012)
Breaking Dawn Part1 (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2011)
Smurfs (2011)
Priest (2011)
Season of the Witch (2011)
Mutant Land (2011)
AT&T spot (2010)
Cats and Dogs (2010)
Star Trek X (2009)
Space Chimps (2008)
Chronicles of Narnia (2006)
Garfield 2 (2006)
7-11 Winter Spot (2006)
Ice Princess (2005)
Valiant (2004)
Garfield (2003)
Scooby Doo 2 (2003)
Cat in The Hat (2003)
DareDevil (2003)
Solaris (2002)
Scooby Doo (2002)
Sum Of All Fears (2002)
The Ring (2002)
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
The 6th Day(2000)
Bedazzled (2000)
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
End Of Days (1999)
Star Trek Insurrection (1998)
Blade (1998)
Titanic (1997)
X-Files Movie (1997)
Face Off(1997)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
Volcano (1997)
The Relic (1997)
Jingle All the Way (1996)
Down Periscope (1996)
Virtuosity (1995)
Work History

  • Lighting TD

    Ghost VFX

    June 2021 - July 2022
    Remote

  • Lighting TD

    Tippett Studio

    August 2018 - January 2021
    Berkeley CA

  • lead lighting TD

    Tippett Studio

    August 2017 - May 2018

  • Lighting Technical Director

    Industrial Light & Magic

    August 2016 - August 2017
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Feature film work.

  • Lighting Technical Director

    Tippett Studio

    February 2016 - June 2016
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Feature Film work.

  • Lighting Technical Director

    Industrial Light & Magic

    October 2015 - February 2016
    San Francisco Bay Area

  • Mirada Studios

    August 2015 - October 2015

    Using Arnold, Maya, and Nuke for a variety of commercial projects.

    Clients include:
    Google (3D Spherical project)
    Kelloggs
    Boeing / Exon
    Mobil Oil



  • Lighting Technical Director

    Industrial Light & Magic

    May 2014 - April 2015
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Jurassic World
    Tomorrowland
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Software: RenderMan, Katana, Zeno, Nuke.

  • Look Effects

    February 2014 - May 2014

    Episodic work on Bones, Turn, Black Box

  • Co-Founder

    NextViz3D

    May 2013 - April 2014
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Terrestrial lidar scanning and pre-visualization for marketing, architecture and engineering needs.

  • Lighting Technical Director

    Tippett Studio

    December 2008 - May 2013

    Lighting for live action film and commercial work with CG character integration.
    Software: Katana, Maya, RenderMan, Nuke, and Shake.

  • Compositing TD

    Lucasfilm

    August 2008 - October 2008

    Compositing for Star Trek XI, using Shake and ILM’s proprietery 3D software Zeno.

  • Vanguard Animation (Vancouver)

    April 2006 - April 2008

    CG Supervisor/ Color Pipeline development/ Compositing Supervisor for Space Chimps (animated feature film distributed by 20th Century Fox).
    Software: RenderMan, Slim, Maya, Cyflex, Cinespace, Shake.

  • Rhythm & Hues Studios

    March 1999 - February 2006

    Lighting Technical Director, Sequence Lighter, Lead Compositor for film and commercial work.
    Software: Proprietary lighting and compositing.

  • Blue Sky|VIFX

    November 1995 - March 1999

    Compositing/ 2D look dev, VFX work, 3D tracking for feature films.

  • L-Squared Communications

    December 1994 - August 1995

    Look development, previz, texture painting, general TD work on Virtuosity (feature film distributed by Paramount Pictures).

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Education

  • BABA

    University of California, Berkeley

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