Dieter Coetzee

Work History

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  Lighting and Compositing Artist

  Animal Logic

  January 2022 - Present
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  Lighting and Compositing Artist

  Blue Zoo

  April 2021 - October 2021

  Project:
  - The Adventures of Paddington S2
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  Lead Lighting Artist

  Triggerfish Animation Studios

  November 2019 - April 2021

  Cape Town Area, South Africa

  Project:
  - Seal Team Animated Full Feature film
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  Lighting Artist

  Triggerfish Animation Studios

  May 2019 - October 2019

  Cape Town Area, South Africa

  Projects:
  - The Snail and the Whale BBC One Christmas Short Film
  
  Software:
  - Maya
  - Arnold
  - Nuke
  -Shotgun
  
  I also joined the Composting team during the last month of production.
  
  Responsibilities:
  - I was promoted to Assisting Lighting Lead during production.
  - I matched shots to the color keys that have been provided and keeping continuity with the surrounding shots.
  - We do pre-comps in Nuke to see if all the layers fit together before we send it off for a review.
  - As a Senior lighting artist, we manage the key shots of a sequence before handing the rest of the sub-shots off to the more junior artists.
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  Surfacing Artist

  Triggerfish Animation Studios

  November 2018 - May 2019

  Cape Town Area, South Africa

  Projects:
  - The Snail and the Whale BBC One Christmas Short Film
  
  Software:
  - Maya 2018
  - Arnold 5
  - 3DCoat
  - Photoshop
  -Shotgun
  
  Responsibilities:
  - Shading assets and characters with texture maps provided by the texturing team.
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  Lighting Artist

  Triggerfish Animation Studios

  June 2018 - October 2018

  Cape Town Area, South Africa

  Projects:
  - Zog BBC One Christmas Short Film
  
  Software:
  - Maya 2017
  - Arnold 4
  - Nuke
  -Shotgun
  
  Responsibilities:
  - Matching shots to the color keys that have been provided and keeping continuity with the surrounding shots.
  - We do pre-comps in Nuke to see if all the layers fit together, before we send it off for a review.
  - The last month of my contract I also had to manage the Render Farm and help out the Compositing team with any re-render requests.
  -I had to light a lot of the Marketing stills including the Promotional images and Magazine covers.
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  Lighting Artist

  Sunrise Productions

  October 2017 - May 2018

  Cape Town Area, South Africa Westlake

  Projects:
  - Munki and Trunk TV Series
  - Juventus Christmas Special (SnowBaby) 2017
  
  Software:
  - Houdini
  - Mantra
  - Nuke
  -Shotgun
  
  Responsibilities:
  - The lighting lead will make a template according to the episode and the lighting team, including myself, will take that template and manipulate it for our specific assigned shots.
  - We also have to help the Compositing team out, by taking on some shots.
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  Lighting Artist

  Triggerfish Animation Studios

  July 2017 - September 2017

  Cape Town Area, South Africa

  Projects:
  - The Highway Rat BBC One Christmas Short Film
  
  Software:
  - Maya 2017
  - Arnold 4
  - Nuke
  -Shotgun
  
  Responsibilities:
  - Taking key shots and matching it to the color keys that have been provided.
  - I would also light full sequences, key and normal shots.
  - We do pre-comps in Nuke to see if all the layers fit together, before we send it off for a review.
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  Lighting Artist

  Sunrise Productions

  November 2016 - June 2017

  South-Africa Cape Town Westlake

  Projects:
  - Munki and Trunk TV Series
  - Juventus Christmas Special 2016
  
  Software:
  - Houdini
  - Mantra
  - Nuke
  
  Responsibilities:
  - The lighting lead will make a template according to episode and the lighting team, including myself will take that template and manipulate it for their specific assigned shots.
  - We also have to help the Compositing team out, by taking some shots from them when they are overflowing with work.
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  Lighting Artist

  Triggerfish Animation Studios

  April 2016 - October 2016

  South-Africa Cape Town Bergvliet

  Projects:
  - Revolting Rhymes BBC One Christmas Short Film Part 1 & 2
  
  Software:
  - Maya 2017
  - Arnold 4
  - Nuke
  
  Responsibilities:
  - Taking key shots and matching it to the color keys that have been provided.
  - I would light full sequences, key and normal shots.
  - We do pre-comps in Nuke to see if all the layers fit together, before we send it off for a review.
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  Junior Lighting Artist

  Flying Circus

  October 2015 - March 2016

  South-Africa Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  Projects:
  - Silly Seasons TV Series
  
  Software:
  - Maya
  - Renderman Reyes
  
  Responsibilities:
  - Environment specific shots would be assigned to each lighter to complete for an episode.
  - We would grab the lighting template for the environment that has been assigned to you and manipulate it according to your shot.
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  Junior Lighting / Dressing Artist

  Triggerfish Animation Studios

  June 2015 - September 2015

  South-Africa Cape Town Bergvliet

  Projects:
  - Stick Man BBC1 Christmas Short Film
  
  Software:
  - Softimage
  - Arnold
  - Nuke
  
  Responsibilities:
  Dressing:
  - Preparing shots for the lighting artist.
  - Improving Composition, by moving assets to frame character and improve the story.
  - Shot specific model and texture tweaks to close-up assets.
  
  Lighting:
  - I took lighting key shots from the more senior artist and manipulated it for similar shots.
  - I also had to make sure my shots look and match the color keys, that has been provided.
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  Surfacing Intern

  Sunrise Productions

  January 2015 - June 2015

  South-Africa Cape Town Westlake

  Projects:
  - Jungle Beat Season 3
  - Explorers YouTube Series
  - Juventus Christmas Special 2015
  
  Software:
  - Photoshop
  - Mudbox
  - Houdini.
  
  Responsibilities:
  - I Textured hero assets and background props.
  - I also had to use procedural textures in Houdini to texture large environments.
  - I also had to shade all of my props in Houdini.