Develop and oversee lighting and compositing pipeline for the 2014 student film, Owned. Create light rigs, presets, scripts, and other tools for the pipeline. Worked progressively through the entire production so layout, shading, and animation could work with lights.
VFX Artist
LDS Motion Picture Studio
March 2018 - October 2018
Compositing, pipeline, rendering, and FX work
Lighter
4th Wall FX
April 2017 - January 2018
Provo, UT
Lighter/CG Artist
Hyrdra Interactive Digital Media
June 2014 - September 2014
Lighting within small studio environment. Also involved fixing shaders, models, cameras, and FX. I helped diagnose render issues (Mental Ray) and gained experience rendering in the IMAX 3D format.
VFX Compositor
LDS Motion Picture Studio
September 2014 - September 2015
Responsible for composites focused on keying and general 3D work. Assignments included layout, lighting, modeling, lookdev, integrating blue screen actors into shot, and tracking BG plate to original camera.
Research Assistant
BYU Animation
February 2012 - May 2012
Lighting and compositing for Estefan. Position also involved explaining animation concepts to fellow students and underclassmen as needed.
Lighter
BYU Animation
May 2011 - February 2012
Lighting and rendering for Butcher’d Meats. Developed the ability to work collaboratively in a pipeline to finish a film.
