George Ho has worked at major studios such as Sony Pictures Imageworks and Dreamworks Animation the last twenty plus years, and has held titles of sequence lead, and senior lighting technical director on various Academy Award winning and nominated projects. These included the Matrix and Spiderman series to How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Mr. Ho contributed to over 30 features and short films. His latest project, Trollhunters - Rise of the Titans was released on Netflix this past summer in which he served as a senior lighting director. George Ho has a background in photography, and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Computer Arts.
Work History
Sr. Director / Oversea Supervisor
西基電腦動畫 CGCG Inc.
February 2020 - February 2021
Taipei, Taiwan
2021 Trollhunters - Rise of the Titans
Supervised and reviewed shots with the lighting teams in Taipei and Beijing. Developed compositing tools for the project. Worked with clients on achieving the look for the film.
Sr. Technical Director
Sony Pictures Imageworks
May 2001 - July 2008
2008 Watchmen
2007 Beowulf
2007 Spider-Man 3
2006 Monster House
2005 Bewitched
2004 The Aviator
2004 Spider-Man 2
2003 The Matrix Revolutions
2003 Bad Boys II
2003 Early Bloomer (short)
2003 The Matrix Reloaded
2002 Stuart Little 2
Lighting Technical Director
Square USA
January 2000 - April 2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
CG Artist
Midland Productions
1997 - 1999
Robots of Mars
Graduate Student Representative
Academy of Art University
1994 - 1995
San Francisco Bay Area
Developed strategies to encourage student involvement. Presented ideas to the President for improvement. Corresponded between students and department directors. Helped establish the first MFA computer lab in school.
Staff Scientist (Intern)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
January 1994 - June 1994
Teaching Assistant
Rochester Institute of Technology
1993 - 1994
Rochester, New York Area
Supervised the Photomicrography/Photomacrography Lab. Monitored student performance. Maintained lab equipment in good working order.