Justin Dobies

Work History

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  CG Supervisor

  Warner Bros. Animation

  May 2022 - March 2024
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  Lighting Supervisor

  Double Negative

  October 2020 - May 2022

  Lighting Supervisor on Entergalactic
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  Lead Lighter

  Double Negative

  December 2016 - April 2022
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  Lead Lighting TD

  Double Negative

  December 2016 - October 2020
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  Lighting Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  April 2019 - September 2019

  Frozen 2
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  Lighting Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  May 2016 - October 2016

  Moana (2016)
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  Sr. Lighting Artist

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2016 - March 2016

  Culver City

  Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass

  
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  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  August 2015 - December 2015

  
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  Lighting Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  August 2015 - December 2015

  Zootopia
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  Lighter

  Logan

  May 2015 - June 2015
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  Lighter, TV

  DreamWorks Animation

  January 2015 - April 2015

  Tool Development and Look Development for multiple shows under the HUB team
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  Lighting Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  April 2013 - October 2014

  Frozen (2013) - Lighting and compositing
  Feast (2014) - Compositing including composite-based lighting
  Big Hero 6 (2014) - Lighitng and Compositing

  

  
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  Lighting Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  May 2011 - April 2013

  Puss in Boots; Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos; Madagascar 3; Rise of the Guardians; Turbo
  
  Responsible for the lighting and compositing of production shots to meet the art direction utilizing
  lighting rigs. Developing and adjusting lighting rigs for one-off shots and locations. Fixing of rendering artifacts to achieve clean final renders. Developing Nuke gizmos to aid in shot compositing.

  

  

  

  

  
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  Lighting TA

  DreamWorks Animation

  October 2008 - May 2011

  Shrek Forever After; Dragons: Legend of the Boneknapper; Puss In Boots
  
  Assisted lead lighting artists in the implementation and installation of rigs. Trouble shot rendering artifacts. Developed a script that automated the setup and running of turntable tests of multiple assets under many lighting scenarios. Trained new hires in the position. Created DI Mattes for use in Lustre. Helped define roles of the new position. Lighting and compositing of production shots.
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  Graduate Research Assistant, ACIN

  Drexel University

  October 2007 - June 2008

  Researched various network propagation tools and evaluated HCI principles to help design a new tool interface
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  Adjunct Professor

  Drexel University

  January 2008 - March 2008

  Taught an Introduction to Gaming Class.