Justin Hammond

Justin Hammond

Senior Lighting TD / 21 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Senior Lighting Artist

The Creator (2023)

Senior Lighting Artist

Candy Cane Lane (2023)

Senior Lighting Artist

God of War: Ragnarök (2022)

Senior Lighting Artist

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (2020)

Senior Lighting Artist

Destiny 2 - Warmind

Senior Lighting Artist

Monster Dot Com - Opportunity Roars

Senior Lighting Artist

Jon Stewart/HBO Project

Senior Lighting Artist

White Space (2018)

lighting td

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

Lighting TD/Compositor

Overwatch (2016)

Lighting Technical Director

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Lighting TD

Strange Magic (2015)

Lighting Technical Director

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Lighting TD

Jurassic World (2015)

Lighting TD and Compositor

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

R.I.P.D. (2013)

Lighting TD/Compositor

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Lighting TD

Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

Big Miracle (2012)

Lighting TD

X-Men: First Class (2011)

Senior Lighting Artist

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Senior Lighting Artist

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

3D Generalist

Fringe (2008)

Lighting And Compositing Technical Director

A Christmas Carol (2009)

G-Force (2009)

Color/Lighitng TD

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Lighting Technical Director

Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Lighting/Compositing TD

Meet the Robinsons (2007)

Lighter

The Golden Compass (2007)

Color & Lighting Technical Director

Monster House (2006)

Open Season (2006)

lighting artist

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

Senior Animator

One Night with the King (2006)

Color/Lighitng TD

The Polar Express (2004)

Lighting TD

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Particle Animator, 2-D Compositor, Chara

Scary Movie 2 (2001)

Digital Effects

Dune (2000)

CG Animator

Crusade (1999)

Animator

From the Earth to the Moon (1998)

Compositor

Wishmaster (1997)

Digital Artist

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

3D Digital Artist (Unknown Episodes)

Dark Skies (1996)

Cgi Animator

The X-Files (1993)
Work History

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    That's No Moon

    January 2024 - December 2025

  • Senior Lighting TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    October 2022 - September 2023
    San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

    Lighting and Rendering for:

    The Creator (True Love) Skills: CG Lighting · Art · Production Lighting · Color Theory · Rendering

  • Color/Lighitng TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    April 2004 - October 2004
    Culver City

    Lighting shots with multiple characters and enviroments plus doing final compositing, utilizing all proprietary software for the CG feature The Polar Express and The Polar Express IMAX 3D Skills: CG Lighting · Art

  • Color/Lighitng TD

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    March 2005 - October 2005
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Lighting shots with multiple characters, enviroments and fur utilizing all proprietary software for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Skills: CG Lighting · Art · Production Lighting

  • Color/Lighitng TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2005 - June 2006
    Culver City

    Lighting shots with multiple characters, enviroments and fur plus doing final compositing utilizing all proprietary software for the CG feature Open Season.

    Compositing and rendering utilizing all proprietary software for the CG feature Monster House RealD Skills: CG Lighting · Art · Production Lighting

  • Lighting TD

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    January 2011 - April 2012

    X-Men: First Class
    Big Miracle
    Snow White and the Huntsman Skills: CG Lighting · Art · Production Lighting · Color Theory

  • Lighting Technical Director

    Industrial Light & Magic

    February 2015 - April 2015
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Lighting work on:
    Jurassic World Skills: CG Lighting · Art · Production Lighting · Color Theory

  • Digital Production Artist

    DC Comics

    April 2015 - September 2015
    Burbank

    Platform lead on Nook and Hoopla Skills: CG Lighting · Production Lighting · Color Theory

  • Lighting Lead

    Filmworks/FX Inc

    July 2016 - November 2016
    Culver City

    Beyond White Space Skills: CG Lighting · Art · Production Lighting · Color Theory

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    Santa Monica Studio

    August 2020 - October 2022
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Remote

    Level and cinematic lighting for:

    God of War: Ragnarok

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    Toys for Bob

    July 2019 - July 2020
    Novato, CA

    Level and cinematic lighting for:

    Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TIme

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    Vicarious Visions

    December 2018 - June 2019
    Albany, NY, US

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    Vicarious Visions

    November 2017 - February 2019

    Destiny 2 - Warmind, Black Armory and Penumbra

  • Lighter

    The Mill

    June 2017 - August 2017
    New York City, NY

    Monster . com commercial

  • Lighting Artist

    TBA

    November 2016 - May 2017
    Red Bank, NJ

    John Stewart/HBO Project

  • Lead Lighter

    Filmworks/FX

    June 2016 - July 2016
    Culver City, CA

  • Lighting TD/ Generalist

    Bad Robot

    April 2016 - June 2016
    Santa Monica, CA

    Lighting TD and texture painting for:
    Star Trek Beyond

  • lighting/compositing artist

    Blizzard Entertainment

    September 2015 - April 2016
    Irvine, CA

    I worked as a lighting and compositor on the first three Overwatch animated shorts

  • Digital Artist

    DC Comics

    September 2013 - February 2015
    Freelance

    Digital comic authoring for Nook, Kindle Fire, Comixology and iBook.

  • Lighting Technical Director

    Industrial Light & Magic

    December 2013 - September 2014
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Lighting work on Transformers 4, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and two other projects

  • Lighting TD and Compositor

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    April 2013 - August 2013
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Worked as a lighter and compositor for:
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

  • Senior Lighting TD

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    November 2012 - February 2013
    El Segundo, CA

    Lighting TD for:
    R.I.P.D

  • Lighting TD/Compositor

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    April 2012 - September 2012
    Burbank, CA

    Worked as a lighting TD and compositor on:
    Wreck-It Ralph

  • Rhythm & Hues Studios

    January 2011 - April 2012

    X-Men: First Class
    Big Miracle

  • Lighting TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    October 2010 - December 2010
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Lighting work on:
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  • Lighter and Compositor

    Animal Logic

    February 2010 - September 2010
    Sydney, Australia

    Lighting and compositing work on:
    Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

  • CG Generalist

    Zoic Studios

    December 2009 - December 2009
    Culver City

    Animation and lighting on a full CG creature for an episode of the TV series Fringe - Snakehead (2nd Season)

  • Lighting TD and Compositor

    ImageMovers

    June 2009 - September 2009
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Lighting and Compositing work on:
    A Christmas Carol

  • Color/Lighitng TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    December 2008 - May 2009
    Culver City, CA

    Lighting and compositing on Open Season

  • Color/Lighitng TD

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    April 2007 - November 2008

    Lighting shots with multiple characters, enviroments and fur utilizing all proprietary software for :
    They Came From Upstairs
    The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
    The Incredible Hulk
    Alvin and the Chipmunks
    The Golden Compass

  • Lighting/Compositing TD

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    June 2006 - March 2007
    Burbank

    Lighting shots utilizing Maya and Renderman for lighting multiple characters, enviroments and using Shake for compositing for Meet the Robinsons.

  • Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2005 - June 2006
    Culver City

    Lighting shots with multiple characters, enviroments and fur plus doing final compositing utilizing all proprietary software for the CG feature Open Season.

  • Rhythm & Hues Studios

    March 2005 - October 2005
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Lighting shots with multiple characters, enviroments and fur utilizing all proprietary software for

  • Senior Animator

    Gener8Xion Entertainment

    November 2004 - February 2005
    Hollywood

    Senior Animator/FX/Lighting using Cinema 4D for One Night with the King: The Call of Destiny

  • Sony Pictures Imageworks

    April 2004 - October 2004
    Culver City

    Lighting shots with multiple characters and enviroments plus doing final compositing, utilizing

  • Lighting TD

    WOT Inc

    June 2002 - April 2004
    Van Nuys

    Lighting shots utilizing Maya and Renderman for lighting multiple characters, enviroments for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

  • Texturing, Lighting, Animation and Compositing

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    February 2002 - March 2002
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Commercials:
    Cingular Wireless – “Spiderman”

  • Modeling, Lighting, Animation and Compositing

    Base 2 Studios

    January 2002 - February 2002
    Santa Monica

    Music Videos:
    Anastacia – “One Day in Your Life”
    Mary J. Blige – “Rainy Dayz”

  • Previs Modeling, Previs Animation, Modeling, Animation and Lighting

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    October 2001 - December 2001
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Commercials:
    Canon – “Two of a Kind"
    Nissan Sentra – “Master of the Sixth Speed”

  • Particle Animator, 2-D Compositor, Character Modeling and Animation

    Cantina Pictures

    March 2001 - October 2001
    Burbank

    Film:
    “Scary Movie 2”
    Television:
    “Justice League” - Opening Credits (Cartoon Network series)

  • Animator, Modeler and Lighting

    Foundation Imaging

    November 2000 - February 2001
    Valencia

    Video Game Cinematics:
    “Twisted Metal: Black”

  • Animator, Modeler, Lighter and Compositor

    Area 51

    August 2000 - November 2000
    Burbank

    Television:
    “Dune” (Sci-Fi Channel mini-series)

  • Animator, Modeler,Texturer and Lighter

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    July 2000 - August 2000
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Commercials:
    Dodge Mini-Van - "Tulips"

  • Animator, Modeler and Lighter

    Digital Domain

    November 1999 - July 2000
    Venice

    Commercials:
    American Express Blue Card
    · Solar Panels
    · Transformer
    · Micro-Surgery
    Ride Film:
    “Stormrider”

  • Animator, Modeler, Lighter and Compositor

    Netter Digital Entertainment

    July 1998 - November 1999
    North Hollywood

    Film:
    “Bats”
    Television:
    “Voltron: The Third Dimension “ (1st season)
    “Crusade” (1st season)

  • Animator, Modeler, Texturer, Lighter and Compositor

    Area 51

    July 1995 - July 1998
    Pasadena

    Film:
    “Wishmaster”
    “Star Kid”
    Television:
    “Emma’s Wish” (movie of the week)
    “From the Earth to the Moon” (HBO mini-series)
    “Fantasy Island” (pilot)
    “Mercy Point” (pilot)
    “Daybreak” (pilot)
    “Rag and Bone” (movie of the week)
    “Sleepwalkers” (pilot)
    “Millennium (1st and 2nd seasons)
    “X-Files” (4th season)
    “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1st season)
    “Dark Skies” (1st season)
    “Space: Above and Beyond” (1st season)

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Education

  • Vancouver Film School

    1992 - 1993

  • Aquinas College - Ashmore City - Gold Coast

    1980 - 1987