Jimmy Maidens

Work History

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  Technical Lead

  Penrose Studios

  April 2015 - Present
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  Lead Lighter

  DreamWorks Animation

  2007 - 2014

  Redwood City CA

  - Sequence lighting setup and rig development
  - Sequence compositing setup
  - Show and sequence level visual development
  - Shot lighting and compositing
  - Show, sequence and shot rendering optimization
  - Lighting team technical and artistic support
  - Design and testing of new lighting tools and technologies
  - Lighting mentor
  - Studio and department representative for various talks and presentations

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Lighter

  DreamWorks Animation

  July 2003 - 2007

  Redwood City CA

  - Shot lighting and compositing
  - Shot rendering optimization
  - Design and testing of new lighting tools and technologies
  - Lighting Mentor

• Multimedia Artist

  AcceleraRomar / Learnware

  1999 - 2003

  Baltimore, Maryland

  CG 3D Generalist -- modeling, texturing, animation, fx, scripting, rendering, network rendering
  
  2D Generalist -- illustration, design, concept art, layout, motion graphics, video editing, 2d animation, interface design and more
  
  Multimedia authoring
  
  Basic Web / HTML authoring