Jonathan Sothern

Work History

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  Virtual Production Lighting Supervisor

  Wētā FX

  September 2023 - Present

  LA
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  Lead Lighting Technical Director

  Wētā FX

  January 2022 - October 2023

  Los Angeles County, California, United States
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  Lighting lead

  Wētā FX

  January 2021 - October 2023

  Los Angeles, CA
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  Lead Lighting Technical Director

  Wētā FX

  September 2019 - October 2023

  Los Angeles, California
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  Lighting Technical Director

  Wētā FX

  June 2015 - October 2023
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  Lighting Artist

  Wētā FX

  April 2020 - March 2021

  Wellington, New Zealand
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  lighting technical director

  Wētā FX

  March 2019 - April 2020

  Wellington, NZ
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  Wētā FX

  April 2018 - March 2019

  Wellington, NZ
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  lighting td

  Wētā FX

  July 2016 - April 2018
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  Lighting TD

  Wētā FX

  June 2015 - May 2016
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  Lighting Artist

  Iloura

  December 2014 - May 2015

  
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  Virtual Art Department Artist

  Wētā FX

  May 2014 - November 2014

  Wellington, New Zealand

  Preparing assets and environments for the motion capture stage. Providing assistance to the motionbuilder operator to trouble shoot and make adjustments as requested by the director while filming
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  Lighting Technical Director

  Wētā FX

  November 2013 - September 2014
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  Junior Lighting Technical Director

  Wētā FX

  June 2013 - October 2013
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  ATD

  Wētā FX

  April 2012 - June 2013

  

  
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  3D Generalist

  Freelance

  January 2012 - May 2012
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  Compositor

  Sauce FX

  February 2012 - February 2012

  Auckland

  Compositing work for Spartacus TV series. Work involved green/blue screen removal, roto painting when needed, 2d tracking of shots, integrating matte paintings into background, integrating cg elements into plate, de-grain and re-grain where needed, and shot grading to provide consistency across shots.

• 3D Generalist

  Workshop FX

  August 2011 - December 2011

  Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand

  Worked involved modelling, texturing, shot layout, mechanical animation, compositing.
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  3D Generalist

  Wētā FX

  February 2011 - June 2011

  Wellington

  Work involved modelling, texturing, camera tracking, shot layout, lighting, shader development, rendering, compositing. Main focus was on CG set extensions to live action plates.