Karen Hulse

Karen Hulse

Senior Lighting Artist / 13 yrs

Vancouver, Canada

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Artist

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

Artist

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

Senior Lighting Artist

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)

Visual Effects Crew

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

Lighting Artist

Morbius (2022)

Artist

Free Guy (2021)

Senior Lighting Artist

Northstar (2021)

Senior Lighting Artist

WandaVision (2021)

Lighting

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Senior Lighting Artist

Carnival Row (2019)

Lighting Artist

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Lighting & Compositing Artist

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Lighting Artist

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Lighting Artist

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Lighting Artist

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Lighting Artist

Power Rangers (2017)

Lighting Artist

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Digital Artist

Stranger Things (2016)

Lighting Artist

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Lighting Artist

Cleverman (2016)

Lighting Artist

Deadpool (2016)

Lighting Artist

Ted 2 (2015)

Junior Lighter

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Junior Lighter

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Lighting Artist

Fargo (2014)

Junior Lighter

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Assistant Technical Director

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

Digital Effects Crew

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Assistant Lighting Technical Director

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Texture / Lighting

VeggieTales: The League of Incredible Vegetables (2012)

Lighter

VeggieTales: The Little Drummer Boy (2011)

Lighting And Rendering

The WotWots (2010)

Technical Director

VeggieTales: Pistachio (2010)

Technical Director

VeggieTales: Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella (2009)

Technical Director

VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise (2009)

Lighting Artist

Turbo Dogs (2008)

Texture / Lighting / Technical Director

VeggieTales (2006)
Senior Lighting Artist
Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
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Work History

  • Generalist (Lighting)

    Zoic Studios BC

    January 2025 - March 2025

  • Generalist lighter

    beloFX

    October 2024 - December 2024

  • Lighting artist

    Digital Domain

    July 2024 - September 2024

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    Barnstorm VFX

    September 2022 - May 2024

    One Piece
    Deadpool and Wolverine
    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
    Echo
    Avatar: The Last Airbender
    Shogun

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    Digital Domain

    October 2018 - September 2022
    Vancouver

    Avengers: Endgame
    Terminator: Dark Fate
    Free Guy
    Carnival Row
    Wandavision
    Apex Legends | Stories from the Outlands - "Northstar"
    Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
    Stranger Things 4
    She Hulk Skills: Rendering · Houdini · Lighting · Nuke · Autodesk Maya

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    March 2018 - September 2018
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Stylized lighting and rendering in Katana and Arnold, stylized and comped the elements together in Nuke

    Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse

  • Lighting Artist

    Digital Domain

    October 2015 - February 2018
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Deadpool
    Beauty and the Beast
    Independence Day 2
    Power Rangers
    Spider-Man: Homecoming
    Thor: Ragnarok
    Avengers: Infinity War

  • Lighting Artist

    Park Road Post

    August 2015 - October 2015

  • Compositor

    Park Road Post

    July 2015 - July 2015

    Fargo Season 2

  • Lighting Artist

    Iloura

    March 2015 - June 2015
    Melbourne, Australia

    Ted 2

  • Lighting Artist

    Wētā FX

    May 2012 - November 2014
    Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
    The Hobbit: an unexpected journey
    Iron Man 3
    Man of Steel
    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

  • Lighting/Shader TD

    Huhu Studios

    March 2011 - April 2012
    Snells Beach

    VeggieTales

  • Generalist/Lighting Artist

    Wētā FX

    January 2010 - March 2011
    Wellington NZ

    NZNH - Clash of the Continents
    Pukeko Pictures- The Wot Wots

  • Animator/Compositor/Lighting Artist

    Huhu Studios

    January 2008 - October 2009
    Snells Beach

    VeggieTales
    Turbo Dogs
    Zip and Mac

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Education

  • Diploma in Advanced 3D Animation Level 7

    Lifeway school of Animation

    2006 - 2007

  • Bachelor of media arts in Major in Design

    Wintec - Waikato Institute of Technology

    2001 - 2003