Kim Liptrap

Work History

• 

  Senior Technical Director (look development, lighting lead, lighter, s

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  May 2012 - January 2020

  Vancouver

  Over The Moon
  Spider-Man: Far From Home
  Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
  Emoji
  Smurfs: The Lost Village
  The Angry Birds Movie
  The Amazing Spiderman 2
  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
  Oz: The Great and Powerful

• Retired

  None

  August 2022 - Present

  Canada
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  Senior Lighting Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  October 2020 - March 2021

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
• 

  Senior Technical Director, Look Development

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  March 2021 - August 2022

  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
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  Admissions Officer

  Humber College

  1986 - 1996

• Set Designer

  Theatre Etobicoke

  1992 - 1996
• 

  Digital Artist

  Square USA

  1996 - 1998

  Parasite Eve (video game)
  Chocobo 2 (video game)
• 

  Digital Artist

  Electronic Arts Canada

  1999 - 2000

  SSX (video game)
• 

  Digital Artist

  GVFX

  September 2000 - June 2002

  Replicant (feature film)
  Prince Charming (mow)
  The Outer Limits (TV)
  Night Visions (TV)
  Babylon 5 (TV)
  Damaged Care (mow)
  Atomic Twister (mow)
  Stargate SG1 (TV)
  Submerged (mow)
  Jeremiah (TV)
  Santa Claus 2 (feature film)
• 

  Technical Director (color and light)

  ESC Entertainment

  February 2003 - August 2004

  The Matrix Revolutions (feature film)
  The Ladykillers (feature film)
  Catwoman (feature film)
• 

  Lead Lighting Artist

  Rainmaker Animation

  January 2008 - November 2008

  Escape From Planet Earth (animated feature film)
• 

  Lighting TD

  Wētā FX

  January 2009 - February 2011

  Avatar (feature film)
  The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (animated feature film)
• 

  Lighting Lead

  CIS Vancouver

  March 2011 - September 2011

  J. Edgar
• 

  3D Artist

  Square USA

  October 1996 - October 1999

  Marina del Rey, CA

  Parasite Eve
  Chocobo
• 

  Square USA

  October 1996 - July 1999

• Technical Director

  SouthPark Productions

  March 1999 - June 1999

  Los Angeles, CA

  SouthPark Bigger, Longer and uncut
• 

  Senior Lookdev artist, Lighting Lead, Lighting Technical Dir

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  March 2012 - January 2020

  Vancouver, Canada

  Oz the Great & Powerful
  Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
  The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  Angry Birds
  Emoji
  Smurfs: Lost Village
  Spider-Man: Far from Home
  Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
  Over the Moon
  
• 

  Senior Lighter

  Industrial Light & Magic

  March 2014 - June 2014

  Vancouver, Canada

  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• 

  Lighting Lead

  Digital Domain

  September 2011 - March 2012

  Jack the Giant Slayer
• 

  Lead Lighter

  Method Studios

  February 2011 - August 2011

  Vancouver, Canada

  J. Edgar

  
• 

  Senior Lighter

  Wētā FX

  December 2008 - January 2011

  Wellington, New Zealand

  Avatar
  Tintin

  

  
• 

  Senior Lighter

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  May 2005 - December 2007

  Culver City, CA

  Open Season
  Surf's Up
  G Force
• 

  Senior Lighter

  Digital Domain

  September 2004 - April 2005

  Venice, LA

  Stealth

• Lighter

  ESC

  February 2003 - August 2004

  Alameda, CA

  The Matrix Revolutions
  Lady Killers
  Catwoman
• 

  VFX Artist

  Photon VFX

  June 2002 - October 2002

  Gold Coast, Australia

  Ghost Ship
  Inspector Gadget 2
• 

  3D VFX Artist

  GVFX

  July 1999 - March 2001

  Vancouver, Canada

  Santa Clause
  various TV series
  various MOW's
• 

  Digital Artist

  EA Canada

  July 1999 - March 2001

  Burnaby, Canada

  SSX game
  WCW game