Kenneth Weide

Work History

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  Sr. Lighting TD

  Jellyfish Pictures

  March 2024 - November 2024
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  Sr. Lighting TD

  Rodeo FX

  November 2023 - January 2024
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  Lighting TD

  Electric Theatre Collective

  September 2023 - November 2023
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  Sr. Lighting TD

  Jellyfish Pictures

  July 2023 - August 2023

  London, United Kingdom
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  Sr. Lighting TD

  Rodeo FX

  March 2023 - April 2023

  Montreal, CA
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  Lighting TD

  TRIXTER

  March 2021 - April 2022

  Remote
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  Sr. Lighting TD

  UPP

  March 2019 - April 2020

  Prague, Czech Republic

  

  

  
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  Sr. Lighting Artist

  Goodbye Kansas

  October 2018 - December 2018

  Stockholm, SE
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  Sr. Lighting TD

  Double Negative

  February 2017 - September 2018

  

  

  

  
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  Sr. Lighting TD

  MPC

  August 2016 - February 2017

  London, United Kingdom

  

  

  

  

  
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  lighting td

  Industrial Light & Magic

  November 2015 - July 2016

  Singapore

  
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  sr. lighting td

  Cinesite

  April 2015 - September 2015

  

  
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  Lighting TD

  MPC

  March 2014 - April 2015

  London, United Kingdom

  Software used : Katana, Renderman and Nuke.

  
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  Lighting TD on Captain America 2

  TRIXTER

  December 2013 - February 2014

  Lighting TD on Captain America 2
  
  Software used : Katana, Renderman and Nuke.

  

• External Lecturer

  Ålborg Universitet

  October 2013 - November 2013

  Managing students by combining theory with practical tutoring in the fields of Radio- and Photometry, Raytracing, FG, GI, Match Moving, creating and using HDR Images. Giving the students feedback to help them strengthen their skills and knowledge base in realistic lighting methods.
  
  Assessing students course work and marking of results.
  Providing mentoring, advice and support to students on a personal level.
  
  Software used: Maya and Mental Ray, MatchMover and HDR Shop
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  Senior Lighter on The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

  Walking The Dog

  July 2013 - October 2013

  French feature film : The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
  
  Software used : Modo, Nuke

  
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  Lighting TD

  Ghost VFX

  June 2013 - July 2013

  Commercial for new Lego product
  
  Application used : Maya and Vray
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  Lighting & Shading

  Pixomondo

  April 2013 - June 2013

  Commercial for upcoming Porsche model.
  
  Application used: 3DS MAX and Vray
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  Lighting TD

  Ghost VFX

  March 2013 - April 2013

  Product presentation for a Medical company
  
  Application used: Maya and Vray
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  Lighting TD on Olympus Has Fallen

  Worldwide FX

  November 2012 - February 2013

  Lighting & Rendering on Olympus Has Fallen.
  
  Applications used: Maya, Houdini, Mantra, 3delight and Nuke

  

• External Lecturer

  Aalborg University Esbjerg

  September 2012 - November 2012

  Managing students by providing tutoring and feedback to help them strengthen their skills and knowledge base in the 3d application Maya.
  
  Assessing students course work and marking of results.
  
  Providing mentoring, advice and support to students on a personal level.
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  Lighting TD & Compositing

  Axis Animation

  July 2012 - September 2012

  Cinematic Trailer for yet an unannounced console game.
  
  Applications used for Lighting and Compositing: Houdini, Mantra & Fusion
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  Lighting TD on The Expendables 2

  Worldwide FX

  February 2012 - June 2012

  Lighting & Rendering on Spiders 3D and Expendables 2.
  
  Applications used: Maya, 3delight and Nuke

• Lighting TD on John Carter of Mars

  Cinesite, Disney/Pixar

  July 2011 - January 2012

  Responsible for lighting an outdoor desert landscape sequence, which focused an ancient city as background, along with battleships in the sky.
  This included rendering out all necessary AOV's (also in stereo) and then making scripts in Nuke to set up the light colors and feel, for the DMP's and Compositors to use as reference in order to proceed and finalize the shots.
  
  Applications used: Maya, Renderman and Nuke
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  3D Generalist Working on Lego City short stories

  Duckling A/S

  May 2011 - July 2011

  3D Generalist at Duckling A/S working on Lego City Short stories. My responsibility was to light a sequence, which included doing a lot of shader tweaking as well as texturing.
  
  Applications used: Maya, Mental Ray
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  Lighting TD on Conan the Barbarian.

  Worldwide FX

  November 2010 - May 2011

  I worked on the feature film Conan The Barbarian. My responsibility was to light 3D scenes, adjust Shaders and Textures in order to match the live footage, as well as rendering out all the necessary passes for the compositor to do the final integration.
  
  Applications used: Maya, 3delight and Nuke

• 3D Generalist

  Virtual Lab ApS

  June 2009 - November 2010

  Working at Virtual LAb ApS, creating realistic environments such as oil rigs and windmill park for educational purposes.
  
  Applications used: 3D Max, Mental Ray and Fusion
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  Lighting & Rendering

  A. Film

  January 2008 - August 2008

  Lighter on Kurt Bli'r Grusom
  
  Applications used: Maya and Mental Ray

• Lighting Trainee

  A.Film

  November 2006 - July 2007

  I started as apprentice at A.Film as Lighter Trainee right after i completed my Education at Truemax
  
  In this period of time, i worked on the feature film Jungo 3
  
  Applications used: Maya and Mental Ray