Kenneth Weide

Kenneth Weide

Senior Lighting TD

Senior Lighting TD / 15 yrs

London, United Kingdom

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Senior Visual Effects Lighting TD

Blue Beetle (2023)

Lighting & Rendering Artist

Die Känguru-Verschwörung (2022)

Lighting & Lookdev Artist

Ms. Marvel (2022)

Lighting Artist

Shang-Chi (2021)

Sr. Lighting TD

Loki (2021)

Sr. Lighting TD

M:I 6 - Mission Impossible (2018)

Junior Lighting Artist

Jungledyret Hugo: Fræk, flabet og fri (2007)

Sr. Lighting TD

Voyagers (2021)

lighting sr. artist

Raised by Wolves (2020)

Sr. Lighting TD

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Sr. Lighting TD

Venom (2004)

Sr. Lighting TD

Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

Sr. Lighting TD

American Assassin (2017)

Sr. Lighting TD

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Sr. Lighting TD

Alien: Covenant (2021)

Sr. Lighting TD

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

Sr. Lighting TD

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

lighting td

The Great Wall (2017)

Sr. Lighting TD

Gods of Egypt (2015)

Lighting TD

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

Lighting Sr. Artist

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2014)

Lighting TD

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Lighting TD

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Lighting TD on Olympus Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

Lighting Technical Director

Spiders 3D (2013)

Lighting Artist

Killing Season (2013)

Junior Lighting TD

John Carter (2012)

Lighting & Rendering

The Expendables 2 (2012)

Lighting TD on Conan the Barbarian.

Conan the Barbarian (2011)

Lighting Technical Director

Kurt Turns Evil (2008)

Sr. Lighting TD???

King Arthur (2004)

I consider my self a highly motivated and dedicated lighting TD for the Visual Effect industry. I specialize in creating and setting up optimized and eye pleasing light rigs for live action- as well as Cartoon movies.

Filmography:

Raised By Wolves
Voyagers
Terminator - Dark Fate
Venom
Mission Impossible - Fallout
Pacific Rim 2
American Assassin
Transformers: The Last Knight
Alien: Covernant
King Arthur
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
The Great Wall
Gods of Egypt
Fast & The Furious, Universal Studios Theme Park Ride
Exodus
Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America 2.
The Boy With the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Olympus Has Fallen
Killing Season
Spiders
The Expendables 2
John Carter Of Mars
Conan The Barbarian
Kurt Turns Evil
Jungo Goes Banana

Commercials:

Novo Nordic
Porche
Work History

  • Lighting TD

    Jellyfish Pictures

    March 2024 - August 2024

  • Sr. Lighting TD

    Rodeo FX

    November 2023 - January 2024

  • Lighting TD

    Electric Theatre Collective

    September 2023 - November 2023

  • Sr. Lighting TD

    Jellyfish Pictures

    July 2023 - August 2023
    London, United Kingdom

  • Sr. Lighting TD

    Rodeo FX

    March 2023 - April 2023
    Montreal, CA

  • Lighting TD

    TRIXTER

    March 2021 - April 2022
    Remote

  • Sr. Lighting TD

    UPP

    March 2019 - April 2020
    Prague, Czech Republic

  • Sr. Lighting Artist

    Goodbye Kansas

    October 2018 - December 2018
    Stockholm, SE

  • Sr. Lighting TD

    Double Negative

    February 2017 - September 2018

  • Sr. Lighting TD

    MPC

    August 2016 - February 2017
    London, United Kingdom

  • lighting td

    Industrial Light & Magic

    November 2015 - July 2016
    Singapore

  • sr. lighting td

    Cinesite

    April 2015 - September 2015

  • Lighting TD

    MPC

    March 2014 - April 2015
    London, United Kingdom

    Software used : Katana, Renderman and Nuke.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Lighting TD

    Ghost VFX

    June 2013 - July 2013

    Commercial for new Lego product

    Application used : Maya and Vray

  • Lighting & Shading

    Pixomondo

    April 2013 - June 2013

    Commercial for upcoming Porsche model.

    Application used: 3DS MAX and Vray

  • Lighting TD

    Ghost VFX

    March 2013 - April 2013

    Product presentation for a Medical company

    Application used: Maya and Vray

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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Education

  • Truemax

    2003 - 2006