Oliver Summa

Oliver Summa

More than 14 years of professional VFX/Animation experience

Supervisor Lighting/Lookdev / 16 yrs

Munich

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CG Supervisor

Mia and me: The Hero of Centopia (2022)

lighting supervisor

Maya 3 "The golden orb" (2021)

Senior Lighting TD

Dollface (2019)

Senior Lighting TD

The Mandalorian (2019)

Senior Lighting TD

Aladdin (2019)

Senior Lighting TD

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Senior Lighting TD

Ready Player One (2018)

Senior Lighting TD

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)

Lighting Technical Director And Look Development

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

Senior Lighting TD

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Senior Lighting TD

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

lighting td

The Jungle Book (2016)

Lighting Technical Director

Strange Magic (2015)

ATD

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

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Lighting and compositing artist with background in computer science and practical on set experience.

Feature
• Jurassic World - Fallen Kingdom (2018) - Lead Lighting TD
• Ready Player One (2018)
• Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) - Lead Lighting TD
• Rogue One: A Star Wars story (2016)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
• Disney: The Jungle Book (2016)
• Strange Magic (2015)

Episodic
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars - 33 episodes

Specialties: Python and MEL scripting
Skills: Katana, RenderMan, Mental Ray, Maya, Mari, Substance Painter, Nuke, Shake, Photoshop, Linux, AfterEffects, Premiere, Shotgun

I'm constantly looking for opportunities to learn more and broaden my knowledge and experience.
Work History

  • Lighting/Lookdev Supervisor

    Studio Isar Animation GmbH

    May 2022 - Present
    Munich, Germany

  • Lighting/Lookdev Supervisor

    Studio Isar Animation

    May 2020 - April 2022
    München, Germany

  • Lighting/Lookdev Lead

    Studio Isar Animation GmbH

    April 2019 - April 2020
    Munich Area, Germany

  • Senior/Lead Lighting TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    September 2018 - September 2019
    London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Lighting TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    January 2016 - April 2019
    London, United Kingdom

    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Lighting TD at ILM
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    • shot lighting and rendering with Katana, Renderman, Nuke and proprietary tools
    • special: helped lock down the look on K-2SO eye lights


    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the shadows (2016) Lighting TD at ILM
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    • shot lighting and rendering with Katana, Renderman, Nuke and proprietary tools
    • special: setup lightrig for 3 sequences

  • Lighting TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    February 2018 - April 2018
    London

    Dollface (2019) Lighting TD at ILM
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    • Lookdev on the cat face and glasses
    • Sequence light rig for bus shots

    Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2019) Lighting TD at ILM
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    • assisted TV team with transition to ILM VFX pipeline tools
    • shot lighting and rendering with Katana, Renderman, Nuke and proprietary tools
    • special: Baby "Yoda" Razorcrest cockpit lighting and lookdev in first production sequence

  • Lighting TD

    MPC

    December 2014 - December 2015
    London, United Kingdom

    The Jungle Book (2016) Lighting TD at MPC
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    • shot lighting, rendering and compositing with Katana 2.0, Renderman 20, Nuke and proprietary tools
    • important achievement: lighting realisation of the timelapse shots

  • Lighting and Compositing Artist

    Industrial Light & Magic

    September 2012 - October 2014
    Singapore

    Lighting and Compositing Artist at ILM Singapore
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    • shot lighting, rendering and compositing with Katana, Renderman, Nuke and proprietary tools
    • development of Python based tools for Katana
    • Macro creation for Katana and Nuke

  • Lighting and Compositing Artist

    Lucasfilm

    March 2010 - September 2012
    Singapore

    Lighting and Compositing Artist on Clone Wars animated TV series:
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    • light production shots in Maya for characters and environments that met and enhanced the given art direction for the show
    • render shots with proprietary render manager 'Lobot' and in MentalRay and separate the shot into framebuffers and render passes
    • combine the render passes, framebuffers and FX-elements into a final composite tree in Nuke and/or Shake
    • add and track live 2d/3d FX-elements for a shot
    • test and develop new ideas and tools for the lighting department in Scriping languages Python and MEL
    • assist other team members in overcoming technical problems
    • look design for elements of the show in continuous communication with Supervisor and Leads
    • given presentation of the lighting pipeline for various departments

  • Assistant Technical Director

    Lucasfilm

    June 2008 - February 2010
    Singapore

    Assistant Technical Director on Clone Wars the animated TV Series

  • Studio Technician

    Bayerischer Rundfunk

    September 2007 - May 2008
    Nuremberg

    Responsible for live broadcast and broadcasting signal to other studios and on air. I also was handling 'on tape' play ins, analog and digital, in live shows. MAZ

  • General technician (Dolly, Grip, Crane...)

    Bayerischer Rundfunk

    December 1996 - August 2007
    Nuremberg

    Was doing anything from stage work, assisting the lighting department with lights and grip, setting up and pushin the dolly and crane, plus assisting the camera with varios work on EB cameras (analog and digital)

  • Studio Isar Animation

    ? - Present

  • Industrial Light & Magic

    ? - Present
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Education

  • University Diploma in Computer Science

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    1996 - 2003