Rachel Donnelly

Work History

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  Senior Lighting Artist

  Evil Eye Pictures

  July 2023 - Present

• Real-time Lighting Supervisor

  Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution

  October 2021 - September 2023
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  Fellow - Unreal Fellowship Fall '22

  Epic Games

  November 2022 - December 2022

  Unreal Fellowship: World-Building
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  Lighting artist

  Crystal Dynamics

  October 2020 - September 2021

  Redwood City, CA
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  Associate Lighting Artist

  Infinity Ward

  May 2019 - October 2020

  San Francisco, California
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  Lighting TD

  Fable Studio

  January 2019 - April 2019

  San Francisco, California

  Lighting TD for Wolves in the Walls - an interactive animated VR short based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean.
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  Lighting Artist

  Baobab Studios

  April 2018 - June 2018

  Redwood City, CA

  Lighting artist for Crow: The Legend - an animated VR short shown at Cannes 2018.
  - Used lighting keys to light and establish mood in opening and ending scenes
  - Optimized lighting, sets, and timing to be performant in headset
  
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  Lighting Artist

  Steel Wool Studios

  August 2016 - March 2018

  Oakland, CA

  Sole lighter for studio, working on variety of PC and VR projects in Unity including:
  - Warhammer Betrayal at Calth game for PC and VR - used government architectural lighting for historic buildings guide in combination with concept art to achieve sense of stylized realism
  - Kennedy Space Center, educational 4D exhibit - Mars exploration simulator using NASA reference
  - Bounce, a 50-level VR game - utilized Valve renderer for dynamic lighting in forward rendering
  
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  Lighting and Shading Intern

  Outward, Inc.

  May 2016 - August 2016

  San Jose, CA

  Production internship in the materials, shading and lighting team for product visualization. Shaded, rendered, and lit over 200 assets which were delivered to clients.
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  Spanish Linguist

  United States Air Force

  August 2006 - December 2012

  San Antonio, TX

  Lead quality controller and head of reporting team. Oversaw production of intelligence reports in fast-paced, high pressure environment. Worked in every mission position including translation and transcription in Spanish. Graduated Airman Leadership School to directly supervise individual Airmen.