Josimar Altamirano

Taco and poutine enthusiast, salsa dancer, humor lover, and avid biker. Always eager to learn, take on new challenges, and meet people from around the world. Yes, I’m proudly Mexican at heart, but with a little Canadian flair.

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  Lighting TD

  Digital Domain

  Feb 2023 - Nov 2023

  9 mos

  Worked with Houdini and Solaris, utilizing V-Ray as the render engine. Developed lighting templates and refined light rigs for Dark Matter, and handled full CG shots for Blue Beetle.
  
  Projects included: Blue Beetle and Dark Matter.

  

  

  
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  Lighting TD

  MPC

  Jan 2023 - Feb 2023

  1 mo

  Using Katana with RenderMan, working for a brief period on Snow White. created Lighting rigs and templates to support the team.
  
  Projects included: Snow White.
  
  

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  Lighting TD

  Mr. X

  Feb 2021 - Dec 2022

  1 yr 10 mos

  Becoming Senior Artist, utilized Houdini with RenderMan and served as Lighting Lead for the final three months of Distant, where I assigned tasks, provided team support, and developed sequence and lighting rig templates for the lighting and look development teams. Worked alone most of the time in the TV series Joe Pickett and contributed as a “Key Artist” in Landscape with Invisible Hand.
  
  Projects included: Distant, Joe Pickett, Landscape with Invisible Hand

  
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  lighting technical director

  Double Negative

  Jan 2020 - Jul 2020

  6 mos

  Montreal

  Reengaged with Clarisse, contributing to Last Night in Soho. Specialized in lighting vehicles, props, and set extension.
  
  Projects included: Last Night in Soho.

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  cg lighting artist

  Rodeo FX

  Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

  11 mos

  Montreal

  Learning Arnold and re-familiarizing with Katana. Lighting full CG shots for IT Chapter Two and handling creature, set extension, and volume lighting for my rest of projects.
  
  Projects included: IT Chapter two, Crawl, MIB International and Bloodshot

  

  

  

  
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  Lighting TD

  Double Negative

  Nov 2016 - Jun 2018

  1 yr 7 mos

  Vancouver

  Transitioned from Junior to Mid-Level Artist, handling increasingly complex shots, including those for Pacific Rim: Uprising, The Meg, and Annihilation. Doing digi-double lighting for Deadpool 2 and Ant-Man and the Wasp. Developed light rigs and created lighting templates to support the team. Proficient in using Clarisse for most projects and Houdini with Mantra for volume lighting in The Mummy.
  
  Projects included: Annihilation, The Mummy, The MEG, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Deadpool 2, Ant-man and the Wasp.

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Lighting Artist

  MPC

  Jun 2015 - Jun 2016

  1 yr

  Vancouver

  Completed a Lighting Course at MPC Academy, gaining comprehensive skills in the VFX pipeline. Proficient in using Katana with RenderMan (RIS and Reyes) and Maya with V-Ray. Applied lighting techniques to set extensions, full CG shots, and look development for vehicles and small props.
  
  Projects included: The Finest Hours, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call and Sully: Miracle on the Hudson.

  

  

  

• 3D Animation & Vissual Effects in 3D Animation and Visual Effects3D An

  Vancouver Film School

  2014 - 2015

• Diseño de Interacción y Animación Digital in Arte, Diseño y Arquitectu

  Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla

  2007 - 2012

• Diseño Interactivo in Diseño interactivoDiseño Interactivo, Diseño int

  Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México

  2010 - 2011