Simon Carlile

Work History

• Self

  September 2020 - August 2022

  Harringay, United Kingdom
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  Lead Lighting TD

  Double Negative

  January 2017 - July 2020

  London
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  Lead Lighting TD

  Double Negative

  April 2016 - January 2017

  Double Negative Feature Animation
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  Senior Lighting TD

  Double Negative

  January 2015 - March 2016

  London, United Kingdom

  Look Dev - ‘Geostorm’
  Look development for props, vehicles, environments in PRMan/Mantra and procedural look development for destruction in Mantra in addition to running shots and providing look development and Mantra support for TDs.
  
  Senior Lighting Artist - ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
  Shot lighting using Isotropix Clarisse, mainly shots of Ultron character in live action plates.
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  Lighting TD

  Wētā FX

  August 2014 - November 2014

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  'The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies" - Lighting with Maya, Manuka and PRman.
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  Senior Lighting Artist

  MPC

  February 2014 - August 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  Senior Lighting Artist - ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
  Look Dev and shot lighting with Katana and PRman. Look dev of hero digital doubles and hero portrait lighting of Groot.
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  Senior Lighting Artist

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2013 - February 2014

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Senior Lighting Artist - ‘The Amazing Spiderman 2’
  Shot lighting, working in Katana, rendering with Arnold and compositing in Nuke.
  
  Senior Lighting Artist - ‘Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2: Revenge of the Leftovers’
  Shot lighting, key lighting and final 2d and 3d stereo compositing.
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  Lighting Artist

  Digital Domain

  November 2011 - December 2012

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Lighting Artist - ‘Ender’s Game’
  Shot lighting environments with Maya and Vray as the production renderer.
  
  Lighting Artist - ‘Jack The Giant Killer’
  Shot lighting CG giants and environments using Katana and rendering with Arnold. Compositing with Nuke.
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  Lighting Artist

  Dr. D Studios

  February 2011 - November 2011

  Sydney, Australia

  Lighting Artist - ‘Happy Feet 2’
  Key light and shot lighting and compositing using Houdini, 3Delight and Nuke.
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  Lighting Artist

  Framestore

  November 2008 - January 2011

  Lighting Artist on 'Clash of the Titans' and 'Your Highness'
  - Maya and PRman
  
  Lead Layout TD on 'Avatar' which involved pipeline design and troubleshooting, digital doubles and animation pipeline and team supervision.
  
  Lighting Artist and Matchmove supervisor on 'Where The Wild Things Are'.
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  Lead Matchmove Artist

  Framestore

  February 2005 - November 2008

  Lead Matchmove on 'The Dark Knight' for Harvey 'Two-Face' Dent & other projects.
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  Lead Matchmove Artist

  Framestore

  February 2005 - November 2008

  Lead Matchmove on 'The Dark Knight' for Harvey 'Two-Face' Dent & other projects.
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  Animation and Lighting TD

  Vanguard Films & Animation

  September 2003 - December 2004

  Animation and Lighting TD - technical animation and character finalling. Worked in lighting with environment shading team in final stages of delivery.