Stephanie Cushing

Stephanie Cushing

Lighting TD by day, Circus artist by night...

Senior Lighting TD / 19 yrs

Vancouver, Canada

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Lighting & Compositing Artist

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (2023)

Lighting Technical Director

Vivo (2021)

Lighting Technical Director

The Mitchell's vs. The Machines (2021)

Lighting Technical Director

Smallfoot (2018)

Lighting And Compositing

ModNation Racers (2010)

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)

Senior Lighting TD

Small Foot

lighting/compositing artist

The Emoji Movie (2017)

lighting artist

Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

Lighting, Comp, and Stereo

Storks (2016)

Lighting, Compositing, and Stereo TD

The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

Lighting, Compositing, and Stereo TD

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Rio 2 (2014)

Lighting TD

Epic (2013)

Lighting TD

Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

Delgo (2008)

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I have been working in the entertainment industry since 1999 on many projects for games, feature films and television. I am currently working for Sony Pictures Imageworks and have been a part of "Hotel Transylvania 2", "The Angry Birds Movie", "Storks", "Smurfs: The Lost Village", and currently "The Emoji Movie" in the full back-end assembly including Key and Shot Lighting, Compositing, and Stereo. Previously I was with Blue Sky Studios where I was involved in the feature films “Rio 2”, “Epic”, and “Ice Age 4”. My responsibilities as a Lighting, Compositing, and Stereo Technical Director range from producing shot lighting to delivery final stereo renders.
Work History
  • Key Lighting

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    August 2019 - January 2021
    Vancouver, Canada
  • Senior Lighting TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    August 2018 - June 2019
    Vancouver, Canada
  • lighting artist

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2017 - August 2018
  • Lighting TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2015 - July 2017

    Production Credits:
    Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
    The Angry Birds Movie (2015-2016)
    Storks (2016)

    *Shot lighting based on direction of Art Director using Arnold and Katana.
    *Full compositing and stereo integration using Nuke.
    *Sequence keylighting on Storks.

  • Lighting TD

    Blue Sky Studios

    January 2012 - May 2014
    Greenwich, CT

    Production Credits:
    Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (2012)
    Epic: (2013)
    Rio 2: (2014)

    *Shot lighting based on direction of Lead Lighting TD and Director using a script base, in-house proprietary software for “Ice Age 4”, “Epic”, and “Rio 2”
    *Slap compositing in Nuke

  • Artistic Director

    Jahara Phoenix Dance Company

    January 2007 - January 2012
    Lawrenceville, GA

    *Administer the PR and Marketing requirements utilizing print and online news opportunities, print ads, website design, and social networking
    *Direct dance performances, fitness instruction and troupe management
    *Responsible for establishing and administrating group fitness programs and innovative choreography
    *Consistently develop positive client relationships

  • 3D Artist and Lighting Supervisor

    Fathom Studios

    August 2000 - December 2005
    Atlanta, GA

    Production Credit:
    Delgo

    LIGHTING SUPERVISOR
    *Created master lighting for sequences using Maya
    *Compositing to achieve final look in Shake
    *Project Management for small team of lighting artists
    CG GENERALIST
    *Responsible for many aspects of the production: modeling, texturing, rigging, and shot lighting using Maya and Photoshop

  • 3D Artist

    Rainbow Studios

    June 1999 - August 2000
    Phoenix, AZ

    Production Credit:
    Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles

    *Computer modeling for both games and television using Lightwave
    *Motion capture editing and animation for “Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles”
    *Lighting Direction of special Roughnecks episode

Education
  • The Art Institute of Phoenix

    1998 - 1999
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks

    1993 - 1995