Mathias Lautour

Work History

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  Surfacing Lead

  Animal Logic

  January 2020 - July 2021

  Vancouver, Canada
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  CG supervisor

  Industrial Light & Magic

  November 2017 - January 2020

  Vancouver, Canada
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  CG supervisor

  Image Engine

  February 2017 - November 2017
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  Look Development Lead

  Image Engine

  September 2013 - February 2017

  Vancouver

  Working on an upcoming major project.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Look Development Lead

  Image Engine

  September 2013 - September 2014
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  Lead Lighter

  Digital Domain

  January 2013 - August 2013

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Worked on Disney movie Maleficent

  
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  Lead Look Dev & Lighting

  Image Engine

  May 2012 - December 2012

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Working on Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty. Lookdev of the hero assets and lighting supervision for the project.

  
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  Technical Lighting Supervisor

  Dr. D Studios

  October 2009 - November 2011

  
  Technical Lighting Supervisor on Happy Feet 2.
  Responsabilities included :
  • Established requirements for lighting tools and rendering technology. Overviewed the development + developed some aspects of it myself.
  • Recruited and supervised a team of 100+ artists and technicians during the project and under extremly tight deadlines.
  

  
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  Lead environment surfacing artist

  Animal Logic

  September 2008 - September 2009

  
  Rock Environment Surfacing Lead / Look Development TD
  Responsible for the look development, shader writing and general workflow design for rocky environments "Legend of the Guardians".
  * Look development and shader writing for rocky environments. Development of a semi-procedural technique to efficiently surface rocky environments
  * Leading a team of surfacing artists. Training and mentoring artists on the rock shading workflow
  * Development of several Shading Department tools
  

  
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  Pipeline Developer

  nWave Digital

  July 2007 - June 2008

  
  R&D supervision for a new Renderman lighting/rendering pipeline.
  * Establish production requirements in terms of development.
  * Establish specifications for new pipeline tools and development follow-up.
  Various developments such as :
  * SQL based shader asset manager. (Python)
  * RSL translator of Maya hypershade shading networks. (Python)
  * Automatic shading nodes generator for maya hypershade. (Python)
  * Implementation of an all-purpose surface shader. (RSL)
  
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  Lighting and Rendering Supervisor

  nWave Digital

  May 2006 - June 2007

  
  Responsible of the lighting on the stereoscopic 3D feature film "Fly Me to The Moon".
  * Lighting supervision both artistically and technically.
  * Schedules establishment, lighters assignment and day to day follow-up.
  * Coordination of lighting department.
  * Lighting pipeline development and Renderman technical support during all the production.
  

  
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  Rendering Supervisor

  nozon

  October 2000 - April 2006

  
  Responsible of rendering and Lead Shading/Lighting artist.
  Worked on a wide variety of high-end commercials as the lead surfacing/lighting artist. Also supervised other artists to maintain visual quality and find technical solutions to achieve the best results.
  Worked with a developer to define and improve the rendering pipeline on Maya/MentalRay by extending the render node library with in-house plugins.