Timothy Kenyon

Timothy Kenyon

Senior Lighting and Compositing Artist - VFX / Animation

Senior Lighting Artist / Digital Compositor / 22 yrs

Sydney, Australia

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Lighting Artist

The Magician's Elephant (2023)

Senior Lighting Artist

DC Super Pets (2022)

Senior Lighting Artist

Peter Rabbit 2 (2021)

Senior Lighting Artist

Hobbs and shaw

Lighting Lead

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

lighting artist

Peter Rabbit

Senior Lighting TD

The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)

Senior Lighting TD

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

Senior Lighting TD

The Jungle Book (2016)

Compositing

The Water Diviner (2014)

Senior Lighting Artist

The LEGO Movie (2014)

Senior Lighting Artist

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Senior Lighting Artist

Happy Feet Two (2011)

Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (2011)

Lighting Artist

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

Lighting Lead

Legend of Enyo (2010)

I have been working in Animation and Vfx for 18 years and have specialized in Lighting and Compositing for over 14 years.
Since 2010 I have been working as a Senior Lighting and Compositing artist focusing on feature animation and vfx films.
My career highlights include The lego movies, Peter Rabbit films and Legend of the Guardians with Animal Logic, Disney’s The Jungle Book with MPC, Fast and Furious with DNEG and Happy Feet 2 with Dr. D Between larger film projects I worked on some smaller independent films such as The Water Diviner at Slate Vfx and Infini at Orb Vfx.
My technical skills include advanced knowledge of Feature animation programs “Autodesk Maya”, “Foundry Katana”, “SideFX Houdini”, “Clarisee and “Foundry Nuke”. Apart from my technical knowledge, my Lighting and Compositing career is also based on a solid foundation of live action cinematography, film production experience and a visual arts/ photography background.
I’m currently based in Sydney, Australia but I frequently relocate for work.
Work History
  • Lighting Artist

    Animal Logic

    December 2020 - December 2023
    Sydney, Australia
  • Lighting TD

    Plastic Wax

    August 2020 - December 2020
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Senior Lighting TD

  • Lighting Artist

    Animal Logic

    July 2019 - January 2020
    Sydney, Australia
  • Lighting TD

    Double Negative

    February 2019 - July 2019
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Lighting TD - Fast and the Furious: Hobbs & Shaw

  • lighting artist

    Double Negative

    March 2019 - June 2019
    Vancouver, Canada

    Fast and the Furious: Hobbs & Shaw

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    Animal Logic

    March 2018 - February 2019
  • lighting artist

    Animal Logic

    February 2016 - February 2018
  • Lighting Artist

    MPC

    November 2014 - January 2016
    London, United Kingdom

    Senior Lighting TD. on Disney's The Jungle Book.
    Strong focus on CG and Live action integration with the goal of photo-realism.
    Working in Katana, Render Man 19 & 20 & Nuke

  • Video Editor

    Showreels Australia

    January 2014 - October 2014
    Sydney, Australia

    Freelance Video Editor for Showreels Australia.
    Editing film sequences for actor showreels using Final Cut Pro.
    Mixture of Drama, Comedy, Thriller and Trailers.

  • Compositor

    twd_1919

    August 2014 - September 2014
    Sydney, Australia

    Compositor on The Water Diviner feature film

  • Lighting Artist

    Animal Logic

    July 2014 - August 2014
    Sydney, Australia

    Emmet Awards, Lighting and Compositing

  • Digital Compositor - Infini and Terminus Features

    Freelance

    April 2014 - June 2014
    Sydney, Australia

    Compositing, Lighting and Matte Painting on two Australian Sci-fi feature films.

  • Lighting - The Lego Movie

    Animal Logic

    June 2013 - December 2013
    Sydney, Australia

    Key and Shot lighting/ Compositing

  • Lighting Artist

    Fuel VFX

    June 2013 - July 2013

    Lighting and Compositing for Nike Commercial

  • Lighting Artist - The Great Gatsby

    Animal Logic

    June 2012 - February 2013

    Lighting Artist

  • Lighting - The Polar Bears

    Animal Logic

    May 2012 - June 2012

    Lighting and Compositing on The Polar Bears (Short Film)

  • Lighting - Darksiders II (Cut Scene Clips)

    Plastic Wax

    April 2012 - May 2012

    Surfacing and Lighting

  • Lighting Artist - Happy Feet 2

    Dr. D Studios

    July 2011 - November 2011

    Shot lighting for delivery to comp.
    I also Key Lit some scenes to deliver a working lightrig for shot lighting.

  • Lighting Artist - The Padawan Menace (Short)

    Animal Logic

    January 2011 - June 2011

    Lighting and Compositing

  • Lighting Artist - Legend of the Guardians

    Animal Logic

    April 2010 - August 2010

    Lighting and Compositing

  • Senior Lighting Artist - Lighting Lead

    Flying Bark

    January 2008 - January 2010

    Senior Lighting Artist - Legend of Enyo (TV Series)
    Lighting Lead - Zigby (Tv Series)
    Lighting/ Texturing - Master Raindrop (TV Series)
    Worked closely with Director and Art Director in look development to create lighting look for Enyo and Zigby.
    Worked with Art Director and Lighting/ Compositing team to translate concepts into a practical and effective lighting and compositing pipeline.

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    Sixty40

    October 2006 - July 2007

    Lead Lighting Designer for Several TV projects.
    Comedy Channel TVC
    MythBusters Special
    Discovery Channel Documentary "Cool Stuff"

  • Lighting TD

    Machine Productions

    February 2006 - April 2006

    Lighting Design for a Cartoon series.

  • Architectural Visualisation

    Dreamtime Design Australia

    April 2005 - August 2005

    Photo Real Visualisation of Achitecture projects.

Education
  • TAFE

    2002 - 2002
  • SAE Technology College

    2000 - 2002