Tony Mitzelfelt

Tony Mitzelfelt

Senior Lighting TD / 21 yrs

San Francisco, CA, United States

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Lighting Artist

Sonic Prime (2022)

Lighting

Pixar Popcorn (2021)

Lightspeed Technical Director

Soul (2020)

Lighting Technical Director

Toy Story 4 (2019)

Lighting Technical Director

SparkShorts (2019)

Lighting Technical Director

Incredibles 2 (2018)

Lightspeed Technical Director

Coco (2017)

Lightspeed Technical Director

Lou (2017)

Lighting Technical Director

Cars 3 (2017)

Lightspeed Technical Director

Nemo & Friends SeaRider (2017)

Lightspeed Technical Director

Finding Dory (2016)

Lighting Technical Director

Strange Magic (2015)

Strange Magic (2015)

Digital Artist

Noah (2014)

Digital Artist

Pacific Rim (2013)

Lead Lighter

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

Lead Lighter

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011)

Puss in Boots (2011)

Lighter

Megamind (2010)

Additional Lead Lighting

Monsters vs Aliens Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space (2009)

Additional Lead Lighting

B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009)

Lighting Technical Director

Shrek 4-D (2009)

Lighting Artist

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

Lighting Artist

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

Technical Director

Shrek The Third (2007)

Technical Director

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005)

Technical Director

Madagascar (2005)

Technical Director

Shrek 2 (2004)

Work History

  • Lightspeed Technical Director

    Pixar

    June 2015 - Present

  • Department Technical Director, iGO

    DreamWorks Animation

    October 2014 - June 2015

    • Developing pipeline solutions for new technology venture providing animation and rendering services to third party clients
    • Implementing and maintaining model conversion system for delivery to external vendor
    • Sourcing and editing of audio tracks for application animations
    • Providing technical support to character animators

  • Lighting Technical Director

    Industrial Light & Magic

    June 2012 - July 2014
    Singapore

    • Created, rendered, and composited the lighting and look of computer graphics for use in live action films
    • Debugged and fixed render scripts
    • Collaborated with Visual Effects and CG Supervisors to achieve the aesthetic look of production shots

  • Lead Lighter/Compositor

    DreamWorks Animation

    April 2009 - May 2012
    Redwood City, CA

    • Collaborated with Sequence Supervisor, Art Director, and Production Designer to establish the look of a sequence
    • Created complete lighting rig and compositing scripts to achieve established look of sequence
    • Guided production lighters in using lighting rig to light shots in the sequence
    • Tested next generation proprietary lighting application

  • Pipeline Engineer

    DreamWorks Animation

    January 2009 - April 2009
    Redwood City, CA

    • Triaged and fixed bugs in pipeline tools
    • Implemented new features in lighting scripts

  • Lighter/Compositor

    DreamWorks Animation

    November 2007 - April 2009

    • Established the lighting and shadows for shots to match the look of a sequence
    • Troubleshot and resolved lighting issues
    • Managed shots for optimal rendering and disk space usage

  • Lighting Technical Director

    DreamWorks Animation

    May 2002 - November 2007

    • Designed and developed future applications and additions for DreamWorks’ proprietary computer-animated feature film pipeline
    • Investigated and fixed problem shots for the lighting animators
    • Taught technical courses on lighting tools and workflow to Lighters and Lighting Technical Directors

  • Software Engineer

    Cadence Design Systems

    June 2000 - April 2002
    San Jose, CA

    • Designed new user interface features to PSD software
    • Diagnosed bugs and implemented solutions in C++ applications

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Education

  • Stanford University

    1997 - 2000

  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

    1996 - 1997