Linhan Li

Linhan Li

Mid-level Lighter/Compositor / 14 yrs

California, United States

Hire Me

Lighting

Pixar Popcorn (2021)

Lighting Artist

Wind (2019)

Lighting Artist

SparkShorts (2019)

Lighting Artist

Purl (2019)

Lighting Artist

Coco (2017)

Lighting Artist

Cars 3 (2017)

Lighting Artist

Finding Dory: Marine Life Interviews (2016)

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

Lighting/Compositing Artist

Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

Technical Director

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)

Lighting/Compositing Artist

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Lighting/Compositing Artist

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

Lighting/Compositing Artist

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

Lighting Technical Assistant

Megamind (2010)

Technical Artist

MySims Kingdom (2008)

Work History
  • Lighting TD

    Pixar Animation

    April 2015 - Present
  • Lighting Artist / Compositor

    DreamWorks Animation

    August 2011 - January 2015
  • Lighting Technical Assistant

    DreamWorks Animation

    July 2009 - August 2011
  • Graduate Student

    Carnegie Mellon University

    August 2007 - October 2009

    Currently, I'm working on my pitch project, a Xbox Live Arcade game. Our game got into the finalist in Microsoft DreamBuildPlay Competition 2008.

    This project started from spring semester 2008. A group of students come togather developing our game and building our own game engine at the same time. Please check out our website https://www.etc.cmu.edu/projects/xbl/, where you can download the game.

  • Technical Artist Intern

    Electronic Arts

    2008 - 2008

    Technical Artist Intern May 2008 – Aug 2008
    Electronic Arts RS --- mySims Kingdom on Wii
    • Developed a tool to calculate object density for model optimization in C++/Maya API
    • Assisted Technical Artist team to accomplish various tasks, including vertex color painting for water effect, texture optimization, and Lua scripting for gameplay
    • Wrote MEL scripts to support artists in submitting jobs to render farm effectively

Education
  • Carnegie Mellon University

    2007 - 2009
  • Beijing Language and Culture University

    2003 - 2007