Willam Arias

Willam Arias

CG Supervisor / 23 yrs

Los Angeles, California

On Set Senior Lighting TD

Avatar 3 (2025)

Senior Lighting Technical Director

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

On Set Senior Lighting TD

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Lighting Artist

Sonic Prime (2022)

Senior Lighting Technical Director

Black Adam (2022)

Senior Lighting Technical Director

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)

Senior Lighting Technical Director

Spies in Disguise (2019)

CG Supervisor

Strange Angel (2018)

Lead Lighting TD

Alpha (2018)

CG Supervisor

The Runaways (2017)

CG Supervisor

Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (2017)

Lookdev And Lighting TD

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

CG Supervisor

Westworld (2016)

Look Development / Lighting TD

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

Lookdev And Lighting TD

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

Senior lighting TD

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Lighting Artist

Home (2015)

Lighting Artist

Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

Lighting Artist

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Lead Lighting Artist

The Croods (2013)

Lead Lighting Artist

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

Lead Lighter

Puss in Boots - Three Diablos (2012)

Lead Lighting Artist

Puss in Boots (2011)

liead lighting artist

Megamind (2010)

Lead Lighting Artist

Shrek Forever After (2010)

LIghting Artist

Turbo (2009)

Lighter

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

Lighter

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Lighting Artist

Bee Movie (2007)

Lighter

Flushed Away (2006)

Lighting Artist

Lego Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick (2005)

Work History

  • Pipeline Supervisor

    Double Negative

    February 2018 - July 2019
    Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Head of 3D / CG Supervisor -DNeg TV LA

    Double Negative

    January 2017 - February 2018
    Los Angeles, California

  • lighting/lookdev td

    Double Negative

    October 2015 - December 2016

  • Senior Technical Director

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2015 - August 2015
    Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Lead CG Lighter

    DreamWorks Animation

    October 2009 - January 2015

    -Create lighting rigs to be used by lighters
    -Perform technical work in support of shot lighting using various production tools
    - Perform lighting development setup
    - Check for continuity problems in shots within the sequence
    - Present lighting key shots to CG Supervisor, Art Directors and/or Production Designers.
    - Address comments that come up during reviews

  • Lighter

    DreamWorks Animation

    March 2006 - October 2009

  • Lighter/TD

    CHRLX

    2005 - 2006

    Lighting, texturing, shading, and compositing.

  • Lighter/TD

    Rhino FX

    2005 - 2005

    Lighting, shading, texturing & compositing

  • Lighting TD

    Treehouse Media

    2004 - 2005

  • Video / Audio deisgner

    ABC News

    1998 - 2000

  • Freelance 3D Designer, mode

    Active Frame Productions

    1996 - 1997
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Education

  • Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus

    1992 - 1997