I am passionate when it comes to making stunning images. I am level headed in nature and this transfers in to my work ethic. I have 10 years experience as a lighting artist for feature film with 25 credits to my name. I also have been working on animatics and cutscenes doing lighting and lookdev for a computor games company.
Employment:
SSVFX
Lead Lighting Artist
2022 to 2023
Scopely
"Games cinimatics"
Senior Lighting Artist
01/09/2020 - 2022
Method Studios Melbourne
Senior Lighting Artist
16/10/2019 - 01/05/2020
Outpost VFX Bournemouth
Senior Lighting Artist
01/03/2019 - 01/07/2019
MPC Montreal
Key lighting Artist
06/01/2018 - 31/01/2019
ILM Vancouver
Lighting Artist
05/02/2018 - 20/04/2018
Method Studios London/Vancouver
LookDev and Lighting Artist
01/04/2015 - /01/02/2018
Uberact
Concept visualization Artist
Freelance
Moving Picture Company
Lighting Artist
October 2012 - June 2014
Moving Picture Company
Data Ops
March 2011 - October 2012
Skill Set:
Rendering, lighting and lookDev in Maya, Katana, Vray, Renderman and Arnold.
Sequence light rig set up, distribution and maintenance.
Working closely with VFX Sups/Leads to define the overall lighting for sequences and individual shots.
Assisting juniors with work flow and light rigs.
CG scene assembly and asset checking.
Lighting shots to a high standard around guidelines set out by CG supervisor.
Working closely with compositors so as to output correct passes efficiently.
Implementing render setups to optimize render times and improve quality.
Working within strict time scales and render farm limits.
Shows worked on as a Lighting and Lookdev Artist:
1. 47 Ronin
2. WWZ
3. Seventh Son
4. Maleficent
5. Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief 2
6. Guardians of the Galaxy
7. Ant Man
8. The Last Witch Hunter
9. Divergent Part 3
10. Captain America: Civil War
11. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
12: King Arthur: Legend of the the sword
13: Power rangers
14: Guardians of the Galaxy 2
15: Black Panther
16: Solo: A Star Wars Story
17: The Nutcracker: And The Four Realms
18: Godzilla: King Of The Monsters
19: Artemis Fowl
20: Black Mirror
21: 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
22: Jumanji: The Next Level
23: Peter Rabbit 2
24: The Conjuring 3
25: Star Wars: The Mandalorian
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5289392/
Tel: (UK)+44 07366 566090
Email: al.s.ferris@gmail.com
Currently residing in the UK