Lighting Technical Director

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David DuVoisin

daduvo11@gmail.com

Education:

Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Cogswell College
Kea'au, Hawaii
High School
2011
Sunnyvale, California
BA in Digital Arts and Animation
2015

Experience:

DreamWorks Animation TV – Lead Lighting & Compositing Technical Director

November 2017 to Present

  • Developing Maya and Nuke tools used by our HUB team and hundreds of artists worldwide at various partner studios. Primarily using Python and PySide.
  • Building workflows and solving technical problems in Maya, Nuke, and VRay.
  • Writing documentation and creating tutorials for our tools and pipeline.
  • Balancing a large variety of projects across multiple shows in various states of production. Prioritizing my tasks to keep productions moving smoothly.
  • Occasional asset lighting and review.

Doodle Pictures Studio – Lighting Technical Artist

August 2015 to August 2017

  • Lighting, rendering, and compositing for various LEGO projects including story animations, product features, and key visuals.
  • Look development, sequence, and shot lighting in Maya using Redshift.
  • Developing solutions for various problems that arise in production.
  • Communicating with the entire team to ensure quality and accuracy.
  • Filling in wherever needed including R&D, shot prep, texturing, editing, etc.

Cogswell Media Works – Technical Director/Generalist on Various Projects

April 2014 to May 2015

  • Managed team of visual artists and collaborated closely with the audio and project management departments.
  • Worked directly with clients and various production teams to develop and produce high quality animated projects in parallel with audio production.
  • Designed efficient production pipelines and provided general technical direction.

Primary Software:

Windows Redshift Nuke PyQt
Linux RenderMan After Effects MySQL
MacOS VRay Python Adobe Suite
Maya BM Fusion MEL Substance Suite