JOSE DE JUAN

Vancouver, Canada

+1(604) 364-6221

Jdejuan66@gmail.com

LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/joseldejuan

Demo reel @ https://vimeo.com/297838986

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Technical director with twenty year experience in computer graphics at various Los
Angeles, London (UK) and Vancouver (CAN) film and animation studios. With an
emphasis in lighting, grooming and character/look development. I have worked on over
thirty films and commercials. For the last three years I’ve focused mainly in lighting.
Artistically proficient in traditional and digital media.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Maya • Adobe (Photoshop, illustrator)
• Vray/Mantra • Proprietary software: Voodoo and
• Nuke Lighthouse. Rhythm and Hues
• Furtility (MPC) & Framestore’s Fur • Linux, Mac and Windows Platforms

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.

Lighter
Method Studios, Vancouver, Canada May 2016-present
• Staff lighter.
• Vray/Maya scene lighting and precomp.
• Films include: “Okja”, “Deadpool 2”, “Black Panther”,” The Kitchen”.

Groomer
Framestore, London, UK Feb 2014-May 2016
• Senior groomer in “The Legend of Tarzan”, “Mowgli, Legend of the Jungle”
MPC, London, UK.
• Senior groomer in “The Jungle Book”
Senior Lighter
Rhythm and Hues Studios, El Segundo, CA. 2004-2013
• Senior lighter and look development artist.
• Grooming and instanced geometry population.
• Optimization of render and memory efficiencies.
• Films include: “Life of Pi”,”The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”, “Alvin and the Chipmunks”.

Technical Director
DreamWorks Animation, Glendale, CA. 1999-2004
• Effects and particle animator in “El Dorado” and “Spirit”.
• Lighting and Integration of 2d and 3d elements. “Sinbad, Legend of the Seven Seas”.

Lighter
Cinesite, Hollywood, CA. 1998-1999
• 3D lighter.
• Films include: “The Sixth Sense” and “Thirteen Days”.

Lighter
Rhythm and Hues Studios, Los Angeles, CA 1994-1999
• Lighting
• Texturing
• Compositing
• Theme rides include: “Race for Atlantis”.
• Video-games: “Eggs of Steel”.

EDUCATION
Complutense University of Madrid. Spain
Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic, minor in painting.

Taller De Tecnologias Audiovisuales, Madrid, Spain

Certificate in Broadcast Graphics

Texas A&M University. College Station, TX

Graduate Studies in the Masters of Science in Computer Visualization. GPA 3.6 (incomplete)

Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Hollywood, CA

Organic Modeling in Maya, Character Rigging and Texturing, Storyboarding.

Art Center. Pasadena, CA

Perspective and Model Construction.

Studio Arts, Los Angeles, CA.

Certificates of Completion in Photoshop, Painting with Photoshop, Environment Design, VUE, Adobe
Illustrator, Maya and Nuke.