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William Schilthuis

Lighting Artist
www.williamgs.com
williamgs@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE

id Software, Richardson, TX

Lead Lighting Artist | June 2021 – Present

Respawn Entertainment, Chatsworth, CA

Lead Lighting Artist | April 2020 – May 2021

• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  • Recruited and trained two new hires
  • Planned story based lighting progression
  • Blueprint development

Senior Lighting Artist | May 2018 – April 2020

• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • Established look development test beds, photometric exposure standards, and documentation
  • Worked directly with code to develop features
  • Training and support for in house and outsource lighters
  • Lighting on various planets and districts
    • Bracca: Work site, Trains
    • Zeffo: Crashed Venator, Tomb of Miktrull, additional bits
    • Kashyyyk: Assisted E3 cinematic lighting, additional bits

High Moon Studios, Carlsbad, CA

Lighting Artist | July 2015 – May 2018

• Destiny 2: Forsaken
  • Environment lighting primarily on various Tangled Shore exteriors
    • The Cobble, Sorik’s Cut, The Boil, Salvage Zone QX
• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
  • Lighting for Operation: Burn Water (refinery on Titan)
• Destiny 2
  • Environment lighting on various areas of IO destination

Ready At Dawn, Irvine, CA

Lighting Artist | February 2014 – June 2015

• The Order: 1886
  • Environment lighting for Mayfair and Tesla’s Lab
  • Various cinematic lighting

Moving Picture Company, Santa Monica, CA

Lighting Artist | September 2011 – February 2014

• Performed various roles including:
  • On-set CG supervision, HDRI acquisition
  • Look-development, lighting, rough compositing
  • Workflow and pipeline tools (python, MEL)
• Completed 31 jobs in 2½ years, including:
  • Ads for Acura, Chevy, Honda, Kia, Lexus, Mercedes, Nissan
  • Dust 514: Vicious Cycle
  • Nike: Game On World

Pendulum Studios, San Diego, CA

Shading & Lighting Artist | June 2010 – December 2010

• Red Faction: Armageddon
  • Materials, lighting, and MEL tools for pre-rendered cinematics

SCAD School of Film and Digital Media, Savannah, GA

Systems Support | January 2009 – March 2011

• Support for Linux and Windows systems

SKILLS

Soft Skills

• Strong technical knowledge
  • Shader programming, scripting, blueprints, photometric lighting
  • Familiar with current technical papers and rendering techniques
• Visual
  • Understanding of color, composition, contrast in 3D environments

Tools

• Unreal Engine, Maya, 3ds Max, Houdini, Nuke, Blender
• V-Ray, Arnold, Renderman, Mental Ray, Mantra
• Python, MEL, Linux (bash)

EDUCATION

Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA

BFA Visual Effects | 2011

Minor in Technical Direction