Betsy Mueller (animation, background, lighting, artist)

Responsible for lighting shots and matching to plates. Working closely with the compositor to help make each shot match and
have continuity through the sequence.
Additional responsibilities: mel-scripting creating a material assignment to objects for other lighters to use, worked on look development of broken freeway textures, working closely with department to help with pipeline.

Film:
Live Free or Die Hard

Key Lighting Technical Director/Compositing Artist, Animal Logic, Sydney, Australia
May 25, 2006- Oct 13, 2006

Responsible for lighting and compositing shots and matching to key shots. Working closely with the art directors
to carry through the desire look. Setting up a key shot for other lighters to match, using mel scripts and MayaMan.

Film
Happy Feet

Lead Lighting/Compositing Artist, ReelFX Creative Studio, Dallas, TX
March 5, 2004- May 17, 2006

Responsible for making master shots and assigning lighting and compositing shots to lighters. Making
sure deadlines were being met with quality work. Lighting characters in various environments including:
ocean, jungle, desert, and indoor scenes. Also responsible for continuity and meeting deadlines with quality work.
Additional responsibilities: team leader, problem solving, texturing, and compositing.

Projects worked on:
Boz, the Bear
Everyone's Hero
The Wild
DaVinci Code Game Cinematic
ActionMan
Ninja Battles
G.I. Joe: Valor vs Venom

SOFTWARE
Maya
MayaMan
RenderMan
Mental Ray
3D Studio Max
Brazil
Mel Scripting
Nuke
DigitalFusion
Shake
Photoshop CS
BodyPaint
Painter

TRADITIONAL SKILLS
Acrylic, Cel-Vinyl, Gouache, Pastel, Pen and Ink, Airbrush, Pencil, Watercolor, Color and Composition, Figure Drawing,
Layout, In-betweening, Background Painting, and Animation

EDUCATION
American Animation Institute, Burbank, CA October 2000-May 2001
Studied Traditional Animation

Associates in Art, Sherman Oaks, CA February 2000-December 2000
Studied Traditional Animation

Principia College, Elsah, IL September 1995-June 1998
BA, Studio Art Major, Graphic Design Focus

References upon request