Betsy Mueller (animation, background, lighting, artist)

Betsy Mueller

719-439-6962 (US) * 778-231-3984 (CA)

www.betsymueller.com

EXPERIENCE

Lead Lighting TD, Digital Domain,

Vancouver, B.C.

June 2010 - May 2011

-Feature film work

-Set up light rigs, HDRI, and shader lookdev on environment pieces

-Responsible for key lighting shots - using RenderMan and Maya

Film
Thor

Transformers 3

-----------------------------

Lead Lighting Technical Director, ImageMovers Digital, Novato, CA

January 2009 - May 2010

-Feature film work

-Responsible for key lighting shots, rendering and compositing - using RenderMan and Maya, and Nuke

-Setting up the lighting set up of sequences for lighting team

Film
A Christmas Carol

Mars Needs Moms

-----------------------------

Lighting Technical Director, Industrial Light & Magic, San Francisco, CA
August 2008 - October 2008

-Feature film work

-Responsible for lighting shots and rendering - using RenderMan and Zeno

-Lighting consistently to match live action plates

Film
Star Trek

-----------------------------

Lighting Technical Director, The Orphanage, San Francisco, CA
June 2007 - June 2008

Responsible for lighting shots and matching to plates. Look development with pipeline group and lighting look dev.

Film:
Iron Man

Commercial:

Toy Story Mania (Pixar/Disney)

-----------------------------

Lighting Technical Director, The Orphanage, San Francisco, CA
February 2007 - May 2007

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

-----------------------------

Lighting Technical Director/Compositing Artist, Animal Logic, Sydney, Australia
May 2006 - Oct 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 2004 - May 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/Python 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