Erik Shepherd 1249 Willard St. San Francisco CA 94117 [email protected] | http://vimeo.com/60011758 ​ CURRENT POSITION Pixar -- CG Artist ​ ​ RECENT FILM CREDITS ● Coco - Shot Lighting TD ​ ● Cars 3 - Shot Lighting TD ​ ​ ​ ● Transformers 5 - Lighting TD / Look Development ​ ● Wanda Jinan Immersive Ride - Environment Look Development ​ ● Ted 2 - Lighting TD ​ ● Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Lighting TD ​ ● Lucy - Lighting TD / Look Development ​ ● Transformers 4 - Lighting TD ​ ● Godzilla - Lighting TD / Look Development ​ SOFTWARE [ Linux | Windows | Mac ] Maya Clairisse Nuke Photoshop Katana Houdini Renderman - Mental Ray - V-Ray - Arnold Unity - Unreal PRODUCTION SKILLS ● Accomplished Lead Generalist for commercial, film and immersive entertainment. ● CG Supervisor for Cartoon Network’s 3D animated show, Lucy, The Daughter of the Devil ● Experienced in Development and establishing workflows through proof of concepts. ● Highly procient in lighting for both full CG animation and live action integration. ● Python tools development for Katana, Maya and Nuke ● Production experience in asset optimization for real-time rendering Erik Shepherd 1249 Willard St. San Francisco CA 94117 [email protected] | http://vimeo.com/60011758 ​ WORK HISTORY Pixar - Emeryville, Ca [ Nov 2016 - Current ] Senior Lighting TD ILM - San Francisco, Ca [ July 2015 - Nov 2016 ] Senior Lighting TD/ Look Development Tippett Studio - Berkeley, Ca [ March 2015 - July 2015 ] Senior Lighting TD/ Environment Artist ILM - San Francisco, Ca [ March 2014 - March 2015 ] Lighting TD/ Look Development MPC - Vancouver B.C. [ Sept 2013 - March. 2014 ] Lighting TD/ Look Development Tippett Studio - Berkeley, Ca [ Nov 2011 - March 2013 ] Lighting TD REFERENCES - ( E-Mail address upon request ) Nancy Howard - Lighting Department Manager, Pixar Studios Jeremie Talbot - Character Technical Director, Pixar Studios John Dunlap - Sr. Creative Resources Manager, Tippett Studio Steve Redding - Lighting Supervisor, Tippett Studio Aladino V. Debert - VFX Supervisor/Director Digital Domain EDUCATION A.A. in Anthropology and Ceramics, Santa Rosa Junior College Pursuing B.A. from Academy of Art - San Francisco, CA PERSONAL INTERESTS Ceramics, Archeology, Travel, Racket ball, and anything made by Alexander Calder PORTFOLIO ● Lighting reel - http://vimeo.com/60011758 ​ ● Commercial reel - https://vimeo.com/66283124 ​ ● Animation/rigging - https://vimeo.com/66283722 ​ ● Lucy, The Daughter of the Devil - https://vimeo.com/265454784 ​ .