Chris Nabholz - Resume - Lighting & Compositing

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Resume Updated 05-12-10

Chris Nabholz
717-586-5875
chris@chrisnabholz.com
http://www.chrisnabholz.com
http://seriouslywhocares.blogspot.com

Local Address:
12620 Matteson Ave #1
Los Angeles, CA 90066

Education:	2003 – 2007	Ringling School of Art and Design Sarasota, Florida Bachelor of Fine Arts Major: Computer Animation
	1998 – 1999	Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts York, Pennsylvania Associate Degree in Specialized Technology Major: Multimedia Design

Work Experience:	2011 – Present	Sony Pictures Imageworks - Lighting & Compositing TD Los Angeles, California 2012 Men in Black 3 - Shot Lighter & Compositor 2011 Arthur Christmas - Lighting Sequence Lead - Shot Lighter & Compositor - First Looks & One-offs - Stereo Artist

	2010 – 2010	Animal Logic - Digital Artist - Lighter NSW Australia 2010 Sucker Punch - Shot Lighter - First Looks & One-offs

	2007 – 2010	Sony Pictures Imageworks - Lighting & Compositing TD Los Angeles, California 2009 Alice in Wonderland - Lighting Sequence Lead - Shot Lighter & Compositor - First Looks & One-offs - Stereo Artist 2009 G-Force - Shot Lighter & Compositor - First Looks & One-offs 2008 Eagle Eye - Paint-out & Tracking - Compositing 2008 Speed Racer - Shot Lighter & Compositor - First Looks & One-offs 2007 Beowulf - Shot Lighter & Compositor - First Looks & One-offs

	2006 – 2007	Ringling School of Art and Design - Render Wrangler Sarasota, Florida Created documentation for renderfarm use as well as helped troubleshoot rendering errors and manage 250+ school computers.

	5/22/06 – 8/11/06	Internship at Electronic Arts Tiburon Orlando, Florida Worked on a team creating golf courses for Tiger Woods PGA Tour '08 for next generation consoles. Also worked with the art department transposing concept paintings into 3D pre-visualizations.

Workshops:	2008	"Don't Try This At Home! The Physics of Hollywood Movies" by Adam Weiner.
	2006	“Putting Emotion into Games” Lecture by David Freeman.
	2006	“The Art of Silent Gesture” Workshop at Florida State Theater.
	2005	“Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation” by Wayne Gilbert.
	2004	“Acting for Animators” Lecture by Ed Hooks.

Awards / Honors:	2010	Alice in Wonderland shot used as the March 2011 cover of Computer Graphics World.
	2008	Respire, Mon Ami - Used as an example in the book "Ideas for the Animated Short, Finding and Building Stories."
	2008	Respire, Mon Ami - Channel Frederator Sick Sick Sick Award.
	2008	Respire, Mon Ami - Florida Film Festival.
	2007	Respire, Mon Ami - SIGGRAPH Animation Theater.
	2007	Respire, Mon Ami - Student Academy Awards Finalist.
	2007	Respire, Mon Ami - Sarasota Film Festival.
	2007	Best of Ringling - Senior Thesis.
	2006	President’s List, Fall Semester.
	2006	Photography Featured in June issue of "Sarasota Downtown and Beyond."
	2006	Two Best of Ringling Computer Animation awards.
	2004	Best of Ringling Juried Show, Juror’s Award.
	1999 – 2002	Five time Expanets Employee of the week.
	2000	Forbes.com Best of the Web.
	1999	Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society.
	1999	Who's Who Students in American Junior Colleges.


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