Chris Nabholz

Lighter at Sony Pictures Imageworks

Greater Los Angeles Area

Current
Past
Education
  • Ringling School of Art and Design
  • Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts
Connections
76 connections
Industry
Animation
Websites

Chris Nabholz’s Summary

Continue to work in the film industry lighting and compositing feature films.

Chris Nabholz’s Specialties:

Lighting, Compositing, Animating, Maya, Renderman for Maya, Shake.


Chris Nabholz’s Experience

  • Lighting ATD

    Sony Pictures ImageWorks

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry)

    June 2007Present (1 year 6 months)

    2008 Eagle Eye:
    In Progress.

    2008 Speed Racer:
    Lighting TD Associate. Lit, rendered, then composited CG elements with live action plates, effects, and matte paintings.

    2007 Beowulf:
    Lighting TD Associate. Lit and composited a number of large crowd shots that included Beowulf and Wiglaf, closeup shots of Beowulf and Wealthow and a dragon shot including lots of FX elements.

  • Render Wrangler

    Ringling School of Art and Design

    (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)

    October 2006May 2007 (8 months)

    Created documentation for renderfarm use as well as helped troubleshoot rendering errors for students as well as teachers and manage 250+ renderfarm computers.

  • Art Intern

    Electronic Arts

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ERTS; Animation industry)

    May 2006August 2006 (4 months)

    My internship involved working with environment team to create assets and levels as well as working with the pre-visualization team developing the games starting environment interface developing and texturing a 3D interface from concept paintings.

    Skills Used: Modeling, Lighting, Rendering, Camera Animations, Texture Creation, Workflow Documentation and Meetings.

  • Sr. Designer

    Expanets eServices

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

    September 1999September 2002 (3 years 1 month)

    Expanets eServices, Lancaster, PA. Developed solutions for web through application development. Duties included interface design, black & white as well as color mockups, HTML layouts, interactive media development, liaison between the graphics department and developers and project management.


Chris Nabholz’s Education

  • Ringling School of Art and Design

    BFA, Computer Animation, 20032007

  • Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts

    Associate, Multimedia Design, 19971999

    Activities and Societies:
    Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society.
    Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges.

Additional Information

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Chris Nabholz’s Interests:

Animation, CG, Compositing, Lighting, Photography, Snowboard, Scuba, Woodworking.

Chris Nabholz’s Groups:

PADI Scuba Diver

  •    Visual Effects Professionals

Chris Nabholz’s Honors:

2008 - Florida Film Festival screening Respire, Mon Ami
2007 - Student Academy Awards Finalist - Respire, Mon Ami
2007 - Siggraph Animation Theater - Respire, Mon Ami
2007 - Best of Ringling - Senior Thesis.
2006 - Photography Featured in June issue of "Sarasota Downtown and Beyond."
2006 - Two Best of Ringling Computer Animation awards.
2004 - Best of Ringling Juror’s Award, Best of Core.
2000 - Forbes.com Best of the Web.
1999 - Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society.
1999 - Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges.


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