Chris Nabholz

Current

• Lighting ATD at Sony Pictures ImageWorks

Past

• Render Wrangler at Ringling School of Art and Design
• Art Intern at Electronic Arts
• Sr. Designer at Expanets eServices

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Education

• Ringling School of Art and Design
• Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts

Connections

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Industry

Animation

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

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 2007 — Present (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 2006 — May 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 2006 — August 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 1999 — September 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, 2003 — 2007

• Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts

  Associate, Multimedia Design, 1997 — 1999

  Activities and Societies:

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

Additional Information

Chris Nabholz’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

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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