Nick Bartone

Current

• Lighing TD at Tippett Studio

Past

• Lighting Intern at Pixar Animation Studios
• Director of the Hive - Student Media at Savannah College of Art and Design

Education

• Savannah College of Art and Design

Connections

112 connections

Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Websites

• My Website

Nick Bartone’s Summary

I've graduated this past May 2008 from the Visual Effects program at Savannah College of Art and Design with Magna Cum Laude honors. I am currently working at Pixar Animation Studios as a Lighting Intern. Professionally, I've worked as a Network +Certified consultant to a software company and Freelancing everything from Art and Design for web/logo/branding to Computer repair and Network support. I am comfortable working in any operating system platform, GUI or Command Line. I have strong public speaking skills, I work very well in team-oriented environments, and I'm consistently positive and inquisitive. If you're interested in talking with me, feel free to send me an email, or visit my website. If you'd like a resume, that too is available on my website.

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Nick Bartone’s Specialties:

Lighting and Rendering with Maya and mental ray, as well as Renderman for Maya 2.0 and Renderman Studio. Well versed in render layers and advanced lighting and rendering techniques. Strong compositing proficiency using Apple's Shake or similar node-based compositing applications. Familiar with Python and MEL Scripting and can interpret RSL, RIB, C++, and Java. I have a wide range of knowledge in applications but I'm also completely open to learning new things.

Nick Bartone’s Experience

• Lighing TD

  Tippett Studio

  (Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  April 2009 — Present (9 months)

• Lighting Intern

  Pixar Animation Studios

  (Public Company; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  September 2008 — March 2009 (7 months)

  3 months spent training under Danielle Feinberg (Director of Photography for Lighting on Wall-e), 3 months spent as a lighting TD on the short 'Partly Cloudy'.

• Director of the Hive - Student Media

  Savannah College of Art and Design

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2005 — January 2008 (3 years 1 month)

  I lead a team ranging from 4-8 people to design, build, and maintain an exclusive social networking website for SCAD Students. Duties included interviewing applicants, hiring/firing new staff, adjusting/administrating wages, planning/attending all organization related events, collaborating with other organizations official and unofficial, as well as many other miscellaneous administrative duties.

Nick Bartone’s Education

• Savannah College of Art and Design

  2004 — 2008

Additional Information

Nick Bartone’s Websites:

• My Website

Nick Bartone’s Groups:

•    Savannah College of Art and Design Alumni
•    SCAD Alumni Association

Nick Bartone’s Contact Settings

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