Pipeline Technical Director
· Programming skills : C / C++, Perl, Python, UNIX shell script, MEL, PHP, JavaScript
· Software skills :
· 3D : Maya, Houdini, Katana, ZBrush, RenderMan, Mental Ray, Arnold, V-Ray, Mari
· 2D : Nuke, After Effects, Photoshop
· Pipeline : Shotgun, MongoDB
· Traditional drawing & painting
· Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV (Feature animation film) – Pipeline Supervisor
Mar. 2014 - Apr. 2014 The Mill (Los Angeles, CA)
· Gatorade (TV commercial) – Lighting TD
· Kiki's Delivery Service (Feature film) – Pipeline Supervisor, Lighting & Compositing TD
· Percy Jackson : Sea of Monsters (Feature film) – Lighting TD
· Life of Pi (Feature film) – Effects & Lighting TD
· Arthur Christmas (Feature film) – Lighting & Compositing TD
· The Lion King 3D (Feature film) – Stereoscopic Conversion
· Tangled (Feature film) - Lighter
· Alice in Wonderland (Feature film) – Lighting & Compositing TD
· Cloudy with a chance of meatball (Feature animation film) - Lighting & Compositing TD
· Monsters vs. Aliens (Feature animation film) - Lighter
· Kung Fu Panda (Feature animation film) - Lighter
· Bee Movie (Feature animation film) – Lighter
· Final Fantasy III (Video game) – Lookdev & Lead Lighting
· Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children (Feature animtion film) – Lookdev, Lead Lighting & Compositing
· Final Fantasy VII : Dirge of Carberus (Video game) – Lighting & Compositing
· Final Fantasy X-2 (Video game) – Lighting & Compositing
· Kingdom Hearts : Final Mix (Video game) – Lighting & Compositing
· Development of shader, lighting tools & production pipline software
· The Animatrix : Final flight of the Osiris (Short animation film) – Sequence Supervisor & Lead Lighting
· Final Fantasy : The spirits within (Feature animation film) – Sequence Supervisor, Layout, & Lighting
· Development of shader & production pipeline software
· Generalist for commercials and films
· Development of shader & production pipeline software
Apr. 1990 – Mar. 1991 Japan Electronics College, International Computer Science Research Course
Apr. 1988 – Mar. 1990 Japan Electronics College, Computer Graphics Course
· Language: English and Japanese