(feature animation)
| Spies in Disguise | Lighting Artist | 2019 |
Blue Sky Studios
Lighting Artist
| Ferdinand | Lighting Artist | 2017 |
Blue Sky Studios
Lighting Artist
| Ice Age: Collision Course | Lighting Artist | 2016 |
Blue Sky Studios
Lighting Artist
• Led a the lighting and rendering of entire sequences
• Previsualized, designed and executed the lighting of shots based on color keys
• Composited in Nuke
| The Peanuts Movie | Lighting Artist | 2015 |
Blue Sky Studios
Lighting Artist
• Previsualized, designed and executed the lighting of shots based on color keys
• Composited in Nuke
| Rio 2 | Lighting Artist | 2013-2014 |
Blue Sky Studios
Lighting Artist
• Led a team in the lighting and rendering of entire sequences
• Previsualized, designed and executed the lighting of shots based on color keys
• Composited in Nuke
| Epic | Lighting Artist | 2012-2013 |
Blue Sky Studios
Lighting Artist
• Previsualized, designed and executed the lighting of shots based on color keys
• Composited in Nuke
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | Lighting Artist | 2012 |
Blue Sky Studios
Lighting Artist
• Led a team in the lighting and rendering of entire sequences
• Previsualized, designed and executed the lighting of shots based on color keys
• Composited in Nuke
| Rio | Senior Technical Director | 2009-2011 |
Blue Sky Studios
Senior Technical Director
• Led a team in the lighting and rendering of entire sequences
• Previsualized, designed and executed the lighting of shots based on color keys
• Composited in Nuke
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur | Senior Technical Director | 2008-2009 |
Blue Sky Studios
Senior Technical Director
• Led a team in the lighting and rendering of entire sequences
• Previsualized, designed and executed the lighting of shots based on color keys
• Composited in Nuke
View Jon Schroth's work on Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur >
Lighting work by Jon Schroth
| Horton Hears A Who! | Technical Director | 2006-2008 |
Blue Sky Studios
Technical Director
• Implemented shot lighting in Blue Sky's proprietary ray-tracing renderer CGI Studio++
• Composited in Shake
• Researched and developed lighting and radiosity techniques for use in the film
View Jon Schroth's work on Horton Hears a who >>>>>
| Ice Age: The Meltdown | Technical Director | 2005-2006 |
Blue Sky Studios
Technical Director
• Implemented shot lighting in Blue Sky's proprietary ray-tracing renderer CGI Studio++
• Worked with and incorporated effects in shots
• Composited in Shake
View Jon Schroth's work on Ice Age: The Meltdown >
Lighting work by Jon Schroth
| Robots | Lighting | 2004-2005 |
Blue Sky Studios
Lighting
• Implemented shot lighting in Blue Sky's proprietary ray-tracing renderer CGI Studio++
• Composited in Shake
• Managed rendering of entire sequences
Jon Schroth's work on Robots >>>
(other)
| NYU CADA | Adjunct Professor | 2005 |
New York University
Adjunct Professor
Center for Advanced Digital Applications
Taught two Lighting and Rendering courses for Computer Animation students in the NYU M.S. program, CADA.
Courses were taught in Autodesk Maya, Mental Ray and Apple Shake with a focus on the aesthetic principles of color, composition, and mood.
| Epoch Arts | Artistic Director: Filmmaking Department | 2005-present |
Epoch Arts, Inc.
Artistic Director: Filmmaking Department
• Established a filmmaking and animation program for youth
• Developed and taught classes for kids ages 10-18
• Coordinated yearly film festivals to inspire creativity in youth
| Ringling School of Art and Design | 2000-2004 |
| Areas of expertise |
3D
• Both technical and conceptual understanding of entire animation pipeline from concept development and design, through modeling, rigging, animation, surfaces and lighting.
• Specializing in Look Development with Lighting and Compositing.
Filmmaking
• Refined focus on visual storytelling with cinematography.
Fine Arts
• Fine Arts background in drawing and printmaking.
| Computer Software |
• Vast experience in 3D animation and compositing software including: Maya, Blender, Nuke, Fusion, Resolve, Syntheyes, Adobe Creative Suite
• Programming experience in several languages including: PHP, python, perl & Java
| Festivals & Awards |
Ukulele by Jon Schroth
• Foundation Caixa Galicia exhibition selection for "remarkable emotional load"
• Mundos Digitales 2006 - A Coruna, Spain
• The Kalamazoo Animation Festival International 2005 -
Honorable mention
• 8th Annual East Lansing Children's Film Festival
• PBIFF Pensacola Bay International Film Festival
• Baytowne Film Festival
• International Student Film Festival Hollywood
• Riverrun International Film Festival - Films of 2005
• Enzian Florida Film Festival
• Best of Ringling 2004
