Shannon McGee

323.620.9911 shannon@shannonmcgee.com 949 Kings Road #108, West Hollywood, CA 90069

T E C H N I C A L E X P E R T I S E

• Thorough knowledge of Maya, RenderMan, Shake, Nuke, Mental Ray and Photoshop
• Familiar with After Effects, Perl, C shell scripting, and Digital Fusion
• Experienced in Windows, Mac and Linux environments

E M P L O Y M E N T

Senior Lighting TD: Sony Pictures Imageworks Culver City, CA. Sept 05 – present
Lighting and compositing work on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Watchmen, Speed Racer,
Beowulf, Surf's Up!, Open Season, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Monster House 3D

Lighting TD: Mint VFX Santa Monica, CA. June 05 – July 05

Worked on full CG commercial project for Oroweat. Painted textures, setup shader networks, Global
Illumination, Final Gather, and lighting rigs.

Lighting TD: Digital Domain Venice, CA. January 05 - May 05

Worked in a context rendered multi channel environment on Columbia Pictures “Stealth”, designing and
creating lighting and shader networks for characters and environments. Performed channel lighting on
RenderMan elements and generated compositing scripts.

Color and Light TD: ESC Entertainment Alameda, CA. February 04 – August 04
Performed color and lighting work on Warner Brothers’ feature film “Constantine”. Worked at both the .mi
and .ma level for lighting, shader implementation, and compositing.

Senior TD: Red Gypsy Venice, CA. March 03 – January 04

Provided start-to-finish management of shots in a CGI production pipeline, including look development,
3D element integration, and creative iteration.

Lighting TD: 3DBob Productions Burbank, CA. February – March 03

Performed character lighting and shot troubleshooting for a CGI feature film production.

Lighting TD / Compositor: Metrolight Studios Hollywood, CA. June 02 – December

Provided lighting and compositing for feature film.

Technical Director: Colour Movie Los Angeles, CA. April 02 – June 02

Supervised 35mm live action FX shoots. Produced 3D elements for music videos and MTV spots.

Technical Director: Rezn8 Productions Hollywood, CA. May 00 - October 01

Worked in every aspect of production pipeline with focus on compositing, texture, lighting, and animation
for broadcast, film, and location-based entertainment. Used proprietary and off the shelf software.

Lighting TD: Xaos, Inc. San Francisco, CA. February 00 - April 00

Contracted to expedite production of a 70mm ride film. Provided color and lighting.

Technical Director: South Park Productions Marina Del Rey, CA. February 99 – June 99
Provided layout, expressions, textures, models, and scene animations for the South Park feature film.

Freelance Animator: EME Entertainment Pasadena, CA. September 98 - October 98

Contracted to configure, light, animate and modify existing CG models for a theme park attraction.

Lead Technical Director: VMI, Inc. Los Angeles, CA. July 96 - June 98
Performed supervision for texture artists, lighters and animators. Solved CG production problems and
tied up loose ends for feature film, ride film projects, and FMV. Took storyboard artists’ sketches of
proposed animation, provided suggestions to streamline production, brought to CG completion
(composite, setup, lighting, texture, animation, light modeling).
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Motion Picture

Sony Pictures Animation: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Warner Brothers: The Watchmen
Warner Brothers: Speed Racer
Paramount Pictures: Beowulf
Sony Pictures Animation: Surf's Up!
Columbia Pictures: Monster House 3D
Sony Pictures Animation: Open Season
Walt Disney Pictures: The Chronicles of Narnia
Columbia Pictures: Stealth
Warner Brothers: Constantine
MGM/Turner Films: Gods and Generals
Paramount Pictures: South Park – Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Tri-Star Pictures: Three Ninjas 4 - Showdown at Mega Mountain
Planeta: American Crime
Brooklyn Films: The Uprising
Shadow Lands: Specter

70mm Rides and Attractions

Sony Japan: Space Odyssey

Volkswagen Germany: Beyond Chaos
SimEx: Virtual Voyages
Landmark Entertainment Group: Chicago Time Terminal 3D
EME Entertainment: Carousel Theater
Broadcast

Fox Television: Making of the “Lord of the Rings”

Discovery Channel: Monster House, Monster Garage
MTV: Battle of the Sexes
CBS Sports: Super Bowl XXXV, 2001 NFL, and 2001 College Football
Academy Awards: 73rd annual
TNT: Drive Shaft
Spelling Entertainment: Stop at Nothing
WeMedia Sports: 2000 Paralympics
World Stunt Awards: 1st annual
Bandai: Action Satisfaction
Oroweat: Grains for life
Bonfire Films: Sinch music video “Something More”

E D U C A T I O N

BFA, Experimental Animation: School of Film and Video, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), 1996.