George Ho
Senior Lighter
Dreamworks Animation
http://www.dreamworksanimation.com/
http://www.monstersvsaliens.com/


I would be happy to speak with students about the industry I am in. You can email me at: george.h.ho@gmail.com





Job Description:
For feature length animated films, responsible for lighting and compositing shots to maintain continuity of a sequence and fulfill the vision of the Directors, Production Designer, Art Director and VFX Supervisor, while meeting the production schedule. Ensure quality of final frames and cleanliness of setups. Checks for continuity problems in shots within the sequence. Optimizes shots for rendering. Manages image files and associated disk space. Maintain current versions of movie files and OMFs. Works with Production Supervisor and CG Supervisor to meet sequence schedule milestones. Collaborates with other departments such as Layout, Modeling, Surfacing, Matte Painting and Effects.

Summary of what George has done:
During the past fifteen years, George Ho has studied and worked in creative fields such as photography, visual effects, and 3D animations. He is currently a Senior Lighter at Dreamworks Animation. Before that, he was a Senior Technical Director at Sony Pictures Imageworks. He has worked on over 10 motion pictures with film credits ranging from Academy Award winning Spiderman 2 to Oscar nominated Monster House. His most recent project, Monsters vs. Aliens will be released on March 27, 2009.

Here's a list of George's film credits. They are in chronological order based on release year:
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
Beowulf (2007)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Monster House (2006)
Bewitched (2005)
The Aviator (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Bad Boys II (2003)
Early Bloomer (2003)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)