Daniel Anderson
Daniel Anderson
Lighting & Compositing CG Generalist
Sydney, Australia

I’m a Lighting & Compositing Artist who loves shaping mood and story through light. Over the past seven years, I’ve helped bring worlds to life at ILM, Animal Logic, and Flying Bark — blending artistry and technology to support storytelling. My next chapter is focused on lighting leadership and creative direction.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9547665/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr94

Skills

LightingVFXCompositing3D ModelingTexturingLook DevelopmentUnwrappingProject ManagementGame Design

Software proficiency

Katana
Katana
Nuke
Nuke
Maya
Maya
RenderMan
RenderMan
Arnold
Arnold
ZBrush
ZBrush
V-Ray
V-Ray
3ds Max
3ds Max
Photoshop
Photoshop
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Marmoset Toolbag
Marmoset Toolbag

Reel

Productions

    • Movie
      Superman
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      Lighting TD
    • Company
      Industrial Light & Magic
    • Movie
      Sonic the Hedgehog 3
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Lighting TD
    • Company
      Industrial Light & Magic
    • Movie
      Transformers One
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Lighting TD
    • Company
      Industrial Light & Magic
    • Movie
      200% Wolf
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Senior Lighting & Compositing Artist
    • Company
      Flying Bark
    • Movie
      Leo
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Lighting & Compositing Artist
    • Company
      Animal Logic
    • Movie
      The Magician's Elephant
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Lighting & Compositing Artist
    • Company
      Animal Logic
    • TV Production
      A discovery of Witches
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      CG Generalist
    • Company
      Windmill Lane
    • Movie
      Zone 414
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Lead CG Generalist
    • Company
      Windmill Lane
    • Music Video
      Mabel: Take It Home
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Lighting & Compositing Artist
    • Company
      Blue Zoo Animation
    • Movie
      Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Lighting Artist
    • Company
      Animal Logic
    • TV Production
      Watchmen
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      3D Generalist
    • Company
      SSVFX
    • Movie
      The Irishman
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Lighting Artists / 3D Generalist
    • Company
      SSVFX
    • TV Production
      Game Of Thrones
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      3D Generalist
    • Company
      SSVFX
    • Movie
      The Favourite
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      CG Artist
    • Company
      Screen Scene Post Production Facilities
    • Movie
      The Little Stranger
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      CG Artist
    • Company
      Screen Scene Post Production Facilities
    • TV Production
      Lost in Space
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      CG Artist
    • Company
      Screen Scene Post Production Facilities

Experience

  • Lighting Technical Director at Industrial Light & Magic
    Sydney, AU
    February 2024 - Present

    Lighting Technical Director

  • Senior Lighting & Compositing artist at Flying Bark Productions
    Sydney, AU
    August 2023 - February 2024

    Senior Lighting artist - 200% Wolf

  • Lighting Artist at Animal Logic
    Sydney, AU
    October 2021 - August 2023

    Lighting & Compositing Artist - at formerly Animal Logic, Now Netflix Animation

  • CG Generalist at Windmill Lane
    Dublin, IE
    June 2021 - September 2021

    CG Generalist

  • CG Generalist at Mathematic Studio
    Dublin, IE
    March 2021 - March 2021

    Remote work - Ralph Lauren Short

  • Lighting & Compositing Artist at Giant Animation
    Dublin, IE
    August 2020 - December 2020

    Lighting & Compositing Artist

  • CG Generalist at Windmill Lane
    Dublin, IE
    March 2020 - June 2020

    CG Generalist

  • Lighting artist at Animal Logic
    Sydney, Australia
    September 2019 - Present

    Lighting Artist working on Peter Rabbit 2

  • Junior 3D Artist at Screen Scene Post Production Facilities
    Dublin, Ireland
    September 2017 - September 2019

    Lighting artist / Generalist SSVFX

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