Experience
- Jan.2008 - present
- Digital Domain - Technical Director
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- software R&D
- development of plugins for various tools, stand-alone applications, rendering pipeline, shaders
- film "TRON: Legacy"
- development of mental ray shaders, look development
- film "2012" (uncredited)
- development of RenderMan rendering pipeline
- film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
- development of mental ray shaders and pipeline
- film "Speed Racer" (uncredited)
- development of mental ray shaders
- Oct.2004 - Jan.2008
- Sony Pictures Imageworks - Senior Color & Lighting Technical Director
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- film "I Am Legend"
- development of Image Based Lighting pipeline, look development and RenderMan shader writing, shot lighting and compositing
- film "Monster House"
- look development and Arnold shader writing
- Apr.2002 - Sep.2004
- ESC Entertainment - Color & Lighting Technical Director
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- film "CATWOMAN"
- look development and mental ray shader writing for virtual Catwoman
- film "Matrix Revolutions"
- look development and mental ray shader writing for virtual humans, especially "Superpunch" (contributed SIGGRAPH 2004 Sketch, "Making of the Superpunch")
- film "Matrix Reloaded"
- development in-house mental ray shader library
- Jul.2000 - Apr.2002
- OptGraph, Inc. - R&D Division
- development commercial global illumination renderer (project canceled)
- Apr.1999 - Jun.2000
- SEGA Enterprises - R&D #7 Movie Section
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- games for SEGA Dreamcast "SAKURA Wars 3"
- lighting and RenderMan shader writing, development SOFTIMAGE plugins
- Jun.1998 - Dec.1998
- "Hakuchi" project
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- film "Hakuchi" - Future Film Festival Digital Award Venezia
- lighting and RenderMan shader writing
- Oct.1997 - Mar.1999
- TRILOGY Corp.
- part-time RenderMan shader writer
- Sep.1997 - Oct.1997
- POLYGON PICTURES Inc.
- part-time RenderMan shader writer
Education
- Apr.1997 - Mar.1999
- Master of Image Science and Technology - Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics, Atsugi, Japan.
- Apr.1993 - Mar.1997
- Bachelor of Engineering in Image Information Engineering - Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics, Atsugi, Japan.
Skills
- Computer Systems:
- Linux, IRIX, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows
- Programming:
- C/C++, Python, Perl, Tcl/Tk, shell script
- mental ray, RenderMan, Arnold, Maya, Nuke, Katana, OpenGL, Qt
- Software:
- mental ray, RenderMan, Arnold, Maya, Shake, Nuke, Katana