Summary
My name is Iván M. Benítez, I was born in Madrid in 1998. I am a LookDev, Lighting and Compositing artist and mentor at https://thelightinglab.es/ with over four years of experience in the industry, working in animated feature films such as "Spider-man: Across the Spiderverse (Part One)", Dreamworks feature film "Spirit: Untamed", "Tad Jones 3: the curse of the mummy" and Netflix animated feature film "Scrooge: A Christmas Carol".
I really believe that lighting is one more character in a film, and it plays a very important role within storytelling, that's why every day I learn more about look development, lighting and photography.
Contact: ivanmanuel@hotmail.es
Skills
Software proficiency
Reel
Productions
- MovieSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)
- Year2023
- RoleLighting and Compositing Artist
- CompanySony Pictures Imageworks
- MovieScrooge: A Christmas Carol
- Year2022
- RoleLighting and Compositing Artist
- CompanyAxis Studios
- MovieTadeo Jones 3: The curse of the mummy
- Year2022
- RoleLighting and compositing artist
- CompanyLightbox Animation Studios
- MovieSpirit: Untamed
- Year2021
- RoleLighting TA
- CompanyJellyfish Pictures
Experience
- Lighting & Compositing Artist at Sony Pictures ImageworksMontreal, CanadaSeptember 2022 - Present
- Lighting & Compositing Artist at Mikros AnimationMontreal, CanadaJuly 2022 - September 2022
- Lighting & compositing artist at Axis StudiosGlasgow, United KingdomMarch 2022 - June 2022
- Lighting & compositing artist at Illusorium Animation StudiosMadrid, SpainNovember 2021 - February 2022
- Junior Lighting & compositing artist at Lightbox Animation StudiosMadrid, SpainApril 2021 - March 2022
- Lighting Trainee at The FocusMontreal, CanadaJune 2021 - Present
Lighting Trainee on Academy @ The Focus (Recruitment company for MPC, Technicolor, The Mill, Mr X, Mikros Animation..)
- Lighting TA at Jellyfish PicturesLondon, United KingdomJanuary 2021 - March 2021
Lighting Technical Assistant on the DreamWorks feature film Spirit: Untamed.
- Audiovisual Creative Junior at Rooter S.LmadridSeptember 2018 - February 2019
My main tasks were video compositing and graphic design. I was working in projects with Google, BBVA, Monterrey..