Sara Vineis

Creating lighting setup for mastershots, implementing it in child shots and working on addressing any lighting feedback. Rendering and splitting into renderLayers for final compositing task.

Working closely with the director to establish the lighting look of an unreleased project.

Working closely with CG Supervisor and Lead Lighter to achieve the visual target for assigned shots and address all lighting notes.

Projects:

- Sky: The Two Embers - Part 1,

- The Quinta's Ghost, a shortfilm directed by James A. Castillo

Worked as a senior compositing artist to help the team in delivering the final versions of various shots, from keyshots to child shots and contributed in delivering Project: The Twits (2025) - Netflix - directed by Phil Johnston, Todd Demong and Katie Shanahan

• Develop light rig set ups and comp template to the team based on the art director and CG supervisor guidance.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a high-performing lighting/compositing team, fostering a collaborative and results-driven work environment.
• Monitor consistency across sequences within my team while giving feedback on daily basis.
• Keep a constant communication between production and supervisor to make sure to meet the given deadlines.

• Setting up master sequence level lighting and rolling it out across multiple shots under the supervision of the lead.
• I would be tasked with challenging shots and would be expected to deliver work to a very high standard.

• Responsible for helping the lighting team moving from Autodesk Maya to Houdini to accommodate the new evolving pipeline.
• Responsible for lighting shots to match Film plates.
• Slap comp in Nuke to showcase lighting match to plate.

• Responsible for lighting and pre-comp for shot and key shots.
• Working in a team and communicate with Art director for artistical notes.

• Worked in the animation feature film: “Animal Crackers” (2017).
• Responsible for texturing and shading for props for the first few months of production.
• Responsible for lighting and pre-comp for shot and key shots, setting up and optimizing final lighting files, working in a team, and helping the lead maintain continuity in the sequences.

• 3D Modeler for the collectible series of “The Hobbit”, “Game of Thrones” and “Disney’s Safari”.

• First 3D job experience as 3D Junior texture artist and modeler for the feature film “Winx Club - The secret of the abyss” and for the TV series “Mia and Me - season 2”.

• Graphic designer for monthly magazines and books.
• Photographer’s assistant.