Don Johnson Email & Phone Number

Moss, Viken, Norway

Austin, Texas, US

-Responsible for look development, final lighting, and optimization of games on device-Assisted artists with workflow and pipeline issues for content creation-Created shaders and effects (Shadergraph, VFX Graph and Unity)

San Francisco, CA, US

-Responsible for look development, final lighting, and optimization of each game on device-Worked closely with graphics engineers and our art director to push the look of each game-Developed methods for bringing multiple lighting scenarios into one Unity scene-Assisted artists with workflow and pipeline issues for content creation-Created workflow tools.

-Traveled to Tokyo (two months) to gain knowledge in several areas of the Fox Engine-Trained artists locally about the Fox Engine through tutorials and wiki pages-Responsible for final look and optimization of game levels, including lighting and weather-Created scripts (Lua) for both gameplay and tools to facilitate production-Debugged workflow and other.

Redwood City, CA, US

-Created vfx, lighting and screen effects for cinematics and immersive gameplay-Integrated destruction animation from Maya into the Frostbite 2 game engine-Scripted optimization tools for particle system effects (Python)

Redwood City, CA, US

-Created vfx, lighting and screen effects for cinematics and immersive gameplay-Integrated destruction animation from Maya into the Frostbite 2 game engine-Scripted optimization tools for particle system effects (Python)

Redwood City, CA, US

-Created assets, levels, and lighting for in-game cinematics-Integrated a pipeline bringing animation from MotionBuilder into the Frostbite 2 game engine-Worked with engineering to push the Frostbite 2 engine for cinematic needs

-Created and scripted tools for production in modeling, lighting and rendering (Python, MEL)-Scripted a process to facilitate the stereoscopic conversion of monoscopic images (Maya, Python)-Reviewed and advised revisions to improve stereoscopic renders

Burbank, CA, US

-Initially hired into Look Development, and then subsequently given a unique joint appointment including two additional departments, Lighting and Monoscopic/Stereoscopic Shot Finaling-Created production tools and scripts in Python and proprietary APIs (DLight, XGen, Dendro)-Provided individual assistance to artists encountering user and setup errors-Set up.

Emeryville, California, US

-Debugged rendering errors in converted code for models, shaders, and lighting (Renderman)-Created scripts to optimize the rendering of stereoscopic elements (Renderman, Python, Perl)-Finalized film composites for stereo (Renderman, Shake)-Converted flat elements to stereoscopic elements (Renderman, Shake)

Master'S Degree (Coursework Complete), Visualization Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Environmental Design