New York visual effects studio Guava has added Jep Hill to its 3D department. With more than a dozen years working in Hollywood as a compositor, lighting and scripting technical director, sequence supervisor and CG supervisor, Hill enters Guava as a visual effects supervisor.
Hill will leverage his professional experience to explore and launch exciting next-generation technology systems, including photorealistic and photo accurate rendering. Hill will focus on helping to streamline and enhance Guavaâs current production pipeline to become stronger, more scalable and efficient.
Most recently with Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI), Hill worked on a high-profile collaboration with Pixar to improve all aspects of RenderMan; notably the implementation of fast point occlusion and indirect illumination approximation functionality. At Sony, he operated as a core member of the facility production pipeline standards committee, and 2D and 3D proprietary software standards and development councils. He conceived and authored automated shot assembly and assignment tools for HAUNTED MANSION and THE POLAR EXPRESS, in addition to creating the âOne-Touchâ rendering and pipeline automation tool used as a facility standard on all SPI projects (since MATRIX RELOADED and LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS).
Hill was a CG supervisor for the upcoming BEOWULF. He has also worked on CASTAWAY, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, MATRIX RELOADED and REVOLUTIONS, THE TWIN TOWERS, THE POLAR EXPRESS, SEABISCUIT and STUART LITTLE 2.
Guava (www.guavanyc.com) is dedicated to making imagery for commercials and other media, such as music videos, film, and art installations, including work in the permanent collection of MOMA.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
