Altug YilmazerSenior Lighting Artist

I’m a Senior Lighting Artist / 3D Generalist with 12 years of experience creating cinematic imagery across film, television, and animation. My work focuses on lighting, look development, rendering, and compositing, with a strong technical foundation that allows me to bridge the gap between creative vision and production needs.

Over the years, I’ve worked across a variety of pipelines and projects, developing a particular passion for creating believable lighting and atmosphere while maintaining efficiency and consistency in a production environment. I enjoy solving complex visual and technical problems just as much as I enjoy the artistic side of the work.

My experience spans tools and workflows including Houdini, Solaris, Maya, Arnold, Redshift, Unreal Engine, Katana, and Nuke, as well as Python and pipeline-oriented workflows. I’m always looking for new ways to push the image further, whether that means refining a lighting setup, building a more efficient workflow, or simply finding the right balance between realism and visual storytelling.