Summary
ABOUT ME
I am a Principal Lighting Artist with over 20 years of experience creating cinematic, realistic and atmospheric visuals for architecture and video games, with a strong focus on visual storytelling, mood, composition and real-time lighting in Unreal Engine 4 and 5.
Throughout my career, I have worked on establishing and leading the artistic direction of lighting, defining style guides, color palettes, mood and visual targets, while reviewing and polishing environments to achieve a high cinematic standard. My approach always balances artistic quality with gameplay needs, ensuring strong readability, player guidance and visual consistency across environments and levels.
I have extensive experience with physically based lighting, Lumen, ray tracing, volumetric fog, dynamic exposure, post-processing and real-time rendering workflows, combining technical knowledge with an artistic and photographic eye to create environments that feel believable, atmospheric and emotionally engaging.
Performance and optimization are also an important part of my workflow. I focus on maintaining efficient lighting setups by controlling light complexity, shadow casting, overlapping light radii and the appropriate use of dynamic and baked solutions, making sure every light has a clear visual purpose without introducing unnecessary performance costs.
As a Principal Artist, I also enjoy mentoring and supporting other lighting artists, providing artistic and technical feedback, establishing quality benchmarks and helping teams push the visual quality of their work while maintaining a consistent creative direction.
Outside of my professional work, I spend much of my spare time developing my solo psychological horror project, Whispers in the Fog, created in Unreal Engine 5. The project allows me to explore my passion for atmospheric environments, lighting, cinematic composition, environmental storytelling, gameplay presentation and horror through a world that I am designing and developing independently.
For me, lighting is not simply about making an environment beautiful. It is about telling a story, directing the player's attention and creating an emotion through light, shadow, color and atmosphere.
SKILLS
• Advanced Unreal Engine 5 & 4 Lighting
• Lumen, Ray Tracing and Baked Lighting Solutions
• Physically Based Lighting Techniques
• Lighting Art Direction and Visual Development
• Cinematic Lighting and Composition
• Volumetric Fog and Atmospheric Lighting
• Exposure, Color Grading and Post-Processing
• Lighting Blueprints and Real-Time Lighting Systems
• Lighting Pipelines and Workflow Development
• Lighting Optimization and Performance
• Environment Composition and Set Dressing
• Cinematics and Video Editing
• Photorealistic Interior and Exterior Visualization
• Environment and Landscape Creation
• Photography, Color Theory and Visual Storytelling
• Architectural and Interior Design Background
SOFTWARE
Unreal Engine 5 & 4 • 3ds Max • FStorm • Corona Renderer • V-Ray • ZBrush • Substance Painter • Photoshop • Premiere Pro • World Creator • SpeedTree • Gaea • Forest Pack • Lumion
PERSONAL PROJECT
Whispers in the Fog — Solo Developer / Creative Director
A psychological horror experience developed in Unreal Engine 5, focused on atmosphere, exploration, environmental storytelling and cinematic presentation.
INTERESTS
Drums • Music • Art • Photography • Cinema • Video Games
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Productions
- Video GameHellblade 2
- Year2024
- RoleSenior Lighting Artist
- CompanyNinja Theory
- Video GameNo More Room In Hell 2
- Year2024
- RolePrincipal Lighting / Lookdev Artist
- CompanyTorn Banner Studios
- Video GameChivalry: Medieval Warfare 2
- Year2021
- RolePrincipal Lighting / Lookdev Artist
- CompanyTorn Banner Studios
- Video GameCall of Duty Vanguard Zombies
- Year2021
- RoleSenior Lighting Artist
- CompanyTreyarch
- Commercial / AdvertisementArchviz Sample RTX Project
- Year2019
- RoleResponsible for the Design process and also Modeling / Texturing / Lighting
- CompanyEpic Games
Experience
- Principal Lighting Artist at Deck 13 InteractiveMilan, ITJuly 2026 - Present
I’m excited to share that I’m starting a new position as Principal Lighting Artist at DECK13.
The studio behind Lords of the Fallen, The Surge, The Surge 2, and Atlas Fallen.
Looking forward to this new chapter and to work with the talented team at the studio.
- Principal Lighting Artist at Ghost Story GamesToronto, CAAugust 2025 - February 2026
I’m excited to share that I’m starting a new position as Principal Lighting Artist at
GhostStoryGames for Judas, a single player narrative FPS with unique style.
Happy to join the team ! - Principal Cinematic Lighting Artist at Gunzilla GamesToronto, CAFebruary 2025 - August 2025
I’m excited to share that I’m starting a new position as
Principal Cinematic Lighting Artist at Gunzilla Games for (Off The Grid) AAA Next-Gen Cyberpunk Extraction Battle Royale shooter. Envisioned by film Director Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium, Chappie).#OffTheGrid #UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #Lighting #cinematic #videogames #gunzillagames #avalanche #Web3 #NewJob #ps5 #xbox
Unreal Engine 80 Level - Principal Lighting/Lookdev Artist at Tornbanner StudiosTorontoJuly 2022 - December 2024
I am so excited to share that i am starting a new position joining
@TornBanner as
Principal Lighting/Lookdev Artist
Stay tuned!#newjob #work #thankyou #videogames #tornbanner #Xbox #steam #mediaval #chivalry #chivalry2 #PS5 #XboxSeriesX
@Xbox @Steam @PlayStation - Senior Lighting/Lookdev Artist at Ninja Theory Xbox Game StudioHamilton, CanadaNovember 2021 - June 2022
I'm very excited to announce that i am joining
@NinjaTheory
as Senior Lighting / Lookdev Artist
Thank you to
@Treyarch @Activision
for the opportunity to be part of COD Vanguard
#newjob #videogames #projectmara #hellblade #ue5 #unrealengine5
@XboxStudio @_XboxNews @UnrealEngine - Senior Lighting Artist at Treyarch Activision BlizzardHamilton, CanadaJune 2021 - November 2021
I am so excited to announce that i am starting a new professional challenge joining
Treyarch - Activision Blizzard Studios on
Call of Duty as Senior Lighting Artist.
Thank you to The Initiative Microsoft Xbox Studio for the opportunity to work on Perfect Dark#newjob #work #thankyou #videogames #treyarch #activision #callofduty #videogame #videogameindustry #newposition #excited
- Senior Environment/Lightning Artist at The Initiative Microsoft Xbox StudioHamilton, CanadaAugust 2020 - June 2021
I am so excited and proud to be part of this amazing team #theinitiative and to work on this great project Perfect Dark.
@xbox_studio @xboxfansofficial @xboxcanada @xbox @xboxp3 @thegameawards #perfectdark #xbox #XboxSeriesX #XboxSeriesS #videogames #videogame #console #cheers #celebration #GameAwards2020 #TheGameAwards - CGI MANAGER at Ashley Furniture IndustriesTampa, United States of AmericaNovember 2018 - March 2020
• 3D Realistic renders for interior and exterior furniture
• Teaching and supervising
• Technology Consultant - 3D ARCHVIZ at FREELANCE FOR EPIC GAMES ENTERPRISETampa, United States of AmericaJune 2019 - December 2019
Raytrace archviz sample project available to download from learning tab of Epics Game Launcher
• 3D Realistic archviz interior scene demostrating the power and realism of raytrace technology
• Design - Modeling - Texturing - Unwrapping - Lightning - Post - CGI 3D DIRECTOR at Ashley Furniture IndustriesTampa Florida, United States of AmericaDecember 2017 - November 2018
• 3D Realistic renders for interior and exterior furniture
• Teaching and supervising
• Technology Consultant - 3D ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZER at A++ Sustainable ArchitectureLugano, SwitzerlandFebruary 2017 - August 2017
• 3D Realistic renders for interior and exterior
• Exterior video animation with Lumion - FREELANCE 3D ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZER at SciontidesignMilan, ItalyDecember 2015 - June 2017
• 3D Realistic renders for interior and exterior furniture
• Exterior and interior animation and postproduction - FREELANCE 3D ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZER at Corrado Dotti DesignMilan, ItalyNovember 2014 - November 2015
• 3D Realistic renders for interior and exterior furniture
• Postproduction - FREELANCE 3D ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZER at MHP MEDIAModena, ItalyJune 2014 - September 2014
• 3D Realistic renders for interior and exterior furniture
• Postproduction - CUSTOMER SERVICE TECHNICAL SUPPORT at Hewlett PackardHewlett Packard - Milan Italy, ItalyJune 2006 - April 2014
• Solving issues online using remote access
• Support on notebooks, desktops, printers, tablets