Jean Choi

Look Development & Lighting Artist

Los Angeles, CA | jean.choi@gmail.com · jeanchoi.com · linkedin.com/in/jeanchoi

Lighting and Look Development Artist with extensive experience across feature films, episodic television, immersive media, and commercial work. Specialized in cinematic lighting, physically based shading, and shot-based workflows within production VFX pipelines.

Core Expertise

Lighting & Look Development • Physically Based Shading • Shot-Based Lighting • Rendering

Software
Houdini • Maya • Katana • Arnold • V-Ray • Unreal Engine • Nuke • Mari • Substance Painter • ZBrush • Blender • MetaReForge • Ziva Face Trainer • DaVinci Resolve • Adobe Creative Suite • PTGui

Immersive & Scientific Visualization

Lead Look Development & Lighting Artist
RadicalMedia / The Illuminarium

Led look development and lighting for Space: A Journey to the Moon and Beyond, focusing on non-terrain assets. Developed physically based materials and lighting solutions using Arnold and Houdini.

Look Development Artist
American Museum of Natural History — Hayden Planetarium

Collaborated with NASA scientists to create scientifically accurate spacecraft visuals for Worlds Beyond Earth.

Feature & Episodic Experience

Lighting and look development contributions on feature films and episodic series for major studios and streaming platforms.

Selected titles include:
Doctor Strange
Black Panther
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: Civil War
The Umbrella Academy
See (AppleTV)

Commercial Experience

Lighting and look development for global brands across advertising, product cinematics, and broadcast campaigns.

Studios include:
Buck, The Mill, MPC, Psyop, Brand New School, Duck Studio, Mirada, Logan.tv, Giant Steps, Blacksmith

Clients include:
Cadillac, MTV, Sony, Target, Best Buy, Verizon, Nissan, Honda, NY Lottery, Captain Morgan, Foster Farms

Education

Gnomon School of Visual Effects
High-End Certificate Program

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
BFA — Film / Animation / Video