Eldar Cholich website and portfolio - Resume

Eldar Cholich

Eldar Cholich

Independent Artist, Pixar & Blue Sky Studios

Richmond, VA, United States

Summary

I'm an independent artist with a long career in animation industry. Most recently, I've worked on some super cool projects at Pixar Animation Studios, including Cars on the Road, Dream Productions, Win or Lose and Elio. Prior to that, I was a lighting lead on many Blue Sky Studios animated feature films over 15 years, including Nimona, Spies in Disguise, Ferdinand, Ice Age and Rio series.

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Skills

Software proficiency

Houdini

RenderMan

Nuke

Katana

V-Ray

Photoshop

Procreate

Adobe Fresco

ZBrush

Arnold

Maya

Reel

Productions

- Movie
  Elio
- Year
  2025
- Role
  Lighting Artist
- Company
  Pixar Animation Studios
- TV Production
  Win or Lose
- Year
  2025
- Role
  Lighting Artist
- Company
  Pixar Animation Studios
- TV Production
  Dream Productions
- Year
  2024
- Role
  Lighting Artist
- Company
  Pixar Animation Studios
- TV Production
  Cars on the Road
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Lighting Artist
- Company
  Pixar Animation Studios
- Movie
  Nimona
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Lighting Lead
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  Spies in Disguise
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Lighting Lead
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  Ferdinand
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Lighting Lead
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  Ice Age: Collision Course
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Lighting and Compositing Supervisor
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  The Peanuts Movie
- Year
  2015
- Role
  Lighting Lead
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  Rio 2
- Year
  2014
- Role
  Lighting Lead
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  Epic
- Year
  2013
- Role
  Lighting Lead
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  Ice Age: Continental Drift
- Year
  2012
- Role
  Lighting Lead
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  Rio
- Year
  2011
- Role
  Lighting Lead
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- Year
  2009
- Role
  Lighting Lead
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  Surviving Sid
- Year
  2008
- Role
  Lighting Lead
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  Horton Hears a Who!
- Year
  2008
- Role
  Senior Lighting Artist
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  No Time for Nuts
- Year
  2006
- Role
  Lighting Artist
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios
- Movie
  Ice Age: The Meltdown
- Year
  2006
- Role
  Lighting Artist
- Company
  Blue Sky Studios

Experience

Lighting Artist at Pixar Animation Studios
Emeryville, United States of America
August 2021 - Present
Lighting Lead at Blue Sky Studios
Greenwich, CT, United States of America
September 2005 - April 2021
Lighting Artist at Fathom Studios
Atlanta, GA, United States of America
March 2004 - August 2005