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Jonathan Sothern

  • Visual Effects
  • Animation Department
  • Director
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Jonathan Sothern is known for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Spectral (2016) and Furious 7 (2015).
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    Known for

    John Goodman, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Dane DeHaan, and Cara Delevingne in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
    6.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 2017
    Spectral (2016)
    Spectral
    6.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 2016
    Furious 7 (2015)
    Furious 7
    7.1
    • Visual Effects(Weta Digita)
    • 2015
    Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
    Avatar: The Way of Water
    7.5
    • Visual Effects(Weta FX)
    • 2022

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    Visual Effects

    • Avatar: Fire and Ash
      • Lead Lighting Technical Director
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Avatar 4
      • Lead Lighting Technical Director
      • Post-production
      • 2029
    • Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • lead lighting td: Weta FX
      • 2022
    • John Goodman, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Dane DeHaan, and Cara Delevingne in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
      Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
      6.4
      • lighting technical director
      • 2017
    • A Ghost Story (2017)
      A Ghost Story
      6.8
      • lighting technical director: Weta Digital (as Jonathan Kyle Sothern)
      • 2017
    • Spectral (2016)
      Spectral
      6.3
      • lighting technical director
      • 2016
    • Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
      The BFG
      6.3
      • lighting technical director
      • 2016
    • Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, and Matthew Gray Gubler in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
      Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
      4.9
      • lighting technical director
      • 2015
    • Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane in Ted 2 (2015)
      Ted 2
      6.3
      • visual effects lighting artist: Iloura
      • 2015
    • Furious 7 (2015)
      Furious 7
      7.1
      • Lighting Technical Director: Weta Digita
      • 2015
    • Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
      The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
      7.4
      • virtual art department artist
      • 2014
    • Mis-drop (2014)
      Mis-drop
      6.4
      Short
      • cg artist: Workshop FX
      • 2014
    • Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Martin Freeman, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, and Luke Evans in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
      The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
      7.8
      • visual effects lighting td
      • 2013
    • Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
      The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
      7.8
      • visual effects assistant lighting td: Weta FX (as Jonathan Kyle Sothern)
      • 2012
    • Cookies and Scream
      Short
      • digital effects
      • 2010
    • First Contact (2010)
      First Contact
      7.0
      Short
      • digital effects
      • 2010

    Animation Department

    • Cookies and Scream
      Short
      • animator
      • 2010
    • First Contact (2010)
      First Contact
      7.0
      Short
      • animator
      • 2010

    Director

    • Cookies and Scream
      Short
      • co-director
      • 2010

    Personal details

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      • Zerply
    • Alternative name
      • Jonathan Kyle Sothern

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