Carlos Tacón
Lighting Lead at Ghost VFX
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolCarlos Tacón is a Lighting Lead and CG/VFX generalist based in London with 11 years’ experience crafting high-end visual effects for TV and film. He has progressed from VFX artist roles on shows like The Mandalorian and Star Trek to leadership at Ghost VFX, blending technical lighting expertise with pipeline-level thinking from his Environments TD work at Framestore. With a Computer Science degree and professional VFX training from The Animation Workshop, he bridges programming-minded problem solving and cinematic image-making. He has also taught VFX pipeline fundamentals and contributed to short-film and residency projects, showing a commitment to mentorship and practical production. Known for pragmatic creativity, he brings both hands-on artistry and systems-aware leadership to complex, episodic VFX pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Course, Visual Effects, Professional Course, Visual Effects at The Animation WorkshopBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Universidad de AlcaláCourse, Cinematography and Film/Video Production, Course, Cinematography and Film/Video Production at Escuela TAI
Spanish, English
Github Skills (40)
javascript10
ionic10
vue10
frontend10
react10
angular10
ui-components9
react-native9
ios9
framework79
stencil9
progressive9
typescript9
progressive-web-apps9
css9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
carlosjtacon/carlosjtacon.github.io
Jul 2015 - Mar 2020
Contributions:44 commits, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
morfilms/morfilms.github.io
Jun 2017 - Aug 2021
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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