Kevin Wheatley
Head Of Imaging at Framestore
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarKevin Wheatley is a seasoned imaging and technology leader with 14 years in senior roles and over two decades in visual effects and systems engineering. As Head of Imaging at Framestore since 2014, he blends deep colour management expertise with software engineering and infrastructure experience to drive consistent, high-fidelity image pipelines for major productions. Previously he led colour management and software engineering at Cinesite, rising from technical services and network architecture roles—evidence of a strong hands-on foundation in complex studio systems. Based in London, he pairs creative sensitivity to imagery with pragmatic systems thinking, frequently translating artistic requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions. Notably, his career path reflects rare dual fluency in both colour science and large-scale production IT, enabling him to bridge artist and engineering teams effectively.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (94)
rtsp10
datasets10
hevc10
streaming10
perceptual10
animation10
video-processing10
matroska10
post-processing10
audio10
transcoding10
h26510
ffmpeg10
hdr10
h26410
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
KevinJW/openexr
Oct 2015 - Apr 2019
Contributions:15 PRs, 11 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 6 months
high-dynamic-rangeopenexrfile-formatlighthdr-image
KevinJW/output-transforms-dev
May 2023 - Oct 2024
Transforms and assets used by the ACES Output Transforms Architecture Virtual Working Group.
Contributions:144 pushes, 13 branches in 1 year 4 months
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