Pearl Lai

Pearl Lai is a highly skilled Senior Lighting Technical Director currently at Industrial Light & Magic, contributing to the project Transformers One since January 2024. Prior experience includes roles at Animal Logic, where responsibilities encompassed senior lighting and compositing artistry on projects like Leo and The Magician's Elephant. Pearl's tenure at Sony Pictures Imageworks involved senior lighting and compositing work for several notable films, including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Angry Birds Movie 2. Earlier career stages include positions at Animal Logic, Luma Pictures, and Big Cookie Studio, with a foundational start as a Junior 3D Generalist. Pearl Lai holds a Bachelor of Digital Media from UNSW and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Sydney.