Peter Ridgway

Technical Art Director at Lighthouse Games

Peter Ridgway has a diverse work experience spanning multiple roles in the gaming industry. Peter most recently worked as a Technical Art Director at Lighthouse Games. Prior to that, they served as the Senior Director of Technical Art at King, where they were responsible for leading the Global Technical Art community and Central Graphics Team, driving R&D objectives, and establishing best content development practices. Before joining King, Peter worked as a Technical Art Director at Rare Ltd, where they focused on developing rendering solutions and efficient content development pipelines. Peter also had consultancy work at Red Bull Racing & Red Bull Technology. Earlier in their career, Peter held various positions at Codemasters and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, where they contributed to art pipeline implementations, provided technical and artistic guidance, and developed Mel script tools. Additionally, they have experience in general construction work from their time at PRM as a builder.

Peter Ridgway attended Bournemouth University from 1998 to 2001, where they obtained a 1st class honours degree in Computer Animation and Visualisation.

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  • Technical Art Director

    February, 2023 - present