David Howe

David R. Howe is a technical lighting director at Industrial Light & Magic who worked on 's . He previously worked with ILM as a digital effects artist on Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones in 2002.
Howe began his professional visual effects career with Northwest Imaging & FX in the late 1990s, working on , Poltergeist: The Legacy, and The Outer Limits. His early film credits include Spawn (1997; featuring Melinda Clarke) and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001; featuring the voices of Jean Simmons and Dwight Schultz).
Howe also worked on (2002) and (2003), as an employee of Weta Digital. Both of these films featuring John Rhys-Davies and Karl Urban (Brad Dourif was in The Two Towers but only appears in the extended cut of Return of the King).
Howe spent four years as a technical director at Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI). Among the films he worked on during his time at SPI were (2004, starring Kirsten Dunst), (2004, written by John Logan and featuring Brent Spiner), (2007, featuring Gabrielle Union) and (2008).
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