David Lightbown
Moby ID: 90462
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After spending most of his formative years in his parents’ basement trying to clone 8-bit console games on an Apple IIgs, David got a job in the games industry. Since then, he has dedicated the majority of his career to working on content creation tools and pipelines.
In addition to contributing to a variety of games as a technical director, David has delivered presentations at the Game Developers Conference, Montreal International Game Summit, and Siggraph, in various cities within Canada, the United States, and Europe.
He has also collaborated with Autodesk to create product reviews, training manuals, tutorial videos, and masterclasses. In 2010, he received the Autodesk Master Award for his contributions to the 3D community.
David current holds the title of technical director at Ubisoft Montreal.
Credited on 53 games
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Skull and Bones (2024, PlayStation 5) | Graphic Technical Director |
Just Dance 2023 Edition (2022, PlayStation 5) | Graphic Technical Director |
Roller Champions (2022, Xbox One) | Graphic Technical Director |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Extraction (2022, Windows) | Graphic Technical Director |
Just Dance 2022 (2021, Nintendo Switch) | Graphic Technical Director |
Far Cry 6 (2021, Windows) | Dunia Tech Team |
Immortals: Fenyx Rising (2020, PlayStation 5) | Graphic Technical Director |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (2020, PlayStation 5) | Graphic Technical Director |
Just Dance 2021 (2020, PlayStation 4) | Graphic Technical Director |
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020, PlayStation 4) | Graphic Technical Director |
Watch Dogs: Legion (2020, Windows) | Graphic Technical Director |
Hyper Scape (2020, Windows) | Graphic Technical Director |
Just Dance 2020 (2019, Wii) | Graphic Technical Director |
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019, Windows) | Graphic Techical Director |
Trials Rising (2019, Windows) | Graphic Technical Director |
Far Cry: New Dawn (2019, PlayStation 4) | Graphic Technical Director |
Starlink: Battle for Atlas (2018, PlayStation 4) | Graphic Technical Director |
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018, PlayStation 4) | Graphic Technical Director |
Transference (2018, Xbox One) | Graphical Technical Director |
Far Cry 5 (2018, PlayStation 4) | Graphic Technical Director |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 37 games with Bruno Champoux
- 32 games with Laurent Detoc
- 31 games with Anis Boujaouane
- 31 games with Corentin François
- 31 games with Stéphanie Perotti
- 31 games with Michel Gaudreault
- 31 games with John Serri
- 31 games with Alexandre Piché
- 31 games with Stéphane Grenier
- 31 games with Assane Gueye
Companies
- 32 games with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 22 games with Ubisoft Montréal
- 21 games with Ubisoft SRL
- 18 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
- 18 games with Ubisoft, Inc.
- 17 games with Behaviour Interactive, Inc.
- 17 games with Shanghai UBIsoft Computer...
- 17 games with Ubisoft Kyiv
- 13 games with Ubisoft Toronto
- 13 games with Ubisoft Entertainment...
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