Sam Koontz

I create immersive worlds for animated stories through thoughtful lighting, color, and composition.

At Lucasfilm Animation, I developed lighting concepts and color scripts to support narrative alignment across Star Wars animated series, including The Bad Batch Season 3, Tales of the Empire, and Tales of the Underworld. That work gave me an intimate understanding of the speed of production, the discipline of hitting deadlines, and what it takes to collaborate closely with multiple teams to see a finished product come out the other side — all while keeping visual consistency intact scene to scene.

I'm looking to bring that experience into a creative, narrative-driven team as a junior or associate visual development artist. I don't bring any ego to a new project — I'm eager to learn, to be guided, and to glean everything I can from people who've been doing this longer than me.