Unreal Engine and the Real Time Revolution with Sean Spitzer Ep 40

Sean Spitzer is one of Unreal Enterprise's Senior Instructor / Master Mentor Artists for Virtual Production at Epic Games. Sean has been in the games and media industry for 26 years, working in both console, PC and social gaming verticals as well as commercial TV. He has an extensive background in education teaching Arts and Animation and Game Art and Design related topics at both the Academy of Art University and The Art Institute of California. He has worked extensively on games and TV projects and recently finished working on Netflix's Love Death and Robots Season 3’s short Vaulted Halls:Entombed.

Highlights of the Episode:

0:00 Introduction

0:16 Introduction of guest

1:36 Early experiences that made you dive into this industry

3:27 Computers and art in college

5:05 Renaissance of the generalist

6:32 Early days in the games industry

15:00 Experience in film and virtual production

19:55 Growing in broadcast

23:42 Why generalists are getting more popular now

25:38 What makes a good generalist

28:13 Recommendations for being a good generalist