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About Stephen Hill

Affiliations
Ubisoft Entertainment
Lucasfilm
Bio

SIGGRAPH 2020

Stephen Hill is a Principal Rendering Engineer within Lucasfilm’s Advanced Development Group, where he is engaged in physically based rendering R&D for productions such as Carne y Arena, and more recently The Mandalorian.  He was previously a 3D Technical Lead at Ubisoft Montreal, where he contributed to a number of Splinter Cell titles as well as Assassin’s Creed Unity.  

SIGGRAPH 2012

Stephen Hill is a 3D Technical Lead at Ubisoft Montreal, where his current focus is on physically- based methodologies. He previously held this role on Splinter Cell Conviction, where he steered development of the renderer for the entire development period. During that time, he developed systems  for dynamic ambient occlusion and visibility.  

Awards and Recognition
SIGGRAPH 2019 Practitioner Award: Hill
ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Member, inducted in 2019

Conference Contributions

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2018 21 Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games Part 2
Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games Part 2
SIGGRAPH 2018
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2017 7 Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
SIGGRAPH 2017
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Entry #: 07
2016 10 Advances in Real-Time Rendering, Part I
Advances in Real-Time Rendering, Part I
SIGGRAPH 2016
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Entry #: 10
2016 12 Advances in Real-Time Rendering, Part II
Advances in Real-Time Rendering, Part II
SIGGRAPH 2016
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Entry #: 12
2016 6 Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
SIGGRAPH 2016
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Entry #: 06
2016 Technical Paper: Heitz_Real-Time Polygonal-Light Shading with Linearly Transformed Cosines
Real-time polygonal-light shading with linearly transformed cosines
SIGGRAPH 2016
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2015 15 Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
SIGGRAPH 2015
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Entry #: 15
2014 23 Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
SIGGRAPH 2014
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Entry #: 23
2013 22 Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
SIGGRAPH 2013
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Entry #: 22
2012 21 Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games Part II
Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games: Part II
SIGGRAPH 2012
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Entry #: 21
2012 15 Practical Physically-Based Shading in Film and Game Production
Practical Physically-Based Shading in Film and Game Production
SIGGRAPH 2012
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Entry #: 15

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