Hope Schroers is an FX Technical Director and had been with Pixar Animation Studios for 2 years. In 2020, she interned with Pixar as an FX Technical Director intern on "Luca" and returned after graduation as a FX Technical Director, working on "Lightyear" and "Elemental." Outside of production, Hope worked with the Renderman team to develop an open-source volume shading tool and library shaders for commercial use in Pixar's Renderman. She graduated from Savannah College of Art & Design in 2021 with her BFA in Visual Effects. Hope is now currently working as an FX Artist at Dreamworks Animation.