Experience

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  Maya entertainment limited

  May 2005 - Jan 2007

  Lighting artist

  • Work on creative look development using lighting and compositing tools, under supervision of Lighting and Compositing/FX Supervisor.• Manage renders of each lit shots assigned.• Optimize and troubleshoot lighting and rendering problems in a fast paced environment.• Responsible for the some of the animation shots assigned to be delivered on time.• As a coordinator, ensure work is on schedule for each department and is meeting internal and external deadlines. Etc.

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  Utv toons (utv software communication limited.). mumbai, india.

  Feb 2007 - Jul 2007

  Technical artist

  Designing the production pipeline before any project starts by taking into the consideration any technical aspects and deadlines of the particular projects.• Various tool developments, which can automate interdepartmental process or make the process faster and quicker.• Solving any technical problem which occurs during production process. And make sure that it will not come again.• Write basic to intermediate level scripts and expressions within a CG package (i.e. Mel and Python) to improve efficiency of various artist tasks.• Explaining tools and techniques. etc. Show less

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  Ettamina studios

  Aug 2007 - Jan 2008

  Technical artist

  • Developing a tool to atomize production process.• Research on new technologies to make the production process more efficient, flexible and user friendly and also providing report on same to seniors.• Write basic to intermediate level scripts and expressions within a CG package (i.e. Mel and Python) to improve efficiency of various artist tasks.etc.• Develop techniques to render the necessary layers with appropriate compositing software with detailed documentation.

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  Pixion century communication ltd

  Feb 2008 - Jul 2010

  Technical lighting artist

  • Working closely with CG Supervisors to determine best approach to solve 3D challenges and develop final look.• Perform lighting development setup.• Technical testing of new environments or assets to determine any upstream setup problems before lighting production.• Organize and execute data to help optimize lighting rigs.• Follow-up with other departments while troubleshooting issues until a resolution is reached.• Atomizing lighting process.• Developing a final look (Shading and Lighting) of assets and scenes.• Optimize shots for rendering etc. Show less

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  Geon studios pvt ltd

  Aug 2010 - May 2012

  Jr.lighting td

  • At Geon I m working closely with CG and VFX Supervisors to determine best approach to solve 3D challenges and develop final looks for lighting. • Creating realistic shading and lighting for cg elements to match live action plate. • Troubleshooting and solving most of the technical problems.• Setting up Massive, Maya and Pixar’s Render man pipeline, and wrote a render man shader for the same to get the desired look and fill.

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  Prime focus limited

  Apr 2012 - Dec 2014

  Sr. lighting artist

  • As a Sr. Lighter at Prime Focus I m responsible for finalizing a look and fill of a CG assets according to the live action plates, exporting the light rigs, render layers, shaders and making a slap comps to start working on a particular shots. With my technical ability I also automise smother integration of CG lit assets in to the multiple production shots, so that artist can concentrate on a creative part, rather than solving technical problems.• Also work closely with compositors to finalize the shots, so that computer generated elements are seamlessly integrated with live action plates.• Achievements: Sincity2(Feature Film : 2014), Yellow(Hollywood Feature Film:2012), The Truth About Emanuel(2013), Tezz(Feature Film), Joker(Feature Film), Dabang2(Feature Film), Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola(Feature Film), Race2(Feature Film)etc.• Created Maya Python Tool for a match-move department to ease the process of tracking CG element with live action plate with more precise and interactive, user friendly controls and options.• Created tool where we can export render layers, overrides, render passes etc from the look-dev file and import back them in to shot lighting, which saves us a lot of time, while working on (n) number of shots.• Created a tool to break mental ray SSS shader in to passes.• Created turntable tool for our asset department. Show less

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  Dneg

  Jan 2015 - Nov 2018

  Achievement : 2.0 (Feature film-2018) Achievements :Pacific Rim : Uprising (2018)Fate Of Furious (2017)Baby driver (2017)Jason Bourne (2016) : Un-creditedThe Brothers Grimsby (2016) During my tenure with Double Negative London facility. I was responsible for Shot Lighting and couple of layout tasks . I worked as a Lighting TD on project like Avengers : Age Of Ultron (2015) Mission Impossible : Rogue Nation(2015)

  • Lighting Supervisor

    Jan 2018 - Nov 2018

  • Lighting Lead

    Aug 2015 - Dec 2017

  • Lighting TD

    Jan 2015 - Jul 2015
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  Base fx

  Dec 2018 - Jun 2019

  Lighting lead

  Achievements : The Mandalorian (TV Series 2019) 6 Underground (Movie 2019)

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  Mill film

  Sept 2019 - Dec 2019

  Key lighting artist
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  Rocket science vfx

  Dec 2019 - Jan 2022

  • Lead lighter

    Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Senior Lighting Artist

    Dec 2019 - Apr 2021
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  Dneg

  Feb 2022 - now

  Technical lighting td