Anisha Gupta

Work History

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  Lighting TD

  Cinesite

  July 2022 - January 2025

  Montreal, Canada
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  Senior Lighting Artist

  ReDefine

  November 2019 - September 2021

  Montreal, CA
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  Senior Lighting Artist

  Method Studios

  December 2021 - April 2022
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  Senior Lighting Artist

  Rodeo FX

  October 2021 - December 2021
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  Senior Lighting Artist

  MPC

  July 2019 - November 2019

  Montréal, Canada
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  Lighting artist

  MPC

  September 2018 - June 2019

  Montreal, Canada
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  lighting artist

  MPC

  January 2018 - September 2018
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  Lighting TD

  MPC

  September 2017 - January 2018
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  California College of the Arts

  March 2015 - December 2016

  WATTIS GALLERY MONITOR (2015-PRESENT)
  - Maintaining Art Gallery and current exhibits, briefing them about exhibits and answering any questions that they might come up with
  
  RAPID PROTOTYPE STUDIO MONITOR(2015-PRESENT)
  - Responsible for maintaining Laser and 3D printing machines (Zcorp, Eden, Object 30 and Prime)
  - Supervising students with technical issues while operating laser machines and distinguishing safer materials
  
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  Designer

  California College of the Arts

  August 2014 - December 2016

  PROJECTS
  
  UNDERGRADUATE THESIS (FALL 2016)
  Doodles : Pop up Children's book.
  Doodles was born in this year summer. After a lot of reading and explorations I wrote Doodles that took a form of a children's book. The story was inspired from a book called “Let’s draw a story” from Illustration school.
  
  Couple of spreads were designed to be pop ups. I have written, designed and Illustrated this book. 

  During my recent thesis show some of visiting publishers had showed interest. I do plan to develop this further into an augmented reality pop up book app for children.
  
  APP DESIGN
  Client: Chinese Cultural Centre, San Francisco
  The project was conceptualised for Chinese Cultural Centre who are looking to reframe Chinatown. CCC commissions Street/ Mural Art, sculptures all over Chinatown.
  
  A need to engage tourists with their culture, artwork and various attractions gave birth to an idea of forming an app that could be used by their visitors irrespective of their background. An intensive research was made for various available and upcoming murals, artists, how did they come about, their meaning and their locations. Tour routes were suggested on the basis of the data. An option of audio tour and augmented reality completed the concept.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Lighting Artist

  DreamWorks Animation SKG –India Operations

  November 2008 - April 2012

  Projects:
  - Madly Madagascar (2013)
  - Madagascar: Europe’s Most wanted (2012)
  - Scared Shrekless (2010)
  - Shrek DVD Special for Christmas (2010)
  - Merry Madagascar (2009)
  
  • Generated light rigs for characters and environments as per sequence and shots
  • Researched and tested new assets and textures for various lighting requirements
  • Built shots with a balance of colour, contrast and intensities while fulfilling the director’s and designers vision.
  • Predefined and collaborated for possible technical issues
  • Corresponded within and between departments, encouraging activities, building relationships, team spirit and multi-tasking.
  • Proposed ideas for progression of shots.
  • Trained new hires with studio pipeline and proprietary software and documented new techniques and advances on the internal Wiki pages
  
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  Lighting Artist

  Prana Studios

  January 2008 - October 2008

  Projects:
  - Tinkerbelle
  - Koochie Koochie Hota Hai
  
  Responsibilities
  - Created light rigs and conducted lighting tests for characters and environments as per the sequence
  art work.
  - Build shots with right balance of colour and intensity while keeping it in line with the sequence.
  
  
  

  
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  Lighting TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  April 2007 - January 2008

  Mumbai Area, India

  
  Projects :
  - Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
  
  Responsibilities:
  - Lighting and Compositing each shot with the help of sequence light rigs
  - Attending video conference with supervisors for feedbacks.
  - Setting up of the basic comp for compositors including reflections, refractions and adding on any kind of FX present in the shot
  - Pre-defined any technical and creative issues with a smoother workflow.
  - Troubleshoot any rendering issues in python. Customising layers, fur, foliage, for fast and reuced renders.. Created custom mattes for lighting benefits.
  - Prioritised tasks while working in a fast paced environment under tight deadlines.
  
  
  

  
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  Lighting TD

  Maya Entertainment Limited

  March 2006 - April 2007

  Projects:
  - Tronji (BBC Series for UK)
  - Lara Croft - tomb Raider (test project)
  
  Responsibilities
  - Lighting shots as per client's art work, also keeping in mind the sequence.
  - Created a basic comp for compositors.
  - Predefined and resolved any technical issues working collaboratively with other departments.