Jasdip Sagar

Jasdip Sagar

Compositor

Mid-level Digital Compositor / 14 yrs

London, United Kingdom

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Compositor

ACME (2023)

Digital Compositor

Kandahar (2023)

Digital Compositor

Me Time (2022)

Senior Roto / Prep Artist

Cyrano (2022)

Visual Effects Editor

No Time to Die (2021)

Compositor / Compositor / Digital Compositor

The Wheel of Time (2021)

Digital Compositor

Vita & Virginia (2019)

Digital Compositor

Patrick Melrose (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Geostorm (2017)

Nuke Artist

Race (2016)

Digital Compositor / Compositor

Into the Badlands (2015)

Visual Effects Artist

Ant-Man (2015)

Compositor / Digital Compositor

Miracle Landing on the Hudson (2014)

Compositing & Prep

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Stereo Paint Artist

Ra.One (2011)

8 years Compositing and advanced prep experience, integrating CG and live action, on films such as Gravity, Terminator as well as commercials.

Keying, 2D/3D camera tracking,stereo and deep compositing experience, stand up comic.... transformation and warping of reality as needed, graining and degraining as necessary, paint fixes and rotoscoping, matte edge processing and integration.

Experienced Nuke tutor at film schools in London , helping students reach their creative potential

Nuke, Silhouette, Mocha Pro,
Shotgun, Adobe Suite (After Effects, Photoshop,), knowledge of 3d, good pipeline knowledge for feature films.
Avid, Premiere, FCP, Shotgun, MS Office,
Strong problem-solving skills
Work History
  • Stereo VFX Editor

    Double Negative

    September 2019 - October 2020
    London, United Kingdom

    This role involved managing the transition of shots in and out of the vfx facility in preparation for their use in the film. Using the offline of the film or turnover information to provide all artists with up to date information regarding the use of their shot in the film. Then reviewing that work internally, and with the clients, before providing shots back to the client DI or conform editor. Client interfacing, editing showreels and maintaining playback machines and screening work. Worked on the latest Bond franchise and animated feature

  • compositor

    Vine FX

    June 2019 - August 2019
    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    War of the Worlds
    36 shots completed across various episodes of the drama, including set extensions and CG integration

  • Compositor

    Windmill Lane

    December 2018 - March 2019
    County Dublin, Ireland
  • Compositor

    MPC

    July 2018 - December 2018
    London, United Kingdom

    The Lion King - full CG photo real animated film using deep and stereo compositing

  • Compositor

    Lipsync Post

    August 2017 - April 2018
    London, United Kingdom

    Compositing live action and CG, set extensions, creature work
    Showdogs
    Vita and Virginia
    Harlots
    Peterloo

  • Compositor

    Hogarth Worldwide

    June 2017 - August 2017
    London, United Kingdom

    Worked to tight deadlines with clients complex briefs on a range of commercial projects including repackaging and recreating CG and live action plates on projects for Colgate, Strepsils, Reckitt Benckiser etc at around 5 shots a day

  • Compositor

    BlueBolt

    January 2017 - May 2017
    London, United Kingdom

    Crowd replication, set extensions, live action and 3d integration
    Entebbe
    Kingsman 2
    War Machine
    The Last Kingdom

  • Compositor

    Passion Pictures

    November 2016 - November 2016
    London, United Kingdom

    Compositing CG, live action and stop motion on commercial projects

  • Compositor

    The Senate Visual Effects

    October 2016 - November 2016
    London, United Kingdom

    Compositing on feature film, Passengers
    Green screens, futuristic panels created

  • Senior Nuke Artist

    Saddington Baynes

    September 2016 - October 2016
    London, United Kingdom


    Compositing particles, 3d, live action on car and drinks commercials.

  • Compositor

    Prodigious Worldwide

    August 2016 - September 2016
    London, United Kingdom


    Compositing 2d/3d on car commercials

  • Compositor

    Atomic Arts

    July 2016 - August 2016
    London, United Kingdom


    Compositing on a period drama for Amazon Prime, The Collection

  • Compositor

    Bridge Project one

    May 2016 - July 2016


    Compositing 10 shots on the feature film , Darling Hush : director Gary Love
    Adding fire, smoke and embers to various shots

  • Nuke Tutor

    Ravensbourne

    January 2014 - July 2016
    London, United Kingdom


    Ongoing evening Compositing tutor Designing lesson plans and teaching Nuke to students at various levels on different courses. Students learn professional pipelines and the demands of the visual effects film industry learning to accurately track, paint, rotoscope, key, project and composit footage

  • Compositor

    hooper london

    January 2016 - February 2016


    Putting together 3d Passes of cars and particles for the remake of a Fast and the Furious scene .

  • Nuke Artist

    Method Studios

    January 2015 - January 2016
    London


    Hateful Eight
    Marvel's 'The Avengers: Age of Ultron'
    Geostorm
    Terminator Genisys
    Ant-man
    Race

  • Editor/Compositor

    Taylor James

    September 2014 - October 2014


    Editing Retail Videos according to the clients brief. In Nuke I put together 3d passes and integrated them into graphics and live action

  • Compositor

    Atomic Arts

    July 2014 - August 2014


    Compositing 3d Crowd simulations into complex live action shots on Paramount Pictures film The Gambler

  • Vfx Artist

    FIELDTRIP

    June 2014 - July 2014
    London, United Kingdom


    Fixing Nuke scripts composites, edges, roto, track etc on an 02 advert

  • Compositing/Editing Tutor

    Metropolitan Film School

    August 2013 - July 2014
    London


    Tutoring across a range of post production from MA level to short courses including editing and visual effects using Nuke X, After Effects, Premiere and the complete Adobe Suite,
    Developed courses and marked work.

  • Compositor

    Black Hanger Studio

    October 2013 - October 2013
    London, United Kingdom


    Freelance Nuke Compositor: Keying, CG integration, Matte Paintings matching, projections, rig removal,2D/3D tracking, 2D/3D composites, 3D projections on Hudson: Inside Flight 1549

  • Compositing & Prep

    Cinesite

    January 2013 - July 2013
    London, United Kingdom


    Compositing green screen plates, sign replacements, rig removal, keying, tracking

    Iron Man 3

    Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit

    300 Rise of an Empire

  • Compositor

    Squint / Opera

    November 2012 - January 2013
    London, United Kingdom


    Multi Pass Compositing, Keying

  • Prep Artist

    Prime Focus World

    June 2011 - October 2012
    London, United Kingdom


    I created accurate clean plates, integrating layers for stereo conversion using 3D Tracking, projection onto geometry and cards where necessary.
    On Dredd 3D I used an OCULA pipeline to correct and rebuild stereo plates fixing errors in footage .

    Films:

    Gravity

    Men In Black 3

    Dredd 3D

    Total Recall

    Frankenweenie

    Immortals

    Mirror Mirror

    Wrath of the Titans

    R.A One

  • Prep/Roto Artist

    BSkyB

    April 2011 - June 2011


    2D & Stereo 3D Clean up, rig removal, keying, paint fixes, beauty work, roto

    Britains Next Top Model

  • Nuke Operator

    Earth Studios Ltd

    April 2011 - April 2011


    Nuke Operator on a Pepsi Commercial

  • Compositor

    Squint / Opera

    March 2011 - April 2011


    Multi pass compositing of 3D animated architectural structures and cities against live action. Reconstructed shaders from VRay passes with camera information in Nuke and composited with footage

  • 2D Prep/Roto Artist

    Duke and Earl

    February 2011 - February 2011


    Produced mattes for complex jewellery and products using Nuke

  • Student

    escape studio

    2010 - 2011


    Compositing 2d/3d, keying, roto, multi pass compositing, projections, color matching, tracking

  • Editor

    Various

    1995 - 2008


    Edited,graded drama's and feature films, offline and online using Avid MC and Symphony, Premiere and FCP

    Drama's:
    The Bill
    Family Affairs
    The Golden Hour

    Feauture Films:
    The Last Seven
    Basement
    Dead End
    Cut
    Patient 17

  • Editor The Bill

    FremantleMedia UK (formerly talkbackTHAMES)

    1999 - 2005
    London


    Moved from digitizing rushes to editing episodes of The Bill helping to deliver this show technically and creatively to tight deadlines for ITV

  • Company Director and editor

    MyMovies.Net

    1998 - 2001
    London Bridge


    Helped grow this film company from a start up to a million pound company diversifying the media department creating and editing film trailers and media content.

Education
  • Nuke Compositing

    Escape Studios

    2010 - 2011
  • HNC in Post Production

    Ravensbourne

    2003 - 2004
  • M.A in Film

    UCA

    1997 - 1998
  • BSC Hons in Philosophy and Psychology

    City University London

    1992 - 1995