Manjusha Balachandran-Hall

Work History

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  Lead Lighting Technical Director

  MPC

  March 2013 - Present

  Lighting/Lookdev TD on:
  
  - Alien: Covenant (2017)
  - Passengers (2016)
  - The Shallows (2016)
  - Tarzan (2016)
  - The Jungle Book (2016)
  - Monster Trucks (2017)
  - Fantastic Four (2015)
  - Terminator: Genisys (2015)
  - Exodus : Gods and Kings (2014)
  - Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
  - Maleficent (2014)
  - 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
  - The Lone Ranger (2013)

  

  

  

  

  
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  Lighting Technical Director

  Framestore

  November 2011 - February 2013

  Lighting TD on:
  - 47 Ronin(2013)
  - Lincoln(2012)
  - The Dictator(2012)
  - Wrath of the Titans(2012)

  

  

  
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  Lighting Technical Director

  Cinesite

  January 2011 - October 2011

  Lighting and lookdev
  - John Carter of Mars(2012).

  
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  Lighting Technical Director

  Framestore

  October 2009 - January 2011

  Lighting and Lookdev on:
  - Gravity(2013)
  - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader(2010)
  - Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang(2010)

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Render Technician

  Framestore

  January 2008 - October 2009

  • Understanding productions render pipeline.
  • Monitoring and managing the render farm to keep it running at full capacity.
  • Tasks involve troubleshooting and correcting failed tasks, image quality control, resource allocations among different shows, technical advice/support and interfacing with artists, systems administrators and production management to ensure production deadlines are met.
  • Monitoring infrastructure servers and escalating problems.
  • Worked on movies: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian(2008), Wanted(2008), Batman: The Dark Knight(2008), Quantum of Solace(2008), Australia(2008), The Tale of Despereaux(2008), Where the Wild Things Are(2009), Avatar(2009), Sherlock Holmes(2009) and Prince of Persia(2009).

  
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  System Analyst / Software Engineer

  Infosys

  July 2005 - August 2006

  •Completed two months of rigorous - in house training ( Infosys training )
  •Sole responsibility for offshore projects
  •Interactions with US team, Client and consumer for trouble shooting, feedback and updates.
  •Analyzing, Designing , and developing of software application as per Client requirements
  •Worked on three projects for Pfizer USA
  ◦Billing system development and maintenance
  ◦Testing and maintenance for different application of the company
  ◦Documentation of various software processes for various application
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  Summer Intern

  Oracle

  February 2005 - July 2005

  •Developing ASP based Vendor Management systems
  •Corporate Servicing
  •Analyzing various processes of the company
  •Research and Development on commercial systems application