Natalia Gubareva

Work History

• Founder/Head of VP

  ParaWild

  January 2017 - Present

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Co-founded a two women start-up that designs, manufactures, and distributes sports helmet accessories on Amazon, Shopify, and brick-and-mortar stores across USA and Canada.
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  CG Supervisor

  Atomic Cartoons

  December 2019 - September 2021

  Vancouver, Canada

• Cinematographer/Photographer/DI Colorist

  impossible2Possible

  January 2020 - January 2020

  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  Documented a Canadian athlete, Ray Zahab, winter trekking unsupported on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic.
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  Lead Lighting Artist / Compositor

  The Sequence Group

  October 2019 - December 2019

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  The Sequence Group is a creative studio specializing in design, animation, and visual effects.
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  Freelance Colourist

  Self-employed

  January 2015 - October 2019

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  TVC (selected client list):
  NL International "Millionaire Club promo", 2018. Agency: Ymovie production. Dir: Artem Yusipov, DOP: Nikita Getto.
  
  Convers Russia "Convers + NL collaboration promo", 2018. Agency: Ymovie production, Dir: Artem Yusipov, DOP: Viktor Gurov.
  
  NL International "Smart Food" Campaign, Protein Muesli product promo, 2018. Agency: Ymovie production, Dir: Artem Yusipov, DOP: Nikita Getto
  
  NL International "First Edition" perfume promo, 2019. Agency: Ymovie production, Dir: Artem Yusipov, DOP: Nikita Getto.
  
  NL International "Smart Food" Campaign, Energy Diet Rice & Mango product promo, 2018. Agency: Ymovie production, Dir: Artem Yusipov, DOP: Nikita Getto
  
  NL International "Smart Food" Campaign, Energy Diet Smoothie product promo, 2018. Agency: Ymovie production, Dir: Artem Yusipov, DOP: Viktor Gurov
  
  Kouross Winter/Fall 2018 Suit Campaign
  
  SHORTS (selected client list):
  The Balanced Wheel, 2016 Dir: Amir Honarmand
  
  DOCUMENTARIES (selected client list):
  To the Edge with Ray Zahab: Patagonia, 2015.
  
  TV Series:
  Lupinland, 2017. Dir: Cynthia Provin
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  Senior Lighting Artist

  Digital Domain

  July 2019 - September 2019

  Vancouver, Canada

  Digital Domain is a visual effects and digital production company known for creating digital imagery for feature films, advertising, and games.
  
  TV Series:
  "Lost in Space" (2018)
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  Freelance Senior Lighting Artist

  Stellar Creative Lab

  July 2019 - July 2019

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Stellar Creative Lab is a high-end animation studio that produces television series, commercials, and features.
  
  Feature Marketing - The Addams Family
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  Lead Lighting Artist

  Stellar Creative Lab

  November 2017 - April 2019

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Guest Speaker

  Santiago ACM SIGGRAPH

  October 2018 - October 2018

  Santiago Province, Chile

  Presented and gave workshops detailing the CG lighting pipeline. Focused on the breakdown of how to take an image from concept to final image using the Redshift/Maya pipeline.
  
  https://santiago.siggraph.org/2018-conf/natalia_gubareva/
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  Senior Lighting TD / Compositor

  Animal Logic

  June 2017 - August 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Feature Film:
  The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017). Director: Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher

  

  

  
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  Lighting TD

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  February 2015 - June 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Feature Film:
  
  The Emoji Movie (2017). Director: Tony Leondis
  Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017). Director: Kelly Asbury
  Angry Birds (2016). Director: Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilley
  Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015). Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

  

  

  

  
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  Freelance Colorist

  The Gingerbread Man

  March 2014 - December 2014

  Sydney, Australia

  Documentaries:
  "Shock Room", 2014. Director: Kathryn Millard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hCt1mB830A)
  "To The Edge with Ray Zahab: Gobi", 2014. Director: Zachary Shields.
  "Family", 2014. Director: Marryanne Christodoulou
  
  TV Commercials:
  Westfield “MostHunted” Campaign, 2014. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc6APXtni0Q)
  National Breast Cancer Foundation “Time” Campaign”, 2014. Agency: Just-be Productions. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4FCVhGn-bc)
  The Northern Sydney Institute, 2014 Campaign (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL48QNkW6Sk) , (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_4TbSzJP1s)
  Huddle Dance Video, 2014. Client: St.George Bank. Agency: Screentime Communications
  
  Trailers:
  "Embedded" (2015) Director: Stephen Sewell
  
  Short Films:
  "Ruby", 2014. Director: Dimitri Ellerington (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvNyhbtXJw0)
  "Grace Underwater", 2014. Director: Anthony Lawrence (https://www.graceunderwater.com/)
  
  Music Videos:
  "Heaven" by New Navy, 2014. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20xaxl1TDpY)

• Colorist/Online Editor

  Thaumaturgy

  June 2014 - November 2014

  Sydney, Australia

  Color grading and mastering of episodes for "Home and Away" TV series.
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  Compositor

  Orb VFX

  March 2014 - May 2014

  Sydney, Australia

  Feature Film:
  Infini (2014). Director: Shane Abbess

• Cinematographer

  impossible2Possible

  March 2014 - March 2014

  Baffin Island, Canada

  Documenting the Canadian athlete, Ray Zahab, trekking 130km through the Akshayuk Pass on Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle.