Shirin Chawla

Work History

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  Senior Lighting and Comp Artist

  Atomic Cartoons

  January 2024 - Present

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Remote
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  Senior Lighter/Compositor

  Mainframe Studios

  September 2023 - November 2023

  Katana and Nuke keylighting and comp work on Unicorn Academy
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  Senior Lighter/Compositor

  Mainframe Studios

  June 2023 - September 2023

  Katana key lighting and Nuke comp team experience on Barbie Spring Break Movie
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  Lighter/Compositor

  Cinesite

  February 2023 - June 2023

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Hybrid

  Gaffer Nuke Keylighting and Compositing
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  Lighter/Compositor

  WildBrain

  January 2020 - February 2023

  380 w 5th Avenue

  Worked on Amazon Prime’s Blaze and The Monster Machines - Proficient in using Vray for Maya, and Nuke, including gizmo creation. Efficient with time management and strong understanding of resource management and troubleshooting skills.
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  lighter/compositor

  Stellar Creative Lab

  March 2019 - December 2019

  1128 Homer Street, vancouver

  Lighting and Compositing for advertising materials for feature film productions and lighting and compositing for animated television shows using Redshift renderer
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  lighter/compositor

  ICON Creative Studio

  February 2018 - December 2018

  Vancouver, Canada

  Worked on high quality shots using the Arnold renderer and Shotgun for tracker organization on high quality shows for Netflix such as Tarzan and Jane and Super Monsters. Skilled at making Nuke gizmos and templates and working with them. Can work with pipeline problems and troubleshoot and works well within a team. Fast worker with attention to detail. Often finish lighting and comps ahead of schedule and am free to help the team. Worked with asset checking, troubleshooting and creating turntables for new assets and 99 shot creation.
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  Lighter/Comper

  Bardel Entertainment

  June 2015 - February 2017

  Vancouver, Canada

  Have completed over two and half years working as a lighter and compositor for shows such as Mack and Moxy, Puss In Boots and Dragons Rescue Riders for clients such as Dreamworks Animation using Vray renderer. Learnt a lot from my superiors and team mates about Lighting and Compositing. Learnt I am a hard worker with speed and quality on my side. I’m a problem solver and a self starter. Also learnt that although I can copy the key shots look and follow the template easily, I also love working on key shots and coming up with the look of the show.
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  Rotoscope Artist

  Gener8 Media Corp

  December 2014 - June 2015

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Completed 6 months working as a Rotoscope Artist using SilhouetteFX during which time I worked on major Hollywood blockbusters such as Insurgent, Pixels and Pan. Did Quality Control for Vendor Ingest, worked on shots with high frame count, motion blur and many characters. Learnt the ins and outs of working in a big production house with strict deadlines, high quality control and overtime.

  

  

  

• Freelance Compositor and Videomaker

  Positive Film Pro

  August 2010 - August 2014

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Taking part in creative or high end media projects increased my skillset and understanding and drove me to become better as a component of the film and story culture.
  This has culminated in my passion for visual effects and especially
  compositing, and for softwares such as Nuke, which push the boundaries of the film medium.

• Executive Producer

  Positive Film Productions

  September 2010 - July 2014

  Singapore

  Founded Positive Film Productions to work on video projects in Singapore and as a freelance crew member.
  
  Working in various departments of the craft, I have gained experience in the technical
  department as a Writer/ Director / Producer for corporate clients and short films, as part of
  the camera crew, sometimes art department and mostly production crew for television shows,
  NGO campaigns and commercials for companies such as the National Geographic
  Channel, OKTO channel, Nike, McDonalds, Redbull, OCBC Bank, Ministry of
  Communications and the Arts Singapore, Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore
  Tourism Board, Johnnie Walker, Hurrah Productions, Firecracker Films, Akanga Films Asia and many more.
  
  I also helped to expand my company’s CSR (Corporate Social
  Responsibility) scope by introducing Videography courses in schools –e.g. St. Joseph’s Institute, and under the AWWA sponsored Excelerate vocational training program.
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  Crew Member

  Akanga Film Asia

  August 2012 - October 2012

  Singapore

  Assistant Editor, Render Wrangler and Camera Crew for 'Panda Panda' short film by Director Sun Koh

• Assisant Editor

  Hurrah Productions

  September 2010 - August 2012

• Assistant Producer

  Hurrah Productions

  2010 - 2012
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  Crew Member

  Akanga Film Asia

  August 2010 - October 2010

  Art Assistant in pre-production and Camera Assist during shoot for Director Sun Koh’s short film
  Dirty Bitch, which was sponsored by the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
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  First Assistant Director

  Akanga Film Asia

  July 2010 - September 2010

  Assistant Director on director Ho Tzu Mien’s (Here) short film Zarathustra : A Film for Everyone
  and No One.
  
  The short film was screened at the Directors showcase at the Cannes Film Festival

• Freelance Camera Operator and Editor

  Rupture

  June 2010 - August 2010

  Singapore

  With Rupture Productions Singapore as Camera Operator for the Prodigies shoot and, also, camera
  operator for the shoot of the Full Monty drama production, Editor for short film 'Why Ma?', as well as Production Assist on Singapore Idol’s Mathilda DeSilva’s music video.

• Editor / Assistant Director / Various

  Nishaan Communications

  August 2006 - August 2007

  New Delhi, India

  General Assistant to Director Bobby Kapoor of Nishaan Communications, as part time for one
  year, during my last year of high school. Exposed to "the directors atmosphere", scriptwriting,
  editing, basics of cinematography, production scheduling and photography.
  
  During this period was given opportunity to direct an advertisement project for renowned Indian
  fashion designer J.J. Vallaya for his fall launch of the Vallaya Update Catalogue and corporate
  film that was shown at the launch event.
  
  During this time I also produced my own short film entitled ‘3 Mins’, which I used for my film
  school application.

• 12 Lotus

  Royston Tan

  May 2007 - July 2007

  Singapore

  Paid internship as a part of the Art Department (Art Assistant) on Director Royston Tan’s feature
  film 12 Lotus.