Senior Lighting TD / Lead Lighting Artist

Soumava Das

16+ years of world-class lighting across complex live-action integration, fully CG animated features, and episodic production.

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About / Credibility

Feature-film and episodic lighting for complex VFX production.

Soumava is a Senior Lighting TD and Lead Lighting Artist with 16+ years across feature film, episodic content, animation, live-action integration, and fully CG production.

His work combines cinematic lighting judgment with production reliability: shaping light for story, matching CG elements into photographed plates, maintaining sequence continuity, and solving render or workflow problems before they become production blockers.

Across Rhythm & Hues, MPC, and Framestore, his credits include Academy Award-winning visual effects work on Life of Pi and The Jungle Book, alongside large-scale creature, environment, set-extension, vehicle, crowd, and fully CG sequences.

Pipeline

Lighting, look development, render optimization, and production problem-solving.

Senior lighting work across shot execution, sequence continuity, render troubleshooting, reusable workflow setup, and pipeline support.

Shot lighting for live-action integration and fully CG sequences.
Sequence-level look development, reusable lighting rigs, render passes, and pipeline troubleshooting.
Rendered-element checks, final lighting adjustments, and comp handoff support.

Katana
Maya
Houdini
Arnold
Nuke
3ds Max
Premiere Pro
After Effects
Photoshop
Lightroom
DaVinci Resolve
Unreal Engine 5
RenderMan
V-Ray
Karma

Teamwork / Leadership

Mentoring, documentation, communication, and peaceful execution under pressure.

Soumava supports teams by making complex lighting workflows easier to enter, understand, and repeat. He has mentored and onboarded artists into active production environments, helping them avoid common setup pitfalls and move faster with fewer avoidable revisions.

His documentation-first approach turns discovered problems into reusable guidance, covering workflow setup, render behavior, review preparation, and production-specific troubleshooting.

He communicates clearly with supervisors, producers, and peers during active production, raising issues early and translating technical blockers into practical next steps.

When tools, workflows, or support are incomplete, he is known for finding workable solutions without transferring pressure onto the team.

Mentoring and onboarding artists into production lighting workflows.
Creating documentation and reusable setup guidance to help teams work faster.
Communicating clearly with supervisors, producers, and peers during active production.
Finding practical solutions when tools, workflows, or support are incomplete.

Recognized by supervisors for resourceful problem-solving, clear communication, pipeline awareness, and calm leadership under challenging production conditions.

Honors / Awards

Award-recognized work across landmark feature and episodic productions.

Soumava’s credits include Academy Award and BAFTA-winning visual effects productions such as Life of Pi and The Jungle Book, with additional award-recognized work across Top Gun: Maverick, Guardians of the Galaxy, and episodic animation including The Portal.