The Story
So Far
Trained as a filmmaker. Ended up running the infrastructure too.
I grew up in Muscat, Oman, and picked up a camera at seven. I was making short films with friends and cutting random edits when digital video was still new, long before "content creator" was a job.
I went to Montreal to study film production at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia. Those years covered celluloid shorts and Quebec TV productions, and I spent four days on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past — my first look at how a production that size actually runs.
Back in Bengaluru, I joined Chill Panther Media and did the full range: cinematography, editing, sound design, directing. Then came Momo Media, where I joined as an editor and motion graphics artist and left as Head of Post Production. Over five years I grew the team from 3 to 10, built the studio's entire digital infrastructure, and ran post on most of its projects for clients like Xiaomi, Myntra and Unacademy.
Somewhere in there I became the person who ran the studio's infrastructure as well as its edits. It's less of a jump than it sounds. Both jobs are about working out the structure first, then making it hold up under a deadline.
Since 2024, I've been at LastBench Studio as Lead of Post Production and Associate Producer, working on brand films, launch content, animation and social impact work for clients including Zoho and Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies. It's a small studio, so I'm closer to the actual work again.
I work fast and in bursts, and I'm hard to satisfy, mostly with my own work. I mentor people, build workflows, and run a homelab for fun.
I'm most useful where someone has to hold the whole project in their head so everyone else can focus on their part.
If that's the gap on your team, get in touch.
About 13 years in film, post and creative operations.
2024 — Present · 2+ Years
Lead, Post Production & Associate Producer
- Leading post production across brand films, launch films, explainer videos, 2D animation, and social impact content — from brief through final delivery.
- Associate Producer on some projects: running timelines and keeping the creative and technical sides talking to each other.
Notable clients — Indian School of Business, Zoho, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, Vobble, Ekya Schools
2018 — 2023 · 5 Years
Head of Post Production
Momo Media · Bengaluru, India
- Joined as a video editor and motion graphics artist. Grew the post production team from 3 to 10 and moved into leading it, which mostly meant mentoring junior artists and interns.
- Appointed Post Production Supervisor across all projects, involved from pre-production through final delivery: workflow design, risk assessment, technical problem-solving, and on-set consulting.
- Involved in company-wide decisions alongside the founders, including all department hires. Led the design and implementation of the studio's entire digital infrastructure and production workflows.
- Ran IT setup and floor layout for the studio's 2023 move to a larger office.
Notable clients — Xiaomi, Redmi, Poco, Myntra, BoAT, Unacademy, Vedantu, Zoomcar, Jupiter, Fi, Slice, iD Foods
2016 — 2018 · 2 Years
Video Producer
- Joined as an intern and was hired full-time as a video editor and cinematographer. Roles varied project to project — cinematography, editing, directing, sound design, photography.
- Worked across short films, advertisements, PSA films, event coverage, social media content, performance art documentation, wedding videos, and music videos.
Notable clients — Facebook, Jhatkaa, Amnesty International
2013 — 2016 · 3 Years
BFA Film Production
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University · Montréal, Canada
- Worked on numerous films — digital and celluloid — in roles spanning DIT, video editing, sound design, and VFX.
- Faculty assistant at the school: data management, lab and rental inventory, and IT support for senior staff.
- Minor roles in local Québec TV productions and independent short films. Four-day internship on the Hollywood production X-Men: Days of Future Past.
- Part-time video content producer at The Vocalist Magazine. Started a new content series, moved shoots to multi-camera, and sorted out how video got delivered.
- Editing
- Motion Graphics
- Visual Effects
- Colour Grading
- Digital Imaging Technician (DIT)
- Cinematography
- Sound Design
Primary stack: DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, After Effects
Supporting: Photoshop, Lightroom, Frame.io, Blackmagic Cloud
- Team Leadership & Mentorship
- Production Operations
- Workflow Architecture
- Digital Infrastructure
- IT Management
- Systems & Networking
Workflow stack: Google Workspace, Notion, ClickUp, Slack
Infra & automation: Google Cloud, Docker, Proxmox, UNRAID, Umbrel, Tailscale, WireGuard, Parsec, RDP, Ghostty, Homebrew, n8n, Ollama, Claude, Codex
- Translating between creatives and clients
- Problem-solving under pressure
- Advising clients before the shoot, not after
- Hiring & team building
- Knowing when to listen