AT A GLANCE
Sameer Mahajan
Area of Practice:
Film making, Cinematography, Documentary,
OVERVIEW
An alumnus of FTII with specialization in Motion Picture Photography (1993), Sameer
Mahajan has a wide body of professional experience spread over almost three
decades ranging from feature films to documentaries, short fiction, TV commercials
and corporate films. Since 2003, he has actively conducted several cinematography workshops for students and media practitioners at various film/media institutes and NGOs. He has been internationally feted and awarded for his cinematography.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Science (Pure Mathematics), Delhi University
- Basic Course in Still Photography, Triveni Art Centre, Delhi
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Structured-Programming, NIIT
- PG Diploma in Cinema (Specialization in Motion Picture Photography), FTII.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Two and a half decades of shooting for Features, Documentaries and Commercials.
- One and a half decades of conducting workshops for media practitioners and students of art/media institutes and NGO’s.
- Almost a decade of regular teaching.
INTEREST AREAS
Documentary/Non-Fiction film practices.
CURRENT PRACTICE AT SRISHTI
Mentoring and teaching
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
- Mentoring Projects
- Capstone and teaching Camera Technique
- Camera and Lighting
- Observing Thru the Lens
- Frameless Filmmaking
- Spaces and Places
CREATIVE PRACTICE & OUTREACH
- Education and documentary film practices.
