Sonder

 ‘Sonder’ is an animated short film that I, along with 198 artists, designers, and engineers from around the world were recruited to collaborate on. In it, I helped to develop a lighting pipeline using technologies new to animation production, the look for the characters and worked on shot lighting on multiple sequences. One of the biggest challenges in the production of ‘Sonder’ was adapting Unity3D (a real-time rendering engine) to animation production. Unity3D is typically used for game production, not for animated filmmaking. To overcome this, we created various tools that addressed the limitations of Unity3D, developed an innovative pipeline, and discovered methods for communicating across multiple time zones during production. ‘Sonder’ has claimed many international awards and was shown in various film festivals worldwide including the Edinburgh Short Film Festival in England, ASIFA- South 2018 in Korea, and Canberra Short Film Festival in Australia. 

National and International Screenings: 

• SIGGRAPH ASIA 2018, Tokyo Japan, December 5, 2018 
• Anchorage International Film Festival, Anchorage, Alaska November 30-December 9, 2018 
• Foyle Film Festival, Derry, Northern Ireland November 16-25, 2018  
• San Diego Asian Film Festival, San Diego, CA November 8-17, 2018  
• Alexandria Film Festival, Washington, DC, November 8-11, 2018  
• Norwich Film Festival, Norwich, UK, November 6-17, 2018  
• ASIFA-South International Animation Society, Atlanta GA, November 3-4, 2018 
• Short Sounds Film Festival, Bournemouth, UK. November 2, 2018 
• Short Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland October 26-November 10, 2018  
• Spark Animation Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada October 25-28, 2018 
• Unity Film and Animation Summit, Los Angeles, CA October 24, 2018 
• Bucheon International Animation Festival, Bucheon, Korea October 19-23, 2018 
• Film Festival, Orlando, Florida October 18-25, 2018 
• San Jose International Short Film Festival, San Jose, CA October 11-14, 2018 
• Annecy Nights NYC Festival, New York, NY, October 6-7, 2018 
• Canberra, Australia September 9-16, 2018 
• The Animation Showcase, 2018 
• Unite Berlin, Premier, June 26, 2018  
• Creative Talent Network Animation Expo, November 18, 2017, Burbank, CA 
• Made with Unity showcase at Game Developers Conference, March 2017, San Francisco, CA 
• Creative Talent Network Animation Expo, November 18, 2016, Burbank, CA 

Awards:    

• Sioux City International Film Festival, Sioux City. Iowa, Audience Choice Award,  2018  
• Canberra Short Film Festival, Best Animation (Nominee), 2018 
• California Independent Film Festival, Moraga, CA, Best Animation, 2018 
• Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards 2018, Los Angeles. CA, Best Picture, 2018
• California International Shorts Festival, Hollywood, CA, Best Animated Short, 2018