Karthick Raj

Completely driven by and immersed in the art of cinematography, I am Karthick Raj ST from Chennai, India. Being dyslexic I quickly fell in love with camera as it was a relief from the stress of academics. Also camera allowed me to express myself without any restrictions. Started as a hobby and a form of comfort, my relation with camera slowly grew and before realizing, it flipped from just a hobby to a career option.

I opted to learn the insights of this field by enrolling myself into the undergraduate and other courses. On this journey I explored many cinematographers whose works fueled my passion and admiration for cinematography. Emmanual Lubezki’s “Children of men” left a lasting impression on me. His unreal framing using natural light and long takes is like an artist  uses paintbrush on canvas. I too want to create masterpieces of cinematography using my creative sensibilities.

             And currently doing ASC Vision Mentorship Program under Charlie Lieberman, ASC.

• Cinematographer for the feature film “Unfateful”, shot entirely on Iphone 7 plus. It has made it’s official selection at the Cine Pobre Film Festival 2020.
• Have shot a documentary "Invisible Banks", which is based on Rohingya People 
• Developed two rigs for assisting in shots, outer car rig and inner car rig, being a road film it turned out to be extremely effective.
• My photograph on water scarcity got selected for the Alumniportal-Deutschland 2030 agenda, A compass-even in the time of crisis while working towards sustainable environment. It was coordinated by WHO.
• Shot an advertisement titled “Touch me not” for a NGO. It won Bronze in Spikes Asia 2019.
• Shot a promotional video for the show “The world’ best” on CBS.