Professional Experience
With over 13 years of professional Camera experience,
Nikhil has been mentored by some of the industry's leading Cinematographers.
He spent the first four years of his camera assisting career as the focus puller for Daniel Pearl, ASC.
There he began his real world education, completing over 400 commercials and music videos.
After his run with Daniel Pearl, he spent the next four years with Thomas Kloss.
It is with Thomas that he really began to apply his skills, operating on over 100 commercials and music videos.
Currently Nikhil is the "B" camera operator for CSI Las Vegas,
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Commercial and Television
CSI "Las Vegas"
Second unit photography and insert unit-
American Idol show opener 2/13/2008
featuring Hayden Christensen and Ryan Seacrest/
Kommited films/
Director: Marc Varisco -
"The Lake House"
title sequence/
Asylum post prod./
Director: John Fragemini -
"Jumper" promo vignettes
featuring Hayden Christensen /
Fox television/
Director: Nathan Hope -
“TI" Chevy
commercial/ HSI/
Director : Kevin Hunter -
“Bailey’s Irish Cream”
commercial/
Director : Paul Hunter -
ESPN "NBA finals"
commercial/
Director : Paul Hunter -
Nintendo "DS"
commercial
Kommited films/
Product and packaging/
Director: John Fragemini -
Rozerum "Talk Show"
commercial/ additional GreenScreen content
Asylum Post Prod/
Director: Marc Varisco -
"HP"
featuring Serena Williams and Hayden Christensen/
all principle photography for H. Christensen/
Kommited films/
Director: Marc Varisco -
Music Videos
Dem Franchise Boys
"Talkin out the side of your neck"
music video
Triggerhappy films
Director: Juwan Lee -
Soulja Boy “shoot em up”
music video/
Director: Matt Barnes -
Luke and Q “My Turn” music video/
Director: Paul Hunter -
Slim Thug
“theme song" music video
Intergrated films NY/
Director: Juwan Lee -
GhostFace Killa
" We Celebrate"
music video
Triggerhappy films
Director: Juwan Lee-
CAMERA OPERATOR
CSI
“las Vegas” "B" Camera operator
season 9 (current season) all episodes
"The Eleventh Hour "A" camera operator television pilot 2009
Director: Danny Canon DP: David Stockton
“Lipshitz Saves the World”
television pilot
“B” camera/
Director : Chris Koch
DP : David Hennigs -
“DrillBit Taylor”
“B” camera
(day play)
Feature Film/
Director : Steven Brill
DP : Fred Murphy -
“WWE” Wrestlemania
commercial campagne/
Director : Barry Bross
DP : Dave Rudd -
”Saturn” Hybrid/
Director: Thomas Kloss -
“Rooms to Go”
featuring - Cindy Crawford/
Director: Cindy Crawford -
“Vegas . Com”
Smuggler films/
Ka live show -
Education
Crossroads High School for the Arts and Sciences
University of California at Santa Cruz, BA in Theater Arts with Film Studies Emphasis
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