Mr.Sankalp Meshram
Mr. Sankalp Meshram, after doing his Post Graduate Diploma in Editing from the FTII Pune, has been working as a Editor and Film Maker. He edited the Feature Film “Katha Don Ganpat Roanchi” in 1997 (Marathi) which won the state award for the best Film apart from being shown at various International Film Festivals and the National Award for Best Editing in the year 2001 for the Film Lokapriya. He also wrote and directed “Chhutkan Ki Mahabharat” which got him the National Award in the year 2005.
Mr.Sidharth Sinha
He is also appointed as a member in selection committee for Mumbai Film Festival(MAMI) 2009.Currently he is planning to direct his first feature film.
Mr.Rafey Mahmood
After completing his BA in Economics, Modern History & Political Sciences MA in Mass Communication,Mr. Rafey Mahmood went on to do a Post Graduate Diploma in Cinematography from the Film & Television Institute of India, Pune.
Having worked in the media industry for many years he has been the Director of Photography (DOP) for feature films like ‘Mithya’, ‘Mixed Doubles’, ‘Raghu Romeo’, ‘Katha Don Ganpatraoanchi’, ‘Journey to Mecca’ (an upcoming IMAX film produced byCosmic Pictures) and many more. He has also done the cinematography for acclaimed short films like ‘Tarana’, a 35mm Non Fiction Film on Indian Classical Music, which won the Golden Lotus Award for the Best Non- Fiction Film at the National Film Awards, and many more. He has shot around 400 Commercials for Advertising Agencies, like JW Thompson, Grey Worldwide, Mc Caan Erikson, O&M, Leo Burnett, Mudra.
He has won the Radio & Press Advertising award (RAPA) in the year 2007 for ‘Best Cinematography’ in an Ad Film for Bose Audio Systems.
Mr.Satish Bhatia
Mr Satish Bhatia graduated from FTII Pune in the year 1967 and started working as a head of the Film and Video Camera department of Doordarshan Mumbai and Delhi.
Mr Bhatia has worked as a cinematographer with reputed directors such as Hrishekesh Mukherjee, Raman Kumar, Simi Garewal, Kundan Shah etc and also has worked on News Sports and Current affairs programmes for various international television networks like Transtel(Germany), Rosselini and Associati (Rome), Sports Satellite Broadcasting( U.K.)
He has also directed and photographed more than 100 documentaries and corporate films like Raj Kapoor, India's Rajiv, World Heritage Series "Taj Mahal".
Mr. Rahul Srivastava
Rahul Srivastava joined the Digital Academy, Mumbai as a faculty in January 2009. At Digital Academy he teaches Film Editing Theory and Practices.An edting alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Rahul Srivastava has edited several feature films and TV series. He has also been editing and directing Corporate and Ad films. Apart from film making, he is also a professional writer and has written a number of short stories and news articles. It’s a sheer pleasure to read his Hindi stories published in renowned literary magazines which reflect his modest upbringing in the city of sangam, Allahabad. The reputed Allahabad University hosts his guest lectures for its post graduate students in mass communication and journalism.
Mr.Vipin Bhati
Vipin Bhati graduated as a Sound Engineer from the FTII in Pune in 1997. Since then he has been the Location Sound Mixer for films like the upcoming Film Zokkomon (Produced by Disney), Jodha Akbar , Garam Masala, 8x10 Tasvir , Aashayein, Bombay to Bangkok, and many more. He also did the location sound for a 30 minute documentary “VULTURES” for discovery channel produced by Film Republic (2003). He was also the Sound designer and technical advisor, “WAR AND PEACE” - documentary directed by Anand Patwardhan. (Winner of Best Film at Mumbai International Film Festival, 2002 and National Award for Best Documentary, 2004).
Mr. Vinod Subramanian
Vinod Subramanian, known as 'vin' to his friends and peers all over the world, spent six years studying sound and cinema at FTII in two courses.
He recorded location sound for his first film in 1995, directed his first film "Fire" in 1998 and now works relentlessly towards spreading awareness about sound in the film industry - as a professional and as a teacher. He considers himself a student forever, incessantly upgrading his knowledge of technology as well as the aesthetics of cinema and music.
He is a film maker-at-large and has been studying the guitar for more than twenty years. Vin has been the sound recordist for Films like Katha Don Ganpatraonchi (1995) Ab Tak Chappan (2003), The Memsahib (2004), The Legend of King Tut (2004), The Partition (2005), Lezioni di Volo (Italian, 2006), The Darjeeling Limited (2006), La Mia India (Italian, 2007) Rock On! (2007) Delhi Belly (2008) and more...
