Gautami Vegiraju

Driven by insatiable curiosity, the love of learning and a passion for technology; Gautami’s artistic core centres upon creating and capturing moments of beauty in the unlikeliest of places at the most unexpected of times to create the most unexpectedly delightful experiences for the audiences.

Gautami currently shoots live-action, pure virtual production, hybrid virtual production, ICVFX and game cinematics.

As a Director of Photography, her recent work includes the Indian Virtual Launch Event for John Deere Tractors. One of the first hybrid virtual production shoots in India; involving live-action that was integrated with hyper realistic virtual sets in real-time, using the Unreal Engine Ecosystem on-location.

She has filmed commercials and branded content for brands like Mercedes-Benz, L’Oréal, John Deere, Unilever, Nestlé, Redbull, Asus, Abbott, Oreo, Glenlivet, Miss World, Master Chef, Tata Docomo, Jabong, and Tanishq; to name a few. And has shot for production houses like Rajkumar Hirani Films, Luv Films and Clean Slate Films, among others.

Gautami is a recipient of the Epic Games Unreal Engine Virtual Production Women Creators Program Fellowship (WCP) and is currently a Cinematography Mentor for the same. She is also a member of the Society of Game Cinematics.

She loves lensing technically complex projects with challenging narratives for innovative storytellers, beloved brands and big businesses; and works best with stories that demand immersive and emotive imagery that blurs the line between the real and unreal.

On the rare occasions when she is not on a film set; Gautami is busy immersing herself into the Metaverse with an emphasis on holographic videography, gaming, virtual/ augmented/ extended reality and mixed-media cinematography and immersive storytelling.

Full work profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gautami-vegiraju-b1b3841ba/

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