PRANAY NICHANI

Story Seeker

EXPERIENCE

Media Specialist / Assistant Editor

All projects were undertaken on
Adobe Premiere Pro CC unless specified otherwise.

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Toronto, ON - 2018-21

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Send Us Your Brother

National Film Board |NoticePicturesInc

Dir: Nisha Pahuja | Editor: Dave KazalaProd: Cornelia Principe; David Oppenheim

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FIB

Freeframe Entertainment

Dir: Michael Allcock | Editor: Dan Hawkes

Prod: Samara Truster

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CRUSH

Red Queen Productions

Dir: Maya Gallus | Editor: Dave Kazala

Prod: Howard Fraiberg

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Where I Am (NFB Covid Films)

National Film Board

Dir: Various | Editors: Roslyn Kalloo

Sonia Togobo

Prod: Lea Marin; Justine Pimlott

(Avid Media Composer)

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Fear of Dancing

Breakout Media | Tortuga Films

Feature Documentary

Dir: Michael Allcock | Editor: Dan Hawkes

Prod: Lalita Krishna

Bangla Surf Girls
Insync Media,
Chicken and Egg Pictures
Feature Documentary
produced by Lalita Krishna

Untying the Knot
Insync Media | Documentary Channel
Feature Documentary
produced by Lalita Krishna

The Nine
Berkeley, CA - 2014-15
Independent feature directed by Katy
Grannan and produced by Academy
Award nominee Marc Smolowitz
(Managed over 17TB of footage shot
over 4 years)

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• Prepping the project for editing
• Organizing footage and logs
• Creating and managing workflows
• Prepping and delivering for final sound
• Creating assemblies and outputs for
editing and online
• Troubleshooting and providing
technical support
• Managing workflow for subtitles
• Co-ordinating and managing
translators and other team members
• Animating vector graphics and text on
Adobe After Effects CC

Editor

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National Film Board (NFB- Ontario)

Toronto, ON - 2020 -21

Prod: Anita Lee, Kate Vollum

Open Immersion lab with ImagineNATIVE 

Trailer video, and pitch videos for 'Paypura',

'A long time ago', and 'Game of strife'

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Schneiders Winter Grilling -The Hatchery

Toronto, ON - 2021

Multiple social media videos for the winter

grilling campaign

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Royal LePage

Toronto, ON - 2021

Motion Graphics using google earth studio

locations across Canada

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TRANSFER - Resolve Films

Toronto, ON - 2020

Short film - Won Best Editing at International British Film Fest 2020

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The Brand Factory

Toronto, ON - 2020

Docu-style and Web commericals for various Clients such as - Menkes, Tridel, Brixton

7 Dale, Kylemore, etc

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Anton - Circling Home;

Toronto, ON - 2020

Motion Graphics for feature Documentary

Prod: Katy Swailes; Dir: Dennis Mohr

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Salt+Light TV
Toronto, ON - 2019
Segment for Magazine Style TV Show.
 

University Health Network

Toronto, ON - 2019

Ads for Toronto General and Western Hospitals.

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Buchanan Group

Toronto, ON - 2019

TV ads for Medifacts / Brand Power;

Theraflu, Polysporin, Crest 3D White Strips

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DMS Video
Vaughan, ON - 2019

Editing Videos for various DMS clients on Contract Basis.

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National Film Board (NFB - Ontario)

Toronto, ON - 2019

Edited the 2019 Producer's Reel for the National Film Board of Canada.

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Editor / Motion Graphics Artist - LA-INC

Toronto, ON - 2019
Created two Marketing Videos for LA inc developer clients - 'United' and 'Sunday'

Editor / Motion Graphics Artist - InSync Media

Toronto, ON - 2019

Created a series of Motion Graphic Videos for feature doc 'Untying the Knot'.

Editor; DP - Real Life Stories, LA-INC
Toronto, ON - 2018
Documentary style commercials.
Nominated for Best Long Video under
Marketing Category for BILD Awards 2019

Andray & the Giant (Feature
Doc - Ongoing), Liam Kearney Media
Toronto, ON - 2018
Feature Documentary on Toronto Politics

Editor; DP - The Things We Carry
(Mira Godard Gallery), TP Films
Toronto, ON - 2018
Short Film on Artist Michael Thompson’s
exhibit ‘The Things We Carry’

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Jutta's Atonement

Toronto, ON -2018

Dir: Theresa Bonello

Short Documentary | official selection at 'Rendezvous with Madness' Film Festival

Rune Entertainment
Toronto, ON - 2017-18
AD for GMC Sierra, GMC Acadia,
Chevrolet Silverado, Chevrolet Cruze -
Commercials (Agency: IsoBar)
Loblaws Canada 150 - Taste of Canada
Commercial Videos. (Agency: 6 degrees)

Various, Calira Media
Toronto, ON - 2016-17
Editing Media for multiple clients

Castrol Squadrann
Episode 3 & 4, Rannvijay Singha
Mumbai, India - 2016
Rannvijay Singha and Castrol
Motorbike stunts webseries

Illusion Bound
Dir: Jagadish Metla
Mumbai, India - 2016
Independent feature film

Vox Parables
Mumbai, India 2015-16
Zandu Balm Mood Video
TVC for Dabur’s Zandu Balm
Mentho Plus Balm Tamil
Mentho Plus Tamil TVC starring Ravana
Fair & Handsome - Winter Cream
Casted and Edited Fair & Handsome
Winter Cream TVC

John McNeil Studio
Berkeley, CA - 2014
Edited various corporate videos such as
Microsoft, Samsung, CapCom, etc

Editor; DP - Ploughed Lives
Mumbai, India - 2010
A short documentary about farmer
suicides in rural Maharashtra, produced
by University of Westminster, London

Direction / Production

Director - Various, And Media
Mumbai, India - 2015-16
Directing, Writing, Cinematography
undertaken for various corporate
projects for clients like Godrej, Navratna,
JWC, Parle, etc

Production Coordinator, Stuart Stone
Casting
San Francisco, CA - 2014
Two State Farm TV commercials

Production Assistant, Warner Brothers/
Village Roadshow/New Line Cinemas
San Francisco, CA - 2014
San Andreas, feature film starring
Dwayne Johnson

Production Assistant, Mortarotti -
Ramirez Productions
San Francisco, CA - 2014
For Vote Yes on Prop A, PSA for
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee

Casting Director, New Horizon Pictures
Corp.
San Francisco, CA - 2013-14
For Art School of Horrors (Feature Film)
Coordination, Logistics, etc for entire
cast of the film

Director/Writer, The Exotic Others
San Francisco, CA - 2013
Documentary short film, nominated for
Best Documentary at Epidemic Film
Festival

Audition Manager, Israni
Communications
Mumbai, India - 2008
Conducted Auditions for advertisements
and soap operas for various National TV
channels

EDUCATION

AWARDS

Humber College
Postgraduate Certificate
Toronto - 2018
Radio Broadcasting

DFI - Seneca
Postgraduate Certificate
Toronto - 2017
Documentary and Non-Fiction Media

Production
Academy of Art University
Masters of Fine Arts
California - 2014
Producing/Directing

Rajeev Menon’s Mindscreen Film Institute
Associate Degree
Chennai - 2010
Cinematography

University of Mumbai
Bachelor of Mass Media
Mumbai - 2009
Advertising

Best Editing for Short Film 'Transfer' at International British Film Festival 2020

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Best Long Video BILDA Awards

Toronto, ON -2019

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Inspirational Leadership Award for Crisis
Management
L.S Raheja College
Mumbai

First Prize in Rotaract Short Film Festival
Mumbai

‘Freak’uency; Blitzkrieg
1st rank in Radio Jockeying contest
Mumbai

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