PRANAY NICHANI
Story Seeker
EXPERIENCE
Media Specialist / Assistant Editor
All projects were undertaken on
Adobe Premiere Pro CC unless specified otherwise.
Toronto, ON - 2018-20
Where I Am (NFB Covid Films)
National Film Board
Dir: Various | Editors: Roslyn Kalloo
Sonia Togobo
Prod: Lea Marin; Justine Pimlott
(Avid Media Composer)
Send Us Your Brother
National Film Board | NoticePicturesInc
Feature Documentary
Dir: Nisha Pahuja | Editor: Dave Kazala
Prod: Cornelia Principe; David Oppenheim
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)
• 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
National Film Board (NFB- Ontario)
Toronto, ON - 2020
Dir: Samay Cajas; Terry Jones
Open Immersion ImagineNATIVE pitch videos for
'Paypura' and 'Game of Stife'
TRANSFER - Resolve Films
Short film - Won Best Editing at IBF2020
Toronto, ON - 2020
Docu-style and Web commericals for various Clients such as - Menkes, Tridel, Brixton
7 Dale, Kylemore, etc
Salt+Light TV
Toronto, ON - 2019
Segment for Magazine Style TV Show.
Toronto, ON - 2019
Ads for Toronto General and Western Hospitals.
Toronto, ON - 2019
TV ads for Medifacts / Brand Power;
Theraflu, Polysporin, Crest 3D White Strips
DMS Video
Vaughan, ON - 2019
Editing Videos for various DMS clients on Contract Basis.
National Film Board (NFB - Ontario)
Toronto, ON - 2019
Edited the 2019 Producer's Reel for the National Film Board of Canada.
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’
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 Editor for 'Transfer' at IBFF2020
British Film Festival
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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