ICON Creative Studio
Balaji Deenadayalan is an accomplished Lighting and Compositing Artist with extensive experience in the animation and film industries. Currently at ICON Creative Studio since August 2023, Balaji also serves as the Lighting and Compositing Team Lead at Mikros Animation, a position held since July 2022. Previously, Balaji worked for Technicolor from April 2016 to July 2022, initially as a Principal Artist in Lighting and Compositing and also as a Lighting Artist. Balaji's career began in the film industry as an Assistant Cameraman from 2010 to March 2016, contributing to Tamil films and advertisements while also directing a short film. Balaji's journey in Technicolor started in November 2007 as a Lighting Artist, a role left to pursue studies in cinematography before returning in 2016. Balaji holds a Master of Computer Applications degree from the University of Madras, completed between 2017 and 2019.