Bushra Alma
Montreal,QC
Summary
Professional technical director with an 8-year, specializing in both color and general pipeline optimization. Proficient in enhancing color workflows for consistency and excellence, while also driving overall pipeline efficiency
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Comp and Colour Pipeline Technical Director
Digital Domain 3.0
02.2021 - Current
- Led color pipeline management for feature projects, ensuring accurate and consistent color reproduction.
- Collaborated closely with compositing supervisors, establishing project-specific color pipelines and standards.
- Developed and implemented color profiles, transfer functions, and LUTs for new cameras and display technologies.
- Proactively troubleshooted and resolved color-related issues, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
- Implemented and maintained industry-standard ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) color management across applications.
- Incorporated and integrated various third-party software packages into our pipeline, optimizing our workflows and bolstering overall productivity.
- Utilized CMake to compile multiple C++ software packages, ensuring seamless integration and successful building of the applications.
Technical Director
Digital Domain 3.0
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Collaborated closely with artists and supervisors, providing technical expertise and troubleshooting assistance to resolve complex issues encountered during the compositing process.
- Utilized nuke nodes to facilitate specific asset retrieval for compositors to work within nuke
- Created workflows to enable compositors to select certain assets from asset manager and load them into nuke
- Provided mentorship and technical guidance to team members, fostering skill development and ensuring adherence to established best practices within the department.
- Played an integral role in updating and maintaining tools, ensuring they remained fully compatible with both Python 2 and Python 3
Assistant Technical Director
Digital Domain 3.0
02.2018 - 01.2020
- Engaged in close collaboration with project crews, including technical directors from various departments like pipeline and animation. My role involved regular communication and problem-solving sessions, ensuring that any technical obstacles were promptly addressed and resolved
- Worked closely with compositing supervisors especially during project setup. My role was to insure the installed workflows and scripts were thoroughly tested and were working before rolling out to production.
- I dedicated my efforts to the creation and refinement of a diverse range of tools designed to aid artists in their daily activities. These tools encompassed various functions, from automating repetitive tasks to optimizing workflow processes.
- Helped artists troubleshoot different issues with renders , nukescript slowness and other general technical issues. My role was to diagnose and solve these issues promptly, ensuring minimal disruption to the artists' workflow. Through this support, I contributed to maintaining a smooth and efficient production environment.
Lead Digital Production Administrator
Digital Domain 3.0
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Led a team of production administrators, overseeing the operation of render farms for various projects.
- Developed and executed strategies to maximize render farm efficiency, minimizing rendering time and costs.
- Collaborated with department supervisors to forecast render farm requirements, ensuring seamless resource allocation.
- Mentored and trained production administrators, fostering a high-performing team and optimizing workflow management.
- Collaborated with the IT team to address technical challenges and enhance system performance.
Digital Production Administrator
Digital Domain 3.0
02.2016 - 09.2016
- Worked closely with different production teams; In my role, I established and maintained close collaborative relationships with artists and production staff, ranging from coordinators to producers. I was responsible for the effective prioritization and management of farm jobs, ensuring their timely completion and consistently monitoring for potential errors or issues in the render process.
- Helped flag issues related to the network. I played a pivotal role in monitoring and identifying issues related to the network infrastructure and promptly communicated them to the software engineering team for resolution
- Helped with the client packages deliveries. This involved meticulously ensuring that each package was correctly assembled with the requisite elements and adhering to the highest standards of quality control.
- Maintained an effective communication throughout my shifts. I upheld a high standard of communication with the entire team. This involved regularly updating team members, addressing inquiries, and facilitating clear and consistent dialogue
Education
Bachelors of Information Technology -
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON04.2016
Skills
- Programming languages: Excellent knowledge in Python, and good knowledge in C
Technical Skills:
- Software: Nuke, Maya
- Pipeline Management Tools: Shotgun and Jira
Timeline
Comp and Colour Pipeline Technical Director
Digital Domain 3.0
02.2021 - Current
Technical Director
Digital Domain 3.0
01.2020 - 01.2021
Assistant Technical Director
Digital Domain 3.0
02.2018 - 01.2020
Digital Production Administrator
Digital Domain 3.0
02.2016 - 09.2016
Lead Digital Production Administrator
Digital Domain 3.0
01.2016 - 01.2018
Bachelors of Information Technology -
Carleton University
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