Projects I worked on below.

Shawn Sahara

Senior Compositor

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Tan

I have 10 years of experience as a compositor in the post production industry. My artistic and technical skills are best utilized in a creative, collaborative environment that pushes innovative work on commercials, episodic television and film.

about me

I’m born and raised in Chicago, IL. I have lived in Los Angeles for 12 years.

Address

Los Angeles, CA

Phone

312.613.1268

Email

shawnsahara@gmail.com

Website

www.shawnsahara.com

EXPERIENCE

April 2025 - June 2025

Senior Compositor
Scanline VFX

  • Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
Oct 2022 - Jan 2024

Senior Compositor
Scanline VFX

  • The Flash (2023)
  • Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
  • Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
  • Joker: Folie a Deux (2024)
Jan 2021 - July 2022

Senior Compositor
FusexFX

  • 911 (2021)
  • Tacoma FD (2021)
  • Outer Banks (2021)
  • The Morning Show (2021)
  • Good Girls (2021)
  • B Positive (2021)
  • Pose (2021)
  • Triage (2022)
  • Julia (2022)
  • Terminal List (2022)
  • American Horror Story (2022)
  • Hunters (2022)
Sept 2020 - Jan 2021

Digital Compositor
Digital Frontier

  • Falcon and Winter Soldier (2021)
  • Occupation : Rainfall (2021)
Sept 2018 - May 2020

Digital Compositor
Pixomondo

  • Westworld (2020)
  • Locke & Key (2020)
  • Star Trek: Short Treks (2019)
  • The Mandalorian (2019)
  • Goliath (2019)
  • Orville (2019)
  • Counterpart (2020)
  • Midway (2019)
  • Game of Thrones Commercial (2019)
  • Perry Mason (2020)
Aug 2018 - Sept 2018

Digital Compositor
Digital Domain

  • A Series of Unfortunate Events (2019)
Oct 2017 - July 2018

Digital Compositor
Encore

  • Narcos: Mexico (2018)
  • Titans (2018)
  • You (2018)
  • God Friended Me (2018)
  • Insecure (2018)
  • The Desecrated (2018)
  • Dietland (2018)
  • Seal Team (2018)
  • DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (2017-2018)
  • Black Lighting (2018)
  • Arrow (2017)
  • The Flash (2017)
  • Supergirl (2017)
  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2017)            
  • Power (2018)
  • Pose (2018)
Aug 2017 - Sept 2017

Digital Compositor
Gradient FX

  • Thor : Ragnarok (2017)
July 2017 - Aug 2017

Digital Compositor
Mammal Studios

  • Bright (2017)
April 2017

Digital Compositor
Ingenuity Studios

  • Imagine Dragons – Thunder (MV)
Oct 2017 - Mar 2017

Digital Compositor
Shade VFX

  • A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
  • John Wick : Chapter 2 (2017)
  • Sense 8 (2017)
  • The Last Ship (2017)
  • Logan Lucky (2017)
  • All Eyez on Me (2017)
  • Monster of God (2017) (Doc)
Dec 2013 - Oct 2016

Roto/Paint/Compositor
Luma Pictures

  • Insurgent (2015)
  • Ant-Man (2015)
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
  • Moon and the Sun (2015)
  • The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
  • Allegiant (2016)
  • Deadpool (2016)
  • Captain America: Civil War (2016)
  • Dr. Strange (2016)
  • Underworld: Blood Wars (2017)
  • Alien: Covenant (2017)
  • Coca-Cola: (Hulk vs. Ant-Man) (2016)
  • The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Commercial (2015)
  • Captain America  : The Winter Soldier (2014)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
  • Heart of the Sea (2015)
  • Run all night (2015)
  • Alicia Keys- It’s on Again – The Amazing Spider Man 2  (2014)
Oct 2014 - Dec 2014

Digital Compositor
Gradient Effects

  • The Last Ship (2014)
May 2013 - June 2013

Digital Compositor
Calabash Animation

  • Lucky Charms (commercial) (2013)
Jan 2013

Digital Compositor
Leviathan

  • Callaway Golf (commercial) (2013)
Aug 2012 - Nov 2012

Digital Compositor
Calabash Animation

  • Green Giant commercial (2012)
Feb 2011 - May 2011

Roto/ Paint/ Compositing
Radar Studios

  • McDonald’s Pokemon commercial (2010)
Jan 2010 - July 2010

2D Motion Artist
Daily Planet Ltd.

  • Gate of Hells (History Channel) (2010)
  • WNBA (2010)
  • National Geographic (2010)
  • Black Hawks (2010)
  • Ambius (2010)
Oct 2009 - Jan 2010

Motion Capture Assistant/ 2D Artistt
Red Eye Studio

  • Tournament of Legends (2010)

education

Aug 2007- Aug 2008

Vancouver Film School
3D Animation and Visual Effects Certification

Aug 2004 – May 2007

Webster University
Interactive Digital Media, Bachelor of Arts

Aug 2002 – May 2004

Southern Illinois University
Media Studies

skills

CG/VFX Compositing
Keying/BG Replacement
Set Extensions
Head/face change
CG Crowd additions
VFX look development
Driving sequences
Monitor burn in
Muzzle flashes
Blood squids
Beauty work
2d/3d Track
Wire/Rig Removal
Roto/Paint

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