Yoomin Lee is a colorist at Company 3 London, a global company providing post services across feature films, episodic television, commercials, gaming and more. “The freedom to work on all sorts of projects, big or small, is a major thing that attracts talent to work for them,” Lee says.
We reached out to Lee to find out more about how she works and what inspires her.
Edgar Reyna is a colorist at India’s After Studios, a company that offers post services, including digital intermediates, visual effects and online editorial. A 10-year industry veteran, Reyna, who is Mexican-born, has been enjoying his time in Mumbai.
Let’s find out more…
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Company 3 senior colorist Yvan Lucas began working with DP Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC, on the look of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon long before the film was in production. Lucas, who has collaborated with Prieto on most of the cinematographer’s work for nearly two decades, shares Prieto’s fondness of a film-style workflow in which filmmakers do as much as possible upfront to set appropriate looks,
Clark Griffiths is a colorist at St. Louis-based Bruton Stroube, a 40-year-old live-action production studio whose post division is called Outpost.
After stints at Framestore and Company 3 in Chicago, Griffiths moved to Missouri in 2022 to work at Outpost. Over his career, he has graded spots for Allstate, Cadillac,
Growing up on a farm in the large, open spaces of the Australian Outback has had a big influence on Creative Outpost’s new senior colorist, Mark Horrobin. It not only gives him inspiration in his work, but it drives the types of grading he likes to work on. “I like wide-open spaces,
Troy Smith is a colorist at FotoKem’s Margarita Mix Hollywood. He calls it “a unique facility because it has a boutique feel with the resources and support of a large facility.”
In 2011, Margarita Mix built out the video side of its business offering online editorial and color grading,
Mark Meadows is a colorist at Stone Dogs, a London-based post house offering full production services, VFX, color and finishing. Meadows, who joined Stone Dogs in February, has worked in post for over 15 years. He moved up the ranks — from runner to MCR operator toassistant — learning to lace and scan film.
Alana Cotton is a colorist at Auckland, New Zealand-based Images & Sound, a full-service post house covering editorial, grading, visual effects, Foley, composition, ADR, mixing and deliverables. It’s been around for 40 years.
Let’s find out more about Cotton and the way she likes to work…
As a colorist,
Ana Escorse is a senior colorist at Toronto’s Studio Feather, a post house whose services include color, visual effects, finishing and motion design.
Born and raised in Brazil, Escorse’s interest in color can be traced back to her early exposure to Brazilian Baroque art. She moved to Canada in 2012 and found her way to color grading,
Light Iron colorist Sam Daley, who works on both features and episodics, joined the company’s New York facility in 2021. His television credits include the series Life & Beth, Succession and The Sinner, and his feature credits include Scenes From a Marriage, The Florida Project and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
Colorist Cameron Marygold is a recent addition to the roster at LA-based Ethos Studio, a post company offering color, editing and visual effects.
Marygold, who started in the industry as a mixing engineer, has pivoted to picture and now enjoys evoking emotion through color. Born and raised in Los Angeles,
Tahirah Foy is a colorist at Santa Monica’s ArsenalFX Color, a post studio providing full-spectrum services to the television industry, including color, VFX, conform and dailies.
Formerly with HBO, Foy joined ArsenalFX Color earlier this year, bringing with her experience in color grading for television, film and broadcast media as well as in film restoration.
Marina Starke is a Berlin-based freelance colorist who uses her own grading suite while working on short-form projects. “For long-form projects I usually work at different post houses, depending on where the project is being completed,” she says.
She knew in school that this would be her path. “When I discovered color grading during my studies,
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Working in post finishing or 10 years, colorist Tashi Trieu also has an extensive background in compositing as well as digital and film photography. He uses all of these talents while working on feature films (Bombshell), spots (Coke Zero) and episodics (Titans).
Light Iron supervising colorist Ian Vertovec provided the final color grade for the film Devotion, which tells the true story of Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in US Navy history, and his friendship with fellow fighter pilot Tom Hudner.
Vertovec worked closely with the film’s DP, Erik Messerschmidt,
Holly Greig is colorist at London’s Stone Dogs, a boutique post house providing VFX and finishing services and color via a new grading division that launched in August.
Greig first joined the post world as receptionist at Prime Focus, working her way up through the machine room to telecine assistant.