Driven by insatiable curiosity, the love of learning and a passion for technology; designing exhilarating, challenging and thrilling visuals is Gautami’s innate nature. Her artistic core centers upon capturing moments of beauty in the unlikeliest of places at the most unexpected of times to create unexpectedly delightful experiences for the audiences.

Gautami shoots live-action and virtual production. And is expanding into working with volumetrics, animation, games, immersive experiences and inter-disciplinary imaging.

Currently as the Director of Photography at Whisper Virtual Studios; she leverages her unique perspective, her precise yet versatile VP skillset and her transferable live-action skills to creatively and technically ensure the success of the hybrid VP and ICVFX projects she is working on alongside her live-action work.

She has filmed commercials and branded content for brands like Mercedes-Benz, L'Oréal, John Deere, Unilever, Nestlé, Redbull, Asus, Abbott, Oreo, Glenlivet, Miss World, Master Chef, Tata Docomo, Jabong, and Tanishq; to name a few. And has shot for production houses like Ajay Devgan FFilms Rajkumar Hirani Films, Luv Films and Clean Slate Filmz, among others.

Her work includes the Indian Virtual Launch Events for John Deere Tractors; some of the earliest on-set virtual production shoots in India.

As a creative technologist; she is also an OSVP Consultant and educator currently working with some of India’s largest upcoming VP Stages and top educational institutions in setting up their VP facilities.

Gautami is a member of the Visual Effects Society. She is an alumnus of the Epic Games Unreal Engine Virtual Production Fellowships: Animation and Women Creators Program. And has been the Cinematography Mentor for the later.

The stories that Gautami works best with; often demand emotionally resonant, lucid, textural, unconventional and visceral visuals; which encourage viewers to truly ponder on the nature of their reality, thereby highlighting the elusive essence of the collective human perspective.

She is keen on lensing technically complex projects with challenging narratives for innovative storytellers, beloved brands and big businesses; which require immersive and emotive imagery that blurs the line between the real and unreal.

She loves sharing her knowledge of creating images through teaching and mentoring.