ALAA ALSALANTY

CG SupervisorLighting & Lookdev SupervisorLighting TD
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Work

Selected work

Oscar® Winner — Best Visual Effects Dune: Part Two — poster
Feature Film

Dune: Part Two

DNEG · 2024
Mood-driven cinematic lighting Haunted Mansion — poster
Feature Film

Haunted Mansion

DNEG / Disney · 2023
300+ VFX shots · team of 70+ Mousa — poster
Feature Film

Mousa

Aroma Designs · 2021
Multi-episode lighting supervision Paranormal — Season 1 — poster
Original Series

Paranormal — Season 1

Netflix · 2020

Showreel

Showreel

A selection of cinematic lighting and lookdev work across feature film and episodic VFX.

Info

Info

Cinematic Lighting TD and CG Supervisor with 9+ years of feature film, episodic, and commercial VFX experience. Proven track record delivering high-fidelity photorealistic imagery on Oscar-winning productions using Clarisse and Houdini.

Expert in physically based shading, look development, rendering optimization, and Linux-based pipeline environments. Adept at collaborating cross-departmentally with CG supervisors, art directors, and texture artists to realize ambitious visual styles under pressure.

Currently leading lookdev and lighting at Vogue Studios, Cairo — architecting shading and lighting workflows, building Python automation that reduces turnaround, and mentoring lighting artists toward a consistent, high approval-rate standard.

DCC / Rendering
Maya, Houdini, Clarisse, Nuke, Substance Painter, ZBrush, Arnold, RenderMan, V-Ray
Lighting & Lookdev
Cinematic lighting, physically based shading, lookdev, shading networks, MaterialX, HDRI, light linking, AOV management
Pipeline & Systems
Linux, ShotGrid, Python scripting, scene assembly, set dressing, workflow design
Portrait of Alaa Alsalanty
Lookdev & Lighting Supervisor / Lighting TD
Vogue Studios — Cairo, Egypt
11/2024 – 05/2026
Lighting Technical Director
DNEG — Montreal, QC, Canada
07/2022 – 12/2023
CG Supervisor / Lighting TD
Freelance — Canada · Saudi Arabia · Egypt
03/2021 – 05/2022
CG Supervisor — Shading & Lighting Lead
Aroma Designs & Solutions — Cairo, Egypt
11/2019 – 03/2021
3D Generalist
The Crew — Cairo, Egypt
03/2017 – 08/2018

Awards

Awards

Awards for our work on 'Dune: Part Two'

Academy Award Visual Effects 2025
EE BAFTA Film Award Special Visual Effects 2025
Critics Choice Award Best Visual Effects 2025
VES Award Outstanding CG Cinematography 2025
VES Award Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Feature 2025

Collaborations

Collaborations

Studios and productions I've delivered work with.

Connect

Connect

Available for feature, episodic, and commercial work. Relocation available.

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Location Giza, Egypt