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Hootan Haghshenas, CSI

Hootan Haghshenas is a Melbourne-based colourist, finishing artist, and digital image maker with more than 14 years of experience across feature films, television, documentaries, commercials, and music videos. Known for his strong visual sensibility and deep understanding of colour science and post-production workflows, his work combines cinematic storytelling with refined technical execution.

Hootan studied Cinematography at the Art University of Tehran before completing a Master of Photography at the RMIT University. Alongside his work in post-production, he has developed a parallel artistic practice focused on staged photography, digital image making, and cinematic visual compositions. His works have been exhibited in galleries and group exhibitions internationally, including in Melbourne.

Throughout his career, Hootan has worked as a senior colourist and finishing artist on a wide range of productions for cinema, streaming, and broadcast platforms. His expertise spans HDR and SDR mastering, advanced colour pipelines, VFX integration, and finishing workflows. His work is recognised for its cinematic style, attention to detail, and ability to shape distinctive visual identities for each project.

CV.

  • Filmography ( Colour Grader)

    2026, Ethos (Season 2)
    2026, Tigers
    2026,AL Beni Baba
    2025,My Yellow Your Red,Short,Colorist,,
    2025,Lefter The Story of the Ordinarius,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2025,Bi Umut,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2025,Black Rabbit White Rabbit,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2025,Platonic,TV Series,Colorist,8 episodes,
    2025,There at the Same Time,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2025,Tasian,TV Series,Colorist,11 episodes,
    2025,Deep Crack,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2024,The Last Surviving Cheetahs,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2024,Neredeyse Kesinlikle Yanlis,Short,Colorist,,
    2024,Intoxicated by Love,Feature Film,Colourist,,
    2024,Alison,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2024,A Round of Applause,TV Series,Colorist,6 episodes,
    2023,Gazelle,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2023,Rumi,TV Series,Colorist,5 episodes,
    2022,Treasure,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2022,Gorgeous,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2022,Doom of Love,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2022,A Minor,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2022,UFO,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2022,Intersection Glad to Have You Eren,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2021,There is No Rain in Hell,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2021,In Public,Short,Colorist,,
    2021,Killing the eunuch KHAN,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2021,The Absent Director,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2021,Grudge,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2021,Identibye,Short,Colorist,,
    2021,The Frog,TV Series,Colorist,13 episodes,
    2021,Under Low Light,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2021,Paper Lives,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2021,Zalava,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2021,Majority,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2020,The Spit,Short,Colorist,,
    2020,Titi,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2020,Careless Crime,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2020,For the Sake of Calmness,Short,Colorist,,
    2020,Silenced Tree,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2020,It Turned Into Blood,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2020,Sun Children,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2020,Sheen,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2020,Zero Zone,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Gesture,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Pocket Hercules Naim Suleymanoglu,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Rejected,Short,Colorist,,
    2019,In Paradox,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Zaferanieh July 5,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Zero Floor,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Tornado,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Sweet Agony 2,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Bed bug,Short,Colorist,,
    2019,White Forehead 3,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Turkish Ice Cream,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Gholamreza Takhti,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Mastermind,Feature Film,Final Colorist,,
    2019,Alive,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Blood of God,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,My Second Year in College,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,The Warden,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Symphony No 9,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Gold,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Blade and Termeh,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Castle of Dreams,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Law of Tehran,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2019,Murphys Law,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2018,Sukut Evi,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2018,Muslum,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2018,White Forehead 2,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2018,Sacrifice,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2018,Manicure,Short,Colorist,,
    2018,Gloomy Celebration,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2018,Sheeple,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2018,Cypress Under Water,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2018,The Lost Strait,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2018,Axing,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2018,Misunderstanding,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2017,The Lobby,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2017,Sunset Truck,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2017,Invasion,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2017,Life Without Life,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2017,House of Paper,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2017,Limbo,Short,Colorist,,
    2017,Simulation,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2017,Isolation,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2017,Under the Smoky Roof,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2017,Azar,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2017,No Date No Signature,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2017,Searing Summer,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,Hello Mumbai,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,Final Exam,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,The Salesman,Feature Film,Colorist,Oscar-winning film
    2016,50 Kilos of Sour Cherries,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,Sound and Fury,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,It Happened at Midnight,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,Cyanide,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,The Orphanage,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,Bodyguard,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,Minas Choice,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,A House on 41st Street,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,Inadaptable,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,Daughter,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,A Dragon Arrives,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,Gita,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2016,Where Are My Shoes,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,Silent,Short,Colorist,,
    2015,The Other Ones Dad,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,A Tale of Love,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,Yahya Didnt Keep Quiet,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,A Persian Melody,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,Avalanche,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,Wednesday May 9,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,Time to Love,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,Confessions of My Dangerous Mind,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,The Long Farewell,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,I Am Diego Maradona,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,The Mobarak,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,Sperm Whale,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,Crazy Rook,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,Night Shift,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,The Nameless Alley,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2015,Two,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,The Stranger,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,Mardan,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,The City of Mice 2,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,Pope,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,Five to Five,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,Che,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,Today,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,Melbourne,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,Trazhedy,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,Angels Descend Together,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,Im Not Angry,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,Azar Shahdokht Parviz and Others,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,Lady,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2014,We Have a Guest,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,From Iran a Separation,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,Where Is the Land,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,3 Yol,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,Annunciation to a Third Milennium Citizen,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,Twilight,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,Nowhere Nobody,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,Duet,Short,Colorist,,
    2013,Where the Wind Whispers,Short,Colorist,,
    2013,Actors Studio,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,One Two Three Five,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,Shallow Yellow Sky,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,Trapped,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,The Painting Pool,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2013,The Southside Pickpocket,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,The Private Life of Mr and Mrs M,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,The Sinners,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,Taboor,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,An Sooy e Bonbast,Short,Colorist,,
    2012,Kaghaze Khoroos Neshan,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,Redhat and the Brat,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,Orange Suit,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,The Snow on the Pines,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,Needlessly and Causelessly,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,Hatred,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,Im His Wife,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,The Queen,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2012,A Simple Love Story,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2011,The Sound of My Foot,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2011,Octopus,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2011,Mourning,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2011,When the Kid Was a Kid,Short,Colorist,,
    2011,First Condition,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2011,Absolutely Tame Is a Horse,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2011,Along City,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2011,Final Whistle,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2011,A Cube of Sugar,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2010,Qandil Mountains,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2010,Salve,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2010,Saint Petersburg,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2010,Tired,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2010,Mom Behrouz Hit Me,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2010,Democracy in Daylight,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2010,Farewell Baghdad,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2010,Love at 40,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2009,Trial on the Street,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2009,Motherland,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2008,Canaan,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2008,As Simple as That,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2007,Jani Gal,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2006,Have You Another Apple,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2005,So Close So Far,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2004,Beautiful City,Feature Film,Colorist,,
    2003,Dancing in the Dust,Feature Film,Colorist,,

Photography Exhibitions:
 
  • RMIT Site 8 Gallery, Group exhibition, June 2023
 
  • Magnet Galleries group exhibition, May, 2022
 
  • The Art University of Tehran Cinematography students group exhibition, October 2009
 
  • Sooreh College of Art graduate exhibition, November 2006
  • Awards:

 

  • Ballarat GradFoto 2023 Shortlisted
 
  • Arts Law Pro Bono prize, 2023
 
  • 32nd Fajr Film Festival Achievement Award for “Colour and Postproduction” (2014)
 
  • 31st Fajr Film Festival Achievement Award for “Colour and Postproduction” (2013)
 
  • Best Cinematography for “The Doll Maker’s Winter” short film from the 5th “Nahal International Film Festival.” 2007
 
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