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'''Namit Malhotra''' (born 2 April 1976) is the chief executive officer of [[visual effects]], animation and [[stereo conversion]] company DNEG.<ref>{{cite web|title= DNEG targets China and India with ReDefine VFX. |url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech/dneg-targets-china-and-india-with-redefine-vfx/5139502.article |work=Broadcast |accessdate=May 22, 2019}}</ref> He is also the Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Prime Focus Limited, world's largest independent integrated media services company.<ref>{{cite web|title= Working to create the 'Pixar of India': Namit Malhotra, chairman & founder, Prime Focus. |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-07-15/news/40590323_1_namit-malhotra-prime-focus-visual-effects |work=Economic Times |accessdate=July 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prime Focus Ltd. |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=27044908&ticker=27352669 |publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |accessdate=November 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prime Focus Q1 FY15 Consolidated revenues at Rs 3.5 bn |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/archive/02205/Click_here_for_pdf_2205867a.pdf|publisher=The Hindu Business Line |accessdate=November 14, 2014}}</ref>
'''Namit Malhotra''' (born 2 April 1976) is the chief executive officer of [[visual effects]], animation and [[stereo conversion]] company [[DNEG]].<ref>{{cite web|title= DNEG targets China and India with ReDefine VFX. |url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech/dneg-targets-china-and-india-with-redefine-vfx/5139502.article |work=Broadcast |accessdate=May 22, 2019}}</ref> He is also the Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Prime Focus Limited, world's largest independent integrated media services company.<ref>{{cite web|title= Working to create the 'Pixar of India': Namit Malhotra, chairman & founder, Prime Focus. |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-07-15/news/40590323_1_namit-malhotra-prime-focus-visual-effects |work=Economic Times |accessdate=July 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prime Focus Ltd. |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=27044908&ticker=27352669 |publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |accessdate=November 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prime Focus Q1 FY15 Consolidated revenues at Rs 3.5 bn |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/archive/02205/Click_here_for_pdf_2205867a.pdf|publisher=The Hindu Business Line |accessdate=November 14, 2014}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==

Revision as of 10:15, 5 July 2019

Namit Malhotra
Born
Namit Malhotra

(1976-04-02) 2 April 1976 (age 48)
NationalityIndia
Alma materH.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai
Occupation(s)Chief Executive Officer of DNEG; Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Prime Focus

Namit Malhotra (born 2 April 1976) is the chief executive officer of visual effects, animation and stereo conversion company DNEG.[1] He is also the Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Prime Focus Limited, world's largest independent integrated media services company.[2][3][4]

Early life

Namit is the eldest son of Bollywood film producer Naresh Malhotra and grandson of cinematographer M.N. Malhotra. He grew up in Mumbai, India and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Commerce from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai.[5][6]

Career

In 1995, at the age of 18, Namit enrolled in a computer graphics school, where he saw how whole movies could be created on computers. He recruited three of his teachers at the school as co-founders and started Video Workshop, an editing studio in his father's garage.[7]

Over the next two years, Video Workshop completed work on many television shows and serials (like Boogie Woogie for Sony, Colgate Top 10 for Zee Entertainment, Gaatha for Star India), advertisement films/TVC's (for producers like Sunil Manchanda of MAD Entertainment) and music videos (for producers like Sanjay Gupta, Kunal Kohli and Anubhav Sinha). It also ran the post-production facility for Channel V. In 1997, Malhotra merged Video Workshop's business with Naresh Malhotra's Video Works, a film production equipment rental business to create Prime Focus. Prime Focus provided technological creative services such as visual effects, sound and Digital Intermediate (DI) for television and movies. It was one of the earliest companies to set up a scanning and recording system (2001) and DI system (2003) in India. It was also the first visual effects company in India to operate a Motion Controlled Rig (2004).

In 2006, Namit listed Prime Focus on the Indian stock exchange and he became the first Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the newly-listed company. Prime Focus expanded its creative services business globally with the launch of Prime Focus World (PFW), which acquired visual effects (VFX), broadcast and post-production facilities in London, New York, Los Angeles and Vancouver.[8]

In 2008, Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), created the world's first hybrid cloud-enabled Media ERP suite, CLEAR™.[9]

In 2009, using Prime Focus World's proprietary View-D technology, the company converted Clash of the Titans into 3D. The work on this movie led to Prime Focus delivering stereo conversions for a number of other movie blockbusters, including: Star Wars: Episode I, Star Wars: Episode II, and Star Wars: Episode III; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2; The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; Wrath of the Titans; Transformers: Dark of the Moon; and Shrek 2.

In October 2011, Namit relinquished his role as Managing Director of Prime Focus Limited to Ramki Sankaranarayanan. In 2012, he secured Standard Chartered Private Equity to invest in Prime Focus and diluted his stake in Prime Focus World to bring onboard Aid Capital Partners and Macquarie Capital Group in 2013.[10]

Merger of Prime Focus Group and Double Negative

In 2014, Namit led a merger between Prime Focus World, the creative subsidary of the Prime Focus Group, and Double Negative, the UK-based global Hollywood VFX house.[11] Shortly afterwards, Namit returned to the board of Prime Focus Limited as Executive Chairman and Global CEO.

A month later, in July 2014, Prime Focus announed a merger with Reliance Group’s film and media services business. As a result of these mergers, Prime Focus became a global media services "power house" with operations across 16 cities, four continents and seven time zones, and over 5,500 people.[12]

In January 2019, Namit announed a strategic collaboration with the musician Pritam and the artiste management firm Kwan, to create JAM8. The move was designed to expand Prime Focus Limited’s foothold on the music and entertainment industry.[13] In the following month, the Times of India reported that Namit would be a producer on Madhu Mantena’s adaptation of the epic Ramayana, said to be budgeted at RS 600 crore.[14]

Around the same time, DNEG won its fifth Oscar for Best Visual Effects, for its work on First Man. This was DNEG’s fourth Oscar win in the past five years, with previous wins for Blade Runner 2049 (2018), Ex Machina (2016), Interstellar (2015) and Inception (2011).[15]

Namit speaks publicly at industry events such as the Stereo Conversion Round Table, FICCI Frames, KL Converge and British Columbia – India Trade Mission.

References

  1. ^ "DNEG targets China and India with ReDefine VFX". Broadcast. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Working to create the 'Pixar of India': Namit Malhotra, chairman & founder, Prime Focus". Economic Times. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  3. ^ "Prime Focus Ltd". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "Prime Focus Q1 FY15 Consolidated revenues at Rs 3.5 bn" (PDF). The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  5. ^ "Namit Malhotra". KL Converge. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  6. ^ "How Namit Malhotra turned Prime Focus a creative force behind five Oscar nominations for 2012". Economic Times. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  7. ^ "How Prime Focus Broke into Hollywood". Forbes India. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  8. ^ "Prime Focus going for Rs 150 cr IPO". DNA India. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  9. ^ "CLEAR™ MEDIA ERP". Prime Focus Technologies. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  10. ^ "Standard Chartered PE to invest $35 million in Prime Focus". Mint. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  11. ^ "Visual Effects Giants Prime Focus World, Double Negative to Merge". Variety. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  12. ^ "Reliance Group to merge entertainment arm with Prime Focus". The Economic Times, India. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  13. ^ "Prime Focus joins hands with Pritam and Kwan to create JAM8". SantaBanta. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  14. ^ "Madhu Mantena to produce the most expensive film on Ramayana". The Times of India. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  15. ^ "DNEG wins vfx Oscar for First Man". Broadcast. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
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