SIGNAL TO COLOR
is a bespoke look design, on-set LUT creation and color grading service.
Based in Berlin, avaliable remotely world wide.
Claudia Maneka Maharaj
My color grading practice is focused on the intersection of art and new technology. I am devoted to supporting the art of cinematography through the creative & technical craft of color grading.
Starting out as an aspiring cinematographer, I studied photography and worked on-set as a camera assistant, but quickly found my passion in post-production. My color grading journey began in 2007 as a telecine assistant and film scanner at Digital Pictures Post Production in Melbourne, one of the major post facilities in Australia at that time. In my two and a half years there I was able to quickly progress to working as a dailies telecine colorist for TV series, as well as a D.I. assistant and junior colorist for commercials and short films using Luster D.I.
In 2009 I moved to London, where I worked at DNEG for two years as an assistant VFX Editor. During this time I had the privilege of being a member of the Oscar Award Winning VFX team for “Inception”.
While in London, I returned to my childhood passion of painting. I produced a number of works, attained gallery representation and exhibited work in Melbourne, London and Berlin. In 2012 I relocated to Berlin to focus on my painting practice and this led to a five year detour away from my film career. During this time I worked as a projection artist with theatre productions, designed and developed an immersive VR experience and completed a Master's Degree in Media and Communications at Malmö University Sweden.
In late 2017, I once again began working professionally in post-production as a colorist and editor. In 2020, I co-founded Signals, an independent post-production studio focused on crafting Color, Sound & the Edit for moving image productions.
In late 2021, my curiosity in the development of new technologies for color grading led to me being mentored by Dado Valentic - an award-winning colorist and color scientist, as well as a pioneering developer in color science for digital film cameras. In late 2023 I was invited to present my Aerochrome Project work at The Colorists Meetup held at Arri, Burbank California and in mid 2024 I achieved a Masters Diploma through Color Training with my Research Thesis: “Exploring Color Science in Cinematic Image Processing: Enhancing Creativity through ACES 2.0 and Arri Log C4”