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
I am a colorist focusing my practice 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 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”