Shaharbin Aboobacker
Background
PG Diploma in Cinematography, SRFTI Kolkata, 2013 — the same institute that trained generations of Indian image-makers.
Feature and commercial work across the Indian industry, including Bollywood features as a camera-department lead.
Among India’s early production-grade 360° cinematographers, 2016–2018, on a custom-built aerial rig: Samsung Gear VR, Twinings London, Hero MotoCorp.
Relocated to Vancouver in 2022.
Now
Alpenglow Studios — immersive and commercial brand films, shot and finished to a cinema standard.
Developing Ground Truth — a volumetric documentary of the old-growth temperate rainforest of the British Columbia coast: conventional cinematography, drone photogrammetry, neural radiance fields and Gaussian splatting on one capture pipeline.
The capture pipeline behind it — Transport Canada RPAS, ARRI Academy, drone photogrammetry, NeRF and Gaussian splatting on one line — has been in development since 2022.
Working across immersive, documentary, narrative and commercial forms. Available worldwide.
Selected credits
Role · productionSpoken at · Whistling Woods International · S.P. Jain Emerging Tech · Jio Knowledge Series
Selected credits — productions
Twelve credits · one project in development| Year | Title | Role | Format | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Ground Truth | Director of Photography · Volumetric | In development · photogrammetry · Gaussian splatting | Enter ↗ |
| 2022 | Kara’s Vic — Aerial Dance Studio | Cinematographer | Performance · 1:13 | Watch ↗ |
| 2021 | Andhropa — album promo | Cinematographer | Music · 2:07 | Watch ↗ |
| 2020 | Pratibimb — A Reflection | Director of Photography | ARRI Alexa XT · 2.39:1 | Watch ↗ |
| 2018 | Twinings — A Day in Assam | Cinematographer · Immersive | VR 360° stereoscopic | Watch ↗ |
| 2017 | Daler Mehndi — Jaan Meri Dance Kar Le | Cinematographer · Immersive | Samsung Gear VR · 360° | Watch ↗ |
| 2017 | Kotak 811 — Quick Recharge | Cinematographer | Commercial | Watch ↗ |
| 2017 | Jal Hai Toh Kal Hai | Director · DP | Documentary · Rajasthan | Watch ↗ |
| 2016 | Star Sports — Ek India Happywala | Cinematographer | IPL campaign | Watch ↗ |
| 2016 | Hero MotoCorp — Greenovation | Cinematographer · 360° | Facebook 360 · brand film | Watch ↗ |
| 2015 | Chevrolet — Trailblazer | Cinematographer | Commercial · India | Watch ↗ |
| 2014 | Married | Director of Photography | 35mm B&W | Watch ↗ |
| — | Be Positive | Director of Photography | Short · dir. Sameer Chand | Watch ↗ |
Commissions and conversations
For producers & directors — reel and work on the homepage, brief in the form. Based in Vancouver, available worldwide.
For agents — currently independent. Representation conversations welcome: mark “Representation,” or write direct.