Robert Lang
Colorist
Rob has been a colourist in the post-production industry for over two decades. From the UK, he began his journey in color grading in Helsinki, Finland, where he graded his first full-length DI in 2001—just 18 months after the world’s first-ever DI feature, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
In 2002, he collaborated with acclaimed Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki on The Man Without a Past, Finland’s first Oscar-nominated feature. This milestone set the stage for an unstoppable career.
In 2006, Rob was invited to India to grade DI films at the legendary Pixion Studio in Mumbai. Since then, he has worked with many top international cinematographers and filmmakers, including Santosh Sivan ASC, Guillermo Navarro ASC, Oscar-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanović, Marc Koninckx AFC, and the late Ashok Mehta ISC.
Rob is credited as the colourist behind India’s first HDR project, Made In Heaven (2019) for Amazon Prime, and has since worked across all major Indian OTT platforms, including Netflix and Disney+ Hotstar.
In 2023, he made history as the first foreigner to receive the ‘Best Colourist’ award at India’s prestigious Kerala State Film Awards.
Award-Winning & Nominated Projects Graded by Rob:
• Academy Awards (Oscars), 2003 – Best Foreign Language Film (Nominated)
• Cannes Film Festival, 2002
• Grand Prize of the Jury (Winner)
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Winner)
• Golden Palm (Nominated)
• European Film Awards (2002 & 2005) – 8 Nominations
• BAFTA Awards, 2005 – 3 Nominations
• National Society of Film Critics Awards, 2004 – Best Foreign Language Film (Winner)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 2003 – Best Foreign Language Film (2nd Place)
• 54th National Film Awards (India), 2008 – Best Feature Film in Bengali (Winner)
• 60th National Film Awards (India), 2013 – Best Historical/Biographical Reconstruction (Winner)
• VAM Awards, 2021 – Digital Intermediate Special OPS (Winner)
• VAM Awards, 2022
• Digital Intermediate Special OPS 1.5 (Winner)
• Premium Original Series – Bombay Begums (Winner)
• 53rd Kerala State Film Awards, 2023 – Best Colourist (Winner)
Rob is a professional member of The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and Colorist Society International (CSI).