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Who am I?

Who am I?

I’m Mahin Karani.

An Indian creative grown up in Dubai, now based in Chicago, working somewhere between a film set and a campaign brief. I’ve been figuring out how to make things since I was a kid, shooting music videos with my cousins in the living room, and that curiosity has never really gone away.
 

The path hasn’t been straight into advertising or film. I taught myself how to edit videos when I was 12 and began learning VFX during the pandemic just for fun, and found myself at DePaul majoring in Advertising and minoring in Cinematography. Every detour turned out to be useful. People on set usually assume I majored in VFX. I didn't. I just never stopped being curious about it.

I still don’t have all the answers, but I’ve gotten very good at asking the right questions. 

 

I have big ambitions, and I’m just getting started...

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Academy MVP 2022-2023

Academy MVP 2024-2025

Academy MVP 2025-2026

Aside from that I am also currently a part of DePauls eSports Rocket League Team. As a non-competitive player I have been able to practice with the team while also keeping time for myself to work on all the different student FILMS and Projects. I have taken up bigger roles at the organization such as Academy Team Captain, Event Organizer 

Photo of my rocket league team at a tournament I hosted photographed by Mahin Karani (Josh Dix, CJ, James Lundell)

2v2 tournament I ideated and helped set up

January 2025

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