# Aaron Peak

> Aaron Peak is a Los Angeles colorist, visual-effects supervisor and founder whose work sits in the final, easily overlooked stretch of filmmaking. After credits at Solvent Dreams and Hollywood DI, he built a career across independent features, documentaries, commercials and games, later founding Neon Diesel and co-founding Samara Systems, a remote collaboration platform created by filmmakers for filmmakers.

- **Role:** Founder and Colorist at Neon Diesel; Co-founder of Samara Systems
- **Organizations:** Neon Diesel, Samara Systems, Hollywood DI, Tool and Dye, Wildfire Finishing, Solvent Dreams
- **Education:** Art Institute of Pittsburgh
- **Known for:** Built a screen career spanning color, online editing, producing and visual-effects supervision across feature films, documentaries, commercials and games., Colored God Bless America, which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival., Served as colorist on Imperial Dreams, which premiered at Sundance and later reached a wide audience through Netflix.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Credited for color and graphics, as well as online editing, on the PBS documentary Made in L.A. through Solvent Dreams.
- **2007** — Received a digital effects producer credit on Smiley Face.
- **2008-2010** — Worked as a DI colorist on four Command & Conquer game releases, including Red Alert 3 and Tiberian Twilight.
- **2011** — Colored Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America at Hollywood DI and received editor, producer and color credits across several independent projects.
- **2012** — Profiled among the Hollywood DI colorists who migrated entirely to DaVinci Resolve as GPU-based finishing reshaped independent post-production.
- **2014-2015** — Colored Imperial Dreams and Me + Her, then finished the Sundance documentary Call Me Lucky at Tool and Dye.
- **2018-2019** — Worked through Neon Diesel Finishing on projects including Papa and Endings, Beginnings, serving on the latter as visual-effects supervisor and DI supervisor.
- **2020** — Co-founded Samara Systems with director Nenad Cicin-Sain and producer Paul Geffre to support secure remote production and post-production collaboration.
- **2024** — Credited as digital artist and supervising colorist on episodes of the documentary series Investigation Alien.
- **2025** — Credited as visual-effects supervisor on Ella McCay.

## Achievements

- Built a screen career spanning color, online editing, producing and visual-effects supervision across feature films, documentaries, commercials and games.
- Colored God Bless America, which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- Served as colorist on Imperial Dreams, which premiered at Sundance and later reached a wide audience through Netflix.
- Served as visual-effects supervisor and DI supervisor on Endings, Beginnings through Neon Diesel Finishing.
- Co-founded Samara Systems, a secure live-streaming collaboration platform designed for production and post-production teams.
- Worked on early GPU-based DaVinci Resolve workflows at Hollywood DI during the industry's shift toward more accessible digital finishing.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Received a visual-effects supervisor credit on Ella McCay.
- **2024-11** — Credited as digital artist and supervising colorist on Investigation Alien episodes including The Phoenix Lights and The Brazil Connection.

## Links

- Website: https://www.neondieselfinishing.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-peak
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fxpeak/

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Last updated: 2026-09-27