Nina Sabnani

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Nina Sabnani
Nina Sabnani at National Institute of Design Ahmedabad.jpg
Nina Sabnani at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Born1956 (age 68–69)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
NationalityIndian
Alma mater National Institute of Design, Syracuse University
Known for Animation, Illustration
AwardsRajat Kamal Award

Nina Sabnani (born 1956) is an Indian animation filmmaker, illustrator and an educator. She is known for her films which blend together animation and ethnography. Collaboration with diverse ethnic communities as well as storytelling with words and imagery have been her research interests. [1]

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Sabnani has taught for more than two decades at the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad. Along with Animation Design, Sabnani also served as the coordinator of the New Media Design when it was introduced in 2001 at National Institute of Design. [2] She is currently a professor at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay. [3]

Academic background

Sabnani graduated in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU, Vadodara and completed a certificate program in animation film making at the NID, Ahmedabad. She received a Fulbright Fellowship in 1997 to purse post-graduate studies in film at Syracuse University, New York. [4] Her doctoral research at the IDC, IIT Bombay was based on Rajasthan's Kaavad storytelling tradition. [5]

Filmography

YearTitle
1982Drawing! Drawing!
1984Shubh Vivah
1987A Summer Story
1988Badhte Kadam
1989-90All About Nothing
1990One Day in Fatehpur Sikri
1994Patents for Progress
2005Mukund and Riaz
2009The Makers of Tales
2009Tanko Bole Chhe (The Stitches Speak)
2011Baat Wahi Hai (It's The Same Story)
2012Bemata
2013Thank You Many Times
2016Hum Chitra Banate Hain (We Make Images)

Bibliography

Awards

Nina Sabnani receiving Rajat Kamal Award from President Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Rajat Kamal Award to the Director Ms. Nina Sabnani for the Best Animation, Film Hum Chitra Banate Hai, in Non-Feature Film Section, at the 64th National Film Awards Function, in New Delhi.jpg
Nina Sabnani receiving Rajat Kamal Award from President Pranab Mukherjee

References

  1. ↑ "Nina Sabnani". NalandaWay. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "FIRST PERSONNID launches PGD in New Media". The Times of India. 1 September 2001. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Sabnani, Nina". IDC School of Design. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Nina Sabnani | DER Filmmaker Bio". www.der.org. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 Sabnani, Nina (2014). Kaavad Tradition of Rajasthan: A Portable Pilgrimage. Niyogi Books. ISBN   978-93-83098-32-3.
  6. ↑ Sabnani, Nina (2011). Stitching Stories: The Art of Embroidery in Gujarat. Tulika Books. ISBN   978-81-8146-961-8.
  7. ↑ "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Film-maker Ketan Mehta, Nina Sabnani to be honoured at Animation Masters Summit 2021". OnManorama. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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