Ishu Patel
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Ishu Patel (April 20, 1942 - ) is an award-winning animator who is one of the "key filmmakers" of the National Film Board of Canada. [1], [2]. Patel is currently teaching animation and storytelling to animation students in India. [3]
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[edit] Background
Patel was born in Jalsan, a town near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. He received his B.F.A. from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. During this time, he met and worked with Henri Cartier-Bresson. He later pursued gradate studies with the National Institute of Design.
[edit] Career
[edit] National Film Board
Patel joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1970 and was there until the late 1990s [4]. He is particularly known for his 1977 film Bead Game which was nominated for an academy award [5], [6].
[edit] Teaching
Patel has taught at the University of Hawaii, the National Institute of Design, and in the Division of Animation and Digital Arts a department in the USC School of Cinema-Television. He also taught in independent programs in the former Yugoslavia, Korea, and Japan.
[edit] Awards
Winner:
- 1994: Ottawa International Animation Festival, Divine Fate
- 1986: Ottawa International Animation Festival, Paradise/Paradis
- 1985: Berlin International Film Festival, Paradise/Paradis (The Silver Bear)
- 1979: Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Afterlife (tie)
- 1978: Montréal World Film Festival, Afterlife
- 1978: BAFTA Film Award, The Bead Game
Nominated:
- 1985: 7th Genie Awards, Paradise/Paradis
- 1984: Academy Award for Animated Short Film, Paradise/Paradis
- 1982: 3rd Genie Awards, Top Priority
- 1977: Academy Award for Animated Short Film, The Bead Game
[edit] Select Filmography
- Divine Fate, (1993)
- Paradise/Paradis, (1984)
- Top Priority, (1982)
- Afterlife, (1978)
- The Bead Game, (1977)
- Perspectrum, (1974)
- How Death Came to Earth, (1971)
[edit] References
- ^ "National Film Board Key Filmmakers: Ishu Patel", National Film Board. Retrieved on August 20, 2006.
- ^ "Academy to Celebrate National Film Board of Canada Anniversary", Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 01 November 1999. Retrieved on August 20, 2006.
- ^ "TASI to host Ishu Patel, Isabel Herguera + Joel Simon - animation", mandy. Retrieved on November 29, 2006.
- ^ Glassman, Marc. "United Nations of animation - National Film Board of Canada", Take One, Summer 1997. Retrieved on August 20, 2006.
- ^ "National Film Board Corridors Open House - Ishu Patel Bead Game", National Film Board. Retrieved on August 20, 2006.
- ^ Simensky, Linda. "O Canada: - Canadian animators", Take One, Summer 1997. Retrieved on August 20, 2006.
[edit] Further reading
- Bendazzi, Giannalberto. "Ishu Patel." Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1996:270-271.
- Wiedemann, Julius (ed.) "Ishu Patel." Animation Now! Los Angeles: Taschen, 2004: 200-209.
