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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]

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

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

Bibliography

  • Sabnani, Nina. Stitching Stories: The Art of Embroidery in Gujarat. India, Tulika Publishers, 2011.[6]
  • Sabnani, Nina. Kaavad Tradition of Rajasthan: A Portable Pilgrimage. India, Niyogi Books, 2014.[5]

Awards

Nina Sabnani receiving Rajat Kamal Award from President Pranab Mukherjee
  • 2017 - Rajat Kamal Award for Best Animation in the film Hum Chitra Banate Hai, in Non-Feature Film Section.[7]
  • 2018 - Lifetime Achievement Award for Illustration by Tata Trusts at Tata Lit Live, Mumbai[8]

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