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.
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. She is currently a professor at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay.
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. Her doctoral research at the IDC, IIT Bombay was based on Rajasthan's Kaavad storytelling tradition.
Filmography +YearTitle1982Drawing! Drawing!1984Shubh Vivah1987A Summer Story1988Badhte Kadam1989-90All About Nothing1990One Day in Fatehpur Sikri1994Patents for Progress2005Mukund and Riaz2009The Makers of Tales2009Tanko Bole Chhe (The Stitches Speak)2011Baat Wahi Hai (It's The Same Story)2012Bemata2013Thank You Many Times2016Hum Chitra Banate Hain (We Make Images)
Bibliography
Sabnani, Nina. Stitching Stories: The Art of Embroidery in Gujarat. India, Tulika Publishers, 2011. Sabnani, Nina. Kaavad Tradition of Rajasthan: A Portable Pilgrimage. India, Niyogi Books, 2014.
Awards
2017 - Rajat Kamal Award for Best Animation in the film Hum Chitra Banate Hai, in Non-Feature Film Section. 2018 - Lifetime Achievement Award for Illustration by Tata Trusts at Tata Lit Live, Mumbai
References
External links
YouTube Channel Interview on The Story of Indian Animation Podcast on Landscape of Indian Animation