Shilpa Ranade (born 1966) is an Indian designer, animator, illustrator, filmmaker and academician. She has been faculty at the

Industrial Design Centre The IIT Bombay Industrial Design Centre School of Design (IITB IDC School of Design) is a design school part of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, a public research university in Powai, Mumbai. It offers four-year Bachelor of Design (B. ...

at IIT Bombay since 2001. She has directed animated short films for Channel 4, UK and her films have been screened all over the world, winning accolades in some of the most prestigious film festivals. The award-winning animation movie

Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya ''Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya'' is an Indian animated film directed by Shilpa Ranade. It is based on the characters ''Goopy'' and ''Bagha'' created by Satyajit Ray's grandfather Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury. The film is inspired from ''Goopy Gy ...

was her last full-length feature film which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her other films are ''Naja Goes to School'' and ''Mani's Dying''.

Early life and education

As a child, she was deeply interested in drawing and art. Her parents encouraged her to pursue a career in an area of her interest. After class 10, she decided to pursue applied art and she went to

Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art is an Indian applied art institution based in Mumbai. It is a state government college that was started through its sister school, the Sir J. J. School of Art. The "Sir J. J." in the name stands for Sir Jamse ...

where she specialized in Illustration and Video. She then decided to pursue visual communication at I.I.T. Bombay and in 1989, she graduated with Master in Design ( Visual Communication) with a specialization in Advanced Illustration and Video. To study animation formally, she pursued her M.Phil in Animation at the Royal College of Art in London. Her thesis was on 'Indigenous Images and Narratives for Socially Relevant Animation'.

Career

In 2001, she joined

at I.I.T Bombay and was responsible for setting up the centre's first degree program in animation. Its first batch graduated in 2006. She has also illustrated numerous books for children for leading publishers in the country including Scholastic, Eklavya, Pratham and Karadi Tales. Her latest curatorial endeavor includes two large volumes: ''Plant Life'' and ''Child Farmers''. While 'Plant Life' is an anthology of children's drawing and writing on their perceptions on lower and higher plants, 'Child Farmers' portrays the lives of the children of the farmers of

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who lost their fathers to suicide. In 2013, she directed her first feature-length animation film

for the Children's Film Society of India. The film is an adaptation of a 1915 children's story by

Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury (12 May 1863 – 20 December 1915) was a Bengali language, Bengali writer and painter. One of his written book is ''Chotoder Shera Biggan Rochona Shongkolon''. He was the son-in-law of reformer Dwarkanath Ganguly. He ...

about two musician friends on an adventure. Her film has premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and has been screened at Busan Korea, MAMI India, DIFF Dubai and NYICFF New York among others. She is also a founding member of Damroo which is responsible for creating content for children where she produced books and films while working closely with children. She has also illustrated numerous books for children for leading publishers in the country such as Scholastic, Eklavya, Pratham and Karadi Tales.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranade, Shilpa Living people Indian animators Indian animated film directors Indian women film directors Indian women animators Indian women filmmakers Indian filmmakers 1966 births