Vineet Verma (born 25 November 1982 in Aurangabad, State of

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) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, 2D and 3D animator, and storyboard artist.

Biography

Verma comes from a family of artists. His grandfather Bhagwan Das Varma was a writer and his mother Vijaya Verma a classical singer. His father N.K. Verma owns a printing business in New Delhi. Verma began working in animation right after graduating from high school. Over a period of 10 years, he worked as an animator at Escotoonz Entertainment, Telemission Production, UTV Software Communications, and Crest Animation Studios, while earning a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from the Indira Gandhi National Open University in India. He also earned a Higher National Diploma in computing from

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, London. He began his career as a 2D (Classical and Flash) animator and gradually moved to 3D (Maya and Max) animation and later to live action filmmaking. He was one of the senior animators of the series

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, which is broadcast on

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and won a 2009 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Animated Program. In 2008, Verma moved to New York City, where he completed a 1-year intensive filmmaking program at

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. He has since written, produced and directed a number of short films. His film ''Colors'', an official selection of the Big Apple Film Festival 2010, was screened at Tribeca Cinemas. Verma was a judge at the 15th annual Derek Freese High School Film and Video Festival 2010 for the Best Animation/Experimental Film category.

Filmography

References

External links

* http://vcreative.synthasite.com/ * http://freesefilmfestival.org/judge-bios-vineet-verma/ * http://www.telemission.in/aboutus.php {{DEFAULTSORT:Verma, Vineet Living people 1982 births People from Aurangabad, Maharashtra Indian filmmakers People from Marathwada