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Ishu Patel

  • Animation Department
  • Director
  • Producer
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Ishu Patel is an acclaimed Indian animation film director, producer and educator who has devoted his life to animation and photography.

Born in Gujarat (india), Patel graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Baroda, completed his graduate studies in Visual Communication at the National Institute of Design of Ahmedabad, and advanced Graphic Design at the Basel School of Design in Switzerland. A Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship brought him to the National Film Board of Canada, a country and a center to which he was linked for over 20 years.

He is well-known by films like Afterlife, the Bed Game, Top Priority, Divine Fate and Paradise. He has received many international awards: two Oscar Nominations, the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, the British Academy Award, and the Grand Prix at both Annecy and the Montreal World Film Festival.
BornApril 20, 1942
BornApril 20, 1942
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 7 wins & 5 nominations total

    Known for

    Paradis (1984)
    Paradis
    7.2
    Short
    • Animation Department
    • 1984
    Top Priority (1981)
    Top Priority
    6.3
    Short
    • Animation Department
    • 1981
    Afterlife (1978)
    Afterlife
    7.1
    Short
    • Animation Department
    • 1978
    Destin divin (1993)
    Destin divin
    6.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1993

    Credits

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    Animation Department



    • The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation (1994)
      The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation
      7.5
      • animator
      • 1994
    • Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, and Ryan Dillon in 1, rue Sésame (1969)
      1, rue Sésame
      8.1
      TV Series
      • animator (specific segments)
      • 1983–1986
    • Paradis (1984)
      Paradis
      7.2
      Short
      • animator
      • 1984
    • Top Priority (1981)
      Top Priority
      6.3
      Short
      • animator
      • 1981
    • This Is Me
      5.7
      Short
      • animator
      • 1979
    • Afterlife (1978)
      Afterlife
      7.1
      Short
      • animator
      • 1978
    • The Bead Game (1977)
      The Bead Game
      7.1
      Short
      • animator
      • 1977
    • Perspectrum (1975)
      Perspectrum
      6.9
      Short
      • animator
      • 1975
    • The Light Fantastick (1975)
      The Light Fantastick
      • special animation
      • 1975
    • About Puberty and Reproduction
      Short
      • animator
      • 1974
    • About VD
      Short
      • animator
      • 1974
    • About Conception and Contraception
      Short
      • animator
      • 1974
    • Natsuka Yashiro in Belladonna: La sorcière (1973)
      Belladonna: La sorcière
      7.3
      • layout artist
      • 1973
    • How Death Came to Earth (1971)
      How Death Came to Earth
      6.3
      Short
      • animator
      • 1971
    • Swimmy (1966)
      Swimmy
      Short
      • animator
      • 1966

    Director



    • Destin divin (1993)
      Destin divin
      6.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 1993
    • Ra: Path of the Sun God (1990)
      Ra: Path of the Sun God
      7.7
      • film director
      • 1990
    • Paradis (1984)
      Paradis
      7.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 1984
    • Top Priority (1981)
      Top Priority
      6.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 1981
    • Afterlife (1978)
      Afterlife
      7.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 1978
    • The Bead Game (1977)
      The Bead Game
      7.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 1977
    • Perspectrum (1975)
      Perspectrum
      6.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 1975
    • About Puberty and Reproduction
      Short
      • Director
      • 1974
    • About VD
      Short
      • Director
      • 1974
    • About Conception and Contraception
      Short
      • Director
      • 1974
    • How Death Came to Earth (1971)
      How Death Came to Earth
      6.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 1971

    Producer



    • The Wanderer (1988)
      The Wanderer
      7.3
      Short
      • producer
      • 1988
    • Paradise/Paradis
      Short
      • producer
      • 1985
    • A Special Letter
      Short
      • producer
      • 1984
    • Paradis (1984)
      Paradis
      7.2
      Short
      • producer
      • 1984
    • The Sound Collector (1982)
      The Sound Collector
      6.8
      Short
      • producer
      • 1982
    • Top Priority (1981)
      Top Priority
      6.3
      Short
      • producer
      • 1981

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • April 20, 1942
      • Gujarat, India

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