Sanjay Patel
Sanjay Patel (* 1974 in London ) is a British - American animator , illustrator and film director .
Life
Patel was born in London, but moved with his Gujarat family as a child to San Bernardino , California, where the family ran a motel. After finishing high school , Patel studied animation at the Cleveland Institute of the Arts and then at the California Institute of the Arts , but dropped out both times: After two years at CalArts, he was hired by Pixar as an animator in the mid-1990s . At Pixar, he was involved as an animator in the films Das große Krabbeln (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Die Monster AG (2001) and Ratatouille (2007).
Patel started working on the short animation film Sanjay's Super Team from 2012 , with which he made his debut as a director. It is the first Pixar film to put a person of color at the center of the plot, with the film being autobiographical. Sanjay's Super Team was released in 2015 and screened in theaters as a supporting film for Arlo & Spot . Patel was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Animated Short Film in 2016 for Sanjay's Super Team together with producer Nicole Grindle .
Patel is the owner of the Ghee Happy brand , through which he has published various books on Indian mythology, among other things. He lives and works in Los Angeles .
Filmography
Unless otherwise stated, as an animator:
- 1996, 1997: The Simpsons (The Simpsons) (TV series, two episodes)
- 1998: A Bug's Life (A Bug's Life)
- 1999: Björk: Volume
- 1999: Toy Story 2
- 2001: Monster AG (Monsters, Inc.)
- 2004: The Incredibles (The Incredibles)
- 2007: Ratatouille
- 2007: Your Friend the Rat
- 2010: Cars Toon - Hook's Incredible Tales (Mater's Tall Tales) (TV series, three episodes)
- 2013: The Monster Uni (Monsters University)
- 2015: Sanjay's Super Team - as a director
Publications
- 2006: Little Book of Hindu Deities
- 2010: Ramayana: The Divine Loophole
- 2011: The Big Poster Book of Hindu Deities
- 2012: Ganesha's Sweet Tooth
Web links
- Sanjay Patel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book Showcase: Little Book of Hindu Deities. In: newsletters.animationmentor.com. November 2006 (English).
- ↑ According to Book Showcase in 1981, according to Chhabra at the age of four.
- ↑ Aseem Chhabra: A Pixar short and a personal touch. In: thehindu.com. January 15, 2016 (English).
- ↑ pixar.com: Interview with Sanjay September 2001 ( Memento from April 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
- ^ Sanjay Patel: Animator. In: kqed.org. P. 3. Retrieved on February 20, 2016 (PDF; 515 kB, English).
- ↑ a b Alice Vincent: Sanjay's Super Team: the story behind Pixar's history-making new short. In: telegraph.co.uk. November 27, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Ghee Happy - About. In: gheehappy.com. (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Patel, Sanjay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American animator, illustrator and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England , UK |