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Ishu Patel

Animator / Film Director / Graphic Designer | * 04/20/1942 (82) | Gujarat (India)
Ishu Patel is an Indian-Canadian animation film director/producer and educator. During his twenty-five years at the National Film Board of Canada he developed animation techniques and styles to support his themes and vision. Since then he has produced animated spots for television and has been teaching internationally. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Fantasy | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

To a percussive soundtrack, a succession of more complex animals forms and is consumed by their successors (all formed from beads). Finally, We reach man, who develops ever more sophisticated forms of ...

The Bead Game

Certification unknown

1977 | 3.4/5 | 6min
Animation
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An Oscar-nominated short from 1985 by Ishu Patel, which raises the question – which is preferable, a beautiful gilded cage, or your freedom? ...

Paradise

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1984 | 3.3/5 | 15min
Animation
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An environmental morality tale. A divine gate gives one all that one desires, on the condition that one takes only what one needs and one gives something good in return. ...

Divine Fate

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1993 | 3.0/5 | 11min
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
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This animated short film attempts to answer the eternal questions, What is dying? and How does it feel? Based on recent studies, case histories and some of the ancient myths, the afterlife state is po ...

Afterlife

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1978 | 3.1/5 | 7min
Animation
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Awards & Nominations for Ishu Patel

2x Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
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Movies with Ishu Patel as Crew(13)

Directing/Director1993 Divine Fate
Production/Producer1988 The Wanderer
Art/Concept Artist1984 Paradise
Directing/Director1984 Paradise
Production/Producer1984 Paradise
Visual Effects/Animation1984 Paradise
Directing/Director1981 Top Priority
Directing/Director1978 Afterlife
Visual Effects/Animation1978 Afterlife
Directing/Director1977 The Bead Game
Directing/Director1975 Perspectrum
Visual Effects/Animation1975 Perspectrum
Directing/Director1971 How Death Came to Earth

Citizenship: India
Born: Monday, 04/20 1942 (April) in Gujarat (India) (current age: 82 years + 365 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Employer: National Film Board of Canada
Ishu Patel frequently works together with these people:
Normand Roger (5x, Crew)
George Ungar (3x, Crew)
Eunice Macaulay (2x, Crew)
Pierre Landry (2x, Crew)
Wolf Koenig (1x, Crew)
David Fine (1x, Crew)
Michel Tremblay (1x, Actor)
Douglas Macdonald (1x, Crew)
Gheorghe Zamfir (1x, Crew)
Joseph Gilland (1x, Crew)
Barrie McLean (1x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:344947, Added: 08/14/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024