Vineet Verma

Vineet Verma (born November 25, 1982 in Aurangabad, State of Maharashtra, India) is a film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, 2D and 3D animator, and storyboard artist.

Biography

Vineet Verma comes from a family of artists, his grandfather Dr. Bhagwan Das Varma being a writer and mother Vijaya Verma a classical singer. His father N.K. Verma owns a printing business in New Delhi.

Vineet 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 Edexcel, 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 WordWorld, which is broadcast on PBS Kids 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 New York Film Academy. 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.[1]

Filmography

Film Production Role
Just Like Us Golden Aura Productions Writer/ Director
Colors Golden Aura Productions Writer/ Director
In Search Of Golden Aura Productions Writer/ Director
Bad Day JMJB Films Director/Editor
April Fool PrimalLinks Creative Director
The Beginning to Get Bald Independent Producer
Alpha and Omega Lionsgate / Crest Animation Productions Animator/ Layout Artist
Christmas Dinosaur PorchLight Entertainment Senior 2D Animator
Faireez Funbag Animation Studios [ca] Senior 2D Animator
WordWorld (PBS KIDS) Crest Animation Studios / WTTW National Productions Senior Animator
Freej UTV Software Communications (Dubai) Senior Animator
Monster Buster Club Marathon Production Senior Animator
Jay Jay the Jet Plane PorchLight Entertainment Senior Animator
Jungle Book BKN International AG Senior Animator
Robin Hood BKN International AG Senior Animator
Christmas Carol BKN International AG Senior Animator
Kong: The Animated Series BKN International AG Senior Animator
Alice in the Wonderland BKN International AG Senior Animator
The King Funbag Animation Studios [ca] 2D animator
Cyber Dodo UNICEF 2D animator

References

  1. ↑ Mistry, Ramanlal. Animating an Indian story, Ramanlal Mistry. National Institute of Design, 2005.

External links

Vineet Verma at the Internet Movie Database

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