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Ishu Patel (April 20, 1942 - ) is a noted animator who was with the National Film Board of Canada for over twenty-five years .

Patel was born in Jalsan, a town near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. He received his B.F.A. from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. During this time, he met and worked with Henri Cartier-Bresson. He later pursued gradate studies with the National Institute of Design.

Patel has taught at the University of Hawaii, the National Institute of Design, and in the Division of Animation and Digital Arts a department in the USC School of Cinema-Television. He has also taught in independent programs in the former Yugoslavia, Korea, and Japan.

Awards

Winner:

1994: Ottawa International Animation Festival, Divine Fate
1986: Ottawa International Animation Festival, Paradise/Paradis
1985: Berlin International Film Festival, Paradise/Paradis (The Silver Bear)
1979: Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Afterlife (tie)
1978: Montréal World Film Festival, Afterlife
1978: BAFTA Film Award, The Bead Game

Nominated:

1985: 7th Genie Awards, Paradise/Paradis
1984: Academy Award for Animated Short Film
, Paradise/Paradis
1982: 3rd Genie Awards, Top Priority
1977: Academy Award for Animated Short Film
, The Bead Game

Select Filmography

Divine Fate, (1993)
Paradise/Paradis, (1984)
Top Priority, (1982)
Afterlife, (1978)
The Bead Game, (1977) ,
Perspectrum, (1974)
How Death Came to Earth, (1971)

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