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Martin Ruyant

Martin Ruyant holds a Master of Arts in Animation from the Royal College of Art in London. He graduated from Supinfocom France as a Digital Director. He has worked as a Director, Animator and Render Artist in companies such as Studio AKA and Partizan in the UK and France. He is the winner of the 2006 Passion Pictures Sponsorship. His films have garnered many awards and been shortlisted in festivals such as Siggraph, Clermont-Ferrand, Ars Electronica and Annecy.

Hirek Shah

Hirek Shah started his career from UTV and was a part of 1st full length film "HANUMAN" in India. He has experience of 13 years in Animation. He has specialized in 2D classical Animation, storyboarding ,character designing and drawing. He has worked on lot of overseas projects as an animator and Storyboard artist. He worked as storyboarding artist in Toonz, Prana and Anirights which now {Big animation}and story boarded for "TENALI RAMAN" and feature films such as "LITTLE KRISHNA","DRONA" and "KUCHHI KUCHHI HOTA HAI".

He comes with rich teaching experience in DQ Animation, Toonzwebel and now is in DSK Supinfocom as a fulltime faculty.

Ruchi Singhal

Ruchi Singhal is an architect and 2D animator by education and training. She has been practicing drawing for over 12 years. In the recent years, she has focused primarily on studying systematic construction of human figure through both drawing and sculptures, under the guidance of top anatomist, painter, and sculptor - Frank Porcu, and figure sculptor Anthony Antonios in New York. She is the recipient of many noteworthy awards including the prestigious Red Dot Award and the Jean Gates Award from the Art Students' League, NY, and Gladys Blum Memorial Scholarship from National Academy School of Fine Arts, NY. Her work has been exhibited at the Phyllis Harriman Gallery, NY.

Michael Zauner

Michael Zauner studied Communication Design in Germany, where he received his diploma and worked for 7 years at a design agency. He then went to London to study at the Royal College of Art and to earn his Master's Degree in Animation. He worked as a freelance animator & director for the animation industry in London and Germany, for companies such as Nexus Productions and Partizan, on a substantial amount of projects, mainly commercials and music videos. He's also responsible for the live visuals and the radio animations for Soulwax/2manydjs, which have been watched by millions of people throughout the world.

Jeremy Delchiappo

Jeremy Delchiappo holds a BSc in Biology from the University Pierre de Coubertin and a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art from the Sorbonne in Paris. Self-taught in CGI, in 2001 Jeremy joined the famous French pioneer CGI studio, Ex Machina to finish his training. Since then, he has become a senior animator with various skills in the 3D production pipeline. His last two years were spent working on the characters, animation and FX of Despicable Me. Universal, (Mac Guff Ligne) Paris. A long experience on various productions has allowed him to develop a critical vision on both the global picture and the details of animation films.

Fabrice Le Nezet

Fabrice Le Nezet is a scriptwriter, director and designer. After graduating from Supinfocom as a Digital Director, he worked for 6 years at the London based VFX studio "The Mill". He also co-founded the directing collective "bif" with Francois Roisin and Jules Janaud. His projects, most notably his short films ''Dynamo'', ''Raymond'' and ''Dix'' received many awards in the most prestigious film festivals all around the world - Siggraph, Imagina, Clermont-Ferrand, Geradmer, Brooklyn and Taipei, to name a few. He also directed commercials for brands such as Sony, Ford, Nokia, Vodafone, Amnesty International and more. The diversity of his skills, both artistic and technical, makes him a valuable addition to the team.

Magali Barbe

Magali Barbe holds a master's degree in Drawing and Graphic Design from Esag Penninghen (Paris) and another in 3D Computer Animation from Bournemouth University (UK). After graduating, she moved to London and started her career in the famous VFX company Framestore CFC, as an animator, working on various projects: "Prince of Persia", "Avatar" and "Clash of the Titans". She then worked as an animator for studios such as the Mill, AKA, and mainly, Passion pictures, on various commercial projects and video game cinematics. Her traditional art background combined with eclectic 3D experience has developed in her an insatiable desire for understanding different art forms, which in turn has allowed her to develop a passionate and critical eye over the years.

Jitendra Arora

Jitendra Arora holds a bachelor's degree in Architecture (Lucknow University), and master's degree in Museum Studies (New York University). He comes to DSK Supinfocom with over 11 years of experience in design education - 9 years of teaching experience at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and over 2 years at Maeer's MIT Institute of Design, Pune.

He is a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright fellowship and has served on the National Screening Committee responsible for short listing candidates for Fulbright-Nehru Masters Fellowship for Leadership Development. His international work experience includes assignments with the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum (NY), International Association of Art Critics (NY) and ITT Technical Institutes (US). He has also presented papers in national and international symposia.

The experience of several years of teaching and professional work across fields like architecture, museum design and art exhibitions have ingrained in him a passion for understanding design contexts - knowledge that informs the so-called act of "problem solving".