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{{Short description|Indian designer, animator, illustrator, filmmaker and academician}}
'''Shilpa Ranade''' (born 1966) is an Indian designer, animator, illustrator, filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/69136/shilpa-example-stage-talent-meets-cause/|title=Animator Shilpa Ranade sets an example of 'When talent meets a cause'|access-date=2017-02-04}}</ref> and academician.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animationxpress.com/index.php/animation/the-need-for-personal-animation-a-chat-with-idcs-professor-shilpa-ranade|title=The need for personal animation: A chat with IDC's professor Shilpa Ranade - AnimationXpressAnimationXpress|website=www.animationxpress.com|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref> She has been faculty at the [[Industrial Design Centre]] at IIT Bombay since 2001. She has directed animated short films for Channel 4, UK and her films have been screened all over the world, winning accolades in some of the most prestigious film festivals.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://miff.in/ms-shilpa-ranade-india/|title=Ms. Shilpa Ranade (India)Mumbai International Film Festival {{!}} Mumbai International Film Festival|website=miff.in|language=en|access-date=2017-02-04}}</ref> The award-winning<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-11-21/news/44326907_1_jury-prize-film-festival-golden-elephant-award|title=International Children's Film Festival ends in Hyderabad|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref> animation movie [[Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya]] was her last full-length feature film which world premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-is-shining-at-the-toronto-international-film-festival/1/308974.html|title=Will The Lunchbox do a Slumdog Millionaire?|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref> Her other films are ''Naja Goes to School'' and ''Mani's Dying''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/NNIC5yWOhYCWNY207xcFuN/Preview--Goopi-Gawaiiya-Bagha-Bajaiiya.html|title=Preview - Goopi Gawaiiya Bagha Bajaiiya|last=Ramnath|first=Nandini|date=|website=www.livemint.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/lets-animate-the-classroom/16644173|title=Let's animate the classroom|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/XkTTd4dn10DpINTAg2KoBJ/Book-Review-Petu-Pumpkin-Tooth-Troubles.html|title=Book Review: Petu Pumpkin: Tooth Troubles|last=Khurana|first=Chanpreet|date=2015-01-17|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-kumbh-goopy-partition-stories-in-toronto-film-fest-1883111|title=Kumbh, Goopy & Partition stories in Toronto film fest {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2013-09-02|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/international/4206-diff-2014-to-screen-international-animation-package|title=DIFF 2014 to screen International Animation Package|website=www.thetibetpost.com|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.op-online.de/region/freundschaft-abenteuer-3866805.html|title=Freundschaft und Abenteuer|date=2014-09-17|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref>

{{Infobox person
| name = Shilpa Ranade
| image =
| birth_date = 1966
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Animator, filmmaker, illustrator, designer and acamedician
| years_active = 1995-present
| notable_works = 'Mani's Dying',
'Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya'
}}

==Early life and education==
As a child, she was deeply interested in drawing and art. Her parents encouraged her to pursue a career in an area of her interest. After class 10, she decided to pursue applied art and she went to [[Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art]]<ref name=":1">{{Citation|last=Dsource Ekalpa India|title=The Story of Indian Animation - Shilpa Ranade|date=2015-04-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxnGGJRqrew|accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref> where she specialized in Illustration and Video. She then decided to pursue visual communication at [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|I.I.T. Bombay]] and in 1989, she graduated with Master in Design ([[Visual communication|Visual Communication]]) with a specialization in Advanced Illustration and Video.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/shilpa/|title=Prof. Shilpa Ranade Industrial Design Centre , IIT Bombay|website=www.idc.iitb.ac.in|access-date=2017-02-04}}</ref> To study animation formally,<ref name=":1" /> she pursued her [[M.Phil.|M.Phil]] in Animation at the [[Royal College of Art]] in London. Her thesis was on 'Indigenous Images and Narratives for Socially Relevant Animation'.<ref name=":2" />

== Career ==

In 2001, she joined [[Industrial Design Centre]] at [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|I.I.T Bombay]] and was responsible for setting up the centre's first degree program in animation. Its first batch graduated in 2006.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://thelifeofscience.com/2016/09/26/shilpa-on-the-research-that-animators-do/|title=Shilpa on the research animators do|last=TLoS|date=2016-09-26|website=The Life of Science|access-date=2017-02-04}}</ref>

She has also illustrated numerous books for children for leading publishers in the country including Scholastic, Eklavya, Pratham and Karadi Tales.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ms. Shilpa Ranade (India)Mumbai International Film Festival {{!}} Mumbai International Film Festival|url=https://miff.in/ms-shilpa-ranade-india/|access-date=2020-07-04|website=miff.in}}</ref>

Her latest curatorial endeavor includes two large volumes: ''Plant Life'' and ''Child Farmers''. While 'Plant Life' is an anthology of children's drawing and writing on their perceptions on lower and higher plants, 'Child Farmers' portrays the lives of the children of the farmers of [[Vidarbha]] who lost their fathers to suicide.<ref name=":0" />

In 2013, she directed her first feature-length animation film [[Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya]] for the Children's Film Society of India.<ref name=":0" /> The film is an adaptation of a 1915 children's story by [[Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury|Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury]] about two musician friends on an adventure. Her film has premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and has been screened at Busan Korea, MAMI India, DIFF Dubai and NYICFF New York among others.<ref name=":0" />

She is also a founding member of Damroo which is responsible for creating content for children where she produced books and films while working closely with children. She has also illustrated numerous books for children for leading publishers in the country such as [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]], Eklavya, Pratham and [[Karadi Tales]].<ref name=":0" />

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Description
!Awards
|-
|1990
|Mani's Dying
|Director, Screenwriter, Animator
|Animated short film
(7 minutes)
|Critics Award (1996). Bombay International Short Film Festival
|-
|1997
|The Childhood of Krishna
|Director
|Animated Short Film
(4 minutes)
|
|-
|1999
|Naja Goes to School
|Director
|Animated Short Film
(7 minutes)
|
|-
|2013
|[[Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya]]
|Director
|[[List of Indian animated feature films|Animated Feature Film]] (79 minutes)
Best Professional Animated Feature Film (2013). ASIFA Awards India

Animation Award (2013). The WIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards

Best Indian Animated Feature Film (2014). FICCI BAF Awards
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian animated film directors]]
[[Category:Indian women film directors]]
[[Category:Indian women animators]]
[[Category:Indian women filmmakers]]
[[Category:Indian filmmakers]]
[[Category:1966 births]]

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