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The College's education is distinguished by an internationally acclaimed Advisory board. The Board of Advisors have shared their years of experience in their area of specialization in formulating a curriculum meeting global industry standards. The chief members of the Advisory board are:
Tim McGovern
Winner of the Academy (Oscar) award for Best Visual Effects, Tim Mcgovern was a founding member of Sony Pictures Imageworks where he held the post of Senior Vice-President of Creative and Technical affairs. He has worked in movies like Speed, In the line of fire, The last action hero, Hideaway, As good as it gets and many more.
George Merkert
Academy award Nominee and one of the original MTV producers, George has worked in movies like Cliffhanger, Anaconda and supervised the production of Animation for the films Forces of Nature, Mission Impossible and The Legend of Bagger Vance. He was also executive producer for the C.A.F.E. division of PDI (Recently re-named as Dreamworks Animation). He has given numerous talks on topics of interest in Animation to students throughout the globe.
N.Madhusudanan
The Mascot of Indian Visual Effects Industry, Madhu as he is popularly known is the first Indian Visual FX producer to have worked in an Oscar award-winning movie for Best Visual Effects (The Lord of the Rings – Return of the King). He is the Chairman of the FICCI Visual Effects Community – An Indian body actively engaged in the development of Indian Visual Effects industry in the global map.
Knowledge Brigade
Many critically acclaimed professionals have shared their knowledge and wisdom with our students.
| International | |
|---|---|
| Mr. Barrie. M. Osborne | Oscar Winner, Film Producer - The Lord of the Rings, Matrix |
| Mr. Christian Rivers | Oscar & BAFTA winning Animator, VFX Producer, Art Director & Filmmaker. (Kingkong, LOTR) |
| Mr. Collin Brown | CEO - Cinesite, UK (The Production facility of ”Harry Potter”) |
| Mr. Igor Chevalier | Art Director, Conceptual Illustrator, Creature Designer |
| Mr. Peter Chang | Co-owner, Double Negative UK, Visual Effects Producer |
| Mr. Michael Paycer | Film Producer (Speed 2) |
| Mr. Matt Costello | Game Writer (Doom, Pirates of the Carribean 3) |
| Mr. Mike Williams | Vice President, Punch Entertainment (Mobile Gaming) |
| Mr. John Labree | Former CTO Weta Digital |
| Mr. Sameer Hoon | VFX Producer |
| Mr. Ernest Adams | Game Designer |
| National | |
| Mr. Nasser | Multi-talented Indian film personality |
| Prof. G. Chandrasekaran | Ex - Principal, College of Fine Arts |
| Mr. Sasi | Film Director (Tamil Films - Sollamalae, Dishyum) |
| Mr. Manikandan | Visual Effects Artist, Matte Painter (over 200 films) |
| Dr. Muthukumar | Director - Folklore Institute |
| Ms. Priya | Film Director |
| Mr. Vijay Antony | Music Director |
| Visiting Faculty | |
| Mr. Praveen Chrispugg | MA Animation,UK |
| Mr.Senthil | Cinematography |
| Prof. Madhukrishna | M.Des, Bassel, Switzerland |
| Mr. Zameer | Lucasfilms, Singapore |
| Mr. Harish | MA VFX, VFS Canada |
| Ms. Sanjana | MA Animation, Bournemouth |
| Mr. Sridhar M.S | Computer Science |
| Mr.Amitash Singal | NID (Film & Video Communication) |
| Mr.Priyankar Gupta | NID (Animation Film Design) |
| Mr. Madhiazagan | Cinematographer |
| Mr. S. Murari | Ex - Deccan Herald |
| Mrs. Jayashree | Ex- Chief of Bereau Headlines Today & Aaj Tak |
| Mr. K.N. Arun | Ex - Chief of News Bereau The New Indian Express |
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