The School of Animation was set-up with the objective to train aspirants in Animation Filmmaking. This school encourage and train students to combine their creative story-telling skills with the technical know-how of motion graphics. While pursuing this intensive 4-year course, the students get hands-on experience of working on the latest equipment and techniques of photo-realistic computer-generated imagery.
Department Overview
Yusuf Mehta
Head of Department
Yusuf Mehta
Head of Department
Animation, Game Design& VFX
An Alumnus of the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi; & the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and a National Award Winner, Yusuf Mehta holds an experience of over four decades of working with the stalwarts of the film and television industry. He has directed and produced films, documentaries and animations for several national and international organisations. His animation & VFX Studio has handled projects for noted TV channels in India like Sony, Zee and STAR. He has been associated with Whistling Woods International for over a decade; initially heading the Department of Producing he is currently heading the School of Animation and VFX., WWI.
Close
Jasbinder Singh
Faculty
Jasbinder Singh
Faculty
An Animation Filmmaker, Production Designer (Animation) and Artist with a bachelor’s in fine arts& Diploma in Animation Filmmaking, he has worked with some of the best organisations on several prestigious projects in the industry. His expertise includes 2D Animation Filmmaking & Stopmotion Animation, Pre-production & Production Design.
Close
Kshitiz Sharma
Faculty
Kshitiz Sharma
Faculty
From being a CG artist to an academician in the field of Visual Effects and Animation, his career spans over a period of over 16 years. A CGI expert, he has donned several roles including that of a technical supervisor, modelling supervisor, 3D supervisor and have worked with various animation production houses across the globe on national & international projects.
Close
Avik Chakraborty
Faculty
Avik Chakraborty
Faculty
A CG Compositor expert with 7 years of industry experience with specialisation in Lighting. His expertise also includes Stereo Conversion, Matchmoving& Keying to create & execute projects of various capacities.
Close
Gaurav Trivedi
Faculty
Gaurav Trivedi
Faculty
A CG Generalist with more than 10 years of experience, supporting key aspects of CG, production pipeline, cinematography & films along with education & training. Adept in various 3D Software, Compositing Software, Rendering Engines & Design Programmes. A professional experienced in working with several award-winning production houses on national & international projects.
Close
Jaydev Dhakan
Faculty
JaydevDhakan
Faculty
With over 12 years of experience in game development, he has worked in various roles with some of the most prominent game development studios in India. He started his career as a game tester, worked in several roles, ranging from Game Designer to Producer. Recently, he has become an independent game developer, and teaches game development at Whistling Woods International.
Close
Vivek Nag
Faculty
Vivek Nag
Faculty
A professional working in the industry for the past 7 years, his expertise consists of Pre-production, Comic Book Design, Conceptual Art, Digital Art, Character Design & Illustrations. He also specialises in environment modifications and is adept at working with references.
Close
Shipra Khatter
Faculty
Shipra Khatter
Faculty
She is a graduate of Animation and Multimedia discipline from Birla Institute of Technology and holds a Master’s in Design with specialisation in Animation Film Design from National Institute of Design (NID). She has worked as a visualiser, art director, creative director and visual development artist for various projects. Some of her notable projects of the past are ‘Selfie with Bajrangi’, ‘Inspector Chingum’, ‘7D show – Sher-e-Punjab’, ‘Gobindgarh Fort’.
Close
Manish Kaushal
Faculty
Manish Kaushal
Faculty
A 2D Animation artiste with an industry experience of 14 years, Manish started his professional career with 2D Cell Animation then moved on to Flash and Toon Boom Harmony software. He has worked on many professional projects, some of which were from reputed companies like Disney, Warner Bros. and Nickelodeon channel.
Close
Alakesh Dhibar
Faculty
Alakesh Dhibar
Faculty – Game Design
A Game Designer by profession but Play Interaction Researcher by heart. Having keen interest and experience in various fields like art and crafts, education and entertainment, play and games, children and learning, culture and technology, he decided to share his lifelong learnings by becoming an educator. The diverse knowledge of art, computer science, and toy & game designing are the key aspects behind his thought process and the quality research in each of his projects.
Close
Yogesh Gaikwad
Faculty
Yogesh Gaikwad
Faculty – Game Design
During 7+ years of his career, most of the time he has worked as a character animator. Being a CG Generalist, he has worked in the field of Modelling, Pre-visualisation, Logo Reveals, Image Editing, Video Editing, Product Teasers and Trailers and much more.
Close
Alumni Speak
Kavan Ahalpara
Life of Pi (Digital Coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios), Bhoothnath Returns (Visual Effects Producer)
Kavan Ahalpara
Learning animation is a very detailed process and for this an aspirant needs the best training. I’ve found this in Whistling Woods’ rigorous curriculum where you are tutored in every detail from script to screen. I have enjoyed every moment of learning at the Institute & am sure it will be the first step in a successful and fulfilling career in Animation.
Close
Mohammad Khalikh
Co-Founder
Grizzly Arts
Vidita Molasi
There are a lot of institutions out there which offer animation and VFX courses but Whistling Woods International is the institute where I learnt filmmaking through animation as a medium. The best thing about being part of WWI is that as an alumnus, I am always welcomed at the institute to work on various projects and collaborate with different artists from different backgrounds.
Although being an animation student at WWI, I’ve been taught all the essentials of filmmaking like cinematography, screenplay, editing, sound and direction. This expanded the amount of knowledge, so I’ve worked on both animation as well as live-action projects in various departments.
Close
Zenish Mehta
Founder, Honeycomb Animations
Zenish Mehta
I wanted to be an animation director since I was in 9th standard. I was looking for an academic institution that could provide me with appropriate knowledge and help me hone skills needed to build my own studio and direct animation movies. I was looking for a place where I had the infrastructure and platform to start my career and get visibility in the industry through contacts. The curriculum at Whistling Woods International gave me the appropriate skills to build my own team with which I was able to design a coherent and well-oiled studio that I have today. By the time I passed out of the college, I had made friends within the college who would help me get work, because of them I never had to go to find work in the industry. The skills that the college provided helped me to sustain my clients and build new ones. Whistling Woods International also gave me infrastructure to learn and experiment with my work, which helped me work on varied styles, platforms and mediums without being constrained to a specialisation.
Close
Vidita Molasi
Animator
Vidita Molasi
I’ve learnt so much more here than what they teach at other animation institutes. We get to dabble in the filmmaking side of things- we think about lighting in our cinematography classes, learn the finer nuances of creating a character in acting classes. We are introduced to the business aspect of the industry in the producing classes… all these forays further into specializations. This learning methodology has really enhanced my learning experience.
Close
Sunil Mungekar
Game Artist / Animator at Technicolor
Sunil Mungekar
I cannot overstate the advantage of learning Animation within the portals of a thriving film school. The creative energy on campus is amazing with over 300 full time film school students and much opportunity for collaborative filmmaking.
Close