Maulin Patel:
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Background:
British-born Maulin Patel grew up watching a myriad of animated programmes, and it was this which led him into using art as a medium for self-expression. From the mid-nineties onwards, he would become more and more influenced by the comic book medium, which he saw not only as a unique art form in regard to its storytelling, but also as an insight into a relatively new area of art for him, namely the ‘new media' industry. Due to his expansive and diverse appetite in this area, Maulin enrolled onto a one-year art foundation course at Surrey Institute of Art and Design (SIAD), a course which would set in motion the direction his studies would ultimately take.
After completing the foundation course, during which he experimented with various art media, Maulin furthered his studies at SIAD by enrolling onto the Film & Video BA Hons Degree. He experimented with various technical roles within the film and video production setup, before it soon became clear to both himself and his peers that his forte was in producing. He quickly built up a reputation as ‘the producer to have' and was one of the few students who obtained outside recognition for his films whilst the course was on-going.
His first-year project ‘The Cornwall Biodiversity Initiative Promotional Launch Video' was made in conjunction with the organisation and was used for their official public launch party, held at the Eden Project in Cornwall in 2003. It is still used by the organisation to this day. Maulin's second accolade came with his 2004 entry to the Kodak Student Commercial Competition, which won 3rd place in the ‘best-in-brief' category. In addition, Maulin's graduation film ‘Penrose' enjoyed a screening at the 3rd Halloween Short Film Festival, held in London in January 2006.
Selected Filmography:
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2008: Pictures" Trailer 'Make-a-Movie' Comp. Sony Magazine: Exec. Producer
2007: Great & Small: Producer
2005: A place the night can't touch: Associate Producer, 1 st Assistant Director
2005: Penrose: Producer, Post-Production Supervisor
2004: Japanese Project - Akanesasu: Producer, Post-Production Supervisor
2004: Kodak Student Commercial Award 2004 (Nicotine Commercial): Producer
2003: Borders&Boundaries: Co-Producer.
