Umakanth Thumrugoti

Umakanth Thumrugoti is a film maker, writer and artist who started his career at Walt Disney Animation in Los Angeles - working on films such as Lion King, Pocahontas, Fantasia 2000, Treasure Planet and Chicken Little among others. While at Disney, he worked in various capacities - Technical Director, Sequence Supervisor, Visual Development Artist and finally as an Art Director. He took a one year sabbatical from Disney Feature Animation and made his first live-action film "7 Days in Slow...See more

Umakanth Thumrugoti is a film maker, writer and artist who started his career at Walt Disney Animation in Los Angeles - working on films such as Lion King, Pocahontas, Fantasia 2000, Treasure Planet and Chicken Little among others. While at Disney, he worked in various capacities - Technical Director, Sequence Supervisor, Visual Development Artist and finally as an Art Director. He took a one year sabbatical from Disney Feature Animation and made his first live-action film "7 Days in Slow Motion". It was screened at many acclaimed film festivals, including the prestigious Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Roger Ebert called the film "a bright and cheerful comedy". Chicago Tribune gave it four out of four stars while a few festivals honored the film with audience awards. His other interests include teaching and conducting Art Workshops - his latest one being a Figure Drawing workshops. He is also the author of 'Figure it Out - a thin book on Figure Drawing'. He is currently developing and working on various film projects, graphic novels as well as shopping for publishers for his next novel. See less