Founder & Creative Director · Animation Industry Veteran

VeerendraPatil

25 years helping build Indian animation into a global industry — from a Bangalore studio to Hollywood’s Oscar stage.

2K+Hours produced
1K+Artists employed
45MViewers reached
Veerendra Patil
GAFX Bengaluru 2025
Speaking at Bengaluru GAFX
Launching Indian IPs at Bengaluru GAFX
UnrealFest 2024 · Piece by Piece Pipeline Talk
Annecy MIFA 2024 · Suppandi Pitch
Animation Personality of Year · ANN 2024◆Oscar-Nominated · Piece by Piece◆GAFX Keynote 2024 · 2025 · 2026◆Collision Awards Honoree◆LEGO DREAMZzz · Series Director◆Suppandi · 45M Viewers◆Xentrix · 1000 Artists◆Paprikaas → Technicolor India◆Animation Personality of Year · ANN 2024◆Oscar-Nominated · Piece by Piece◆GAFX Keynote 2024 · 2025 · 2026◆Collision Awards Honoree◆LEGO DREAMZzz · Series Director◆Suppandi · 45M Viewers◆Xentrix · 1000 Artists◆Paprikaas → Technicolor India◆
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★ UnrealFest 2024 · Zebu + Pure Imagination Studios · Las Vegas

Creating an Oscar Nominated
Feature in India

Zebu led art direction and shot production on the entire film — with a large portion produced in Karnataka. At UnrealFest 2024, Veerendra and Pure Imagination’s Joshua Wexler detailed the pipeline: a traditional animation approach (no previsualization) built inside Unreal Engine, running up to 20% faster than conventional workflows.

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Role
Lighting Director
& Art Direction Lead
Shot production run entirely through Zebu Animation Studios, Bangalore
Pipeline
Unreal Engine
Traditional approach
No previsualization — 20% faster production cycle than conventional LEGO animation
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The Builder
Three studios. Each built from the ground up.

Paprikaas → Technicolor India. Then Xentrix. Then Zebu. A two-decade mission to prove Indian animation talent belongs at the top of the global industry.

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The Director
60+ projects. Every major franchise.

LEGO DREAMZzz. Suppandi. The Simpsons. Spider-Man. GTA V — and the Oscar-nominated Piece by Piece. A career spanning TV, film, games, and 4D rides, all built out of Bangalore.

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The Advocate
Policy rooms. Festival stages. A school.

Karnataka government consultant. ABAI executive. GAFX keynote speaker. And the founder of DATSI — built to close India’s animation talent gap.

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Veerendra Patil · Founder, Zebu Animation Studios · Bangalore, India
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60+ Projects.
Every Frame Counts.

From Paprikaas in 2002 to Zebu today. Highlighted projects open for full details.

Studio:
All Projects
Veerendra Patil · Zebu Animation Studios
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25 Years.
One Conviction.

Indian animation belongs on the world stage. This is the timeline of proving it — studio by studio, project by project, from Bangalore to Hollywood.

UnrealFest 2024 · Piece by Piece Talk
Zebu Animation Studios · 7 Years
Suppandi · Original IP
2001
First studio founded
60+
Projects delivered
3
Studios built
45M
Viewers on YouTube
Veerendra Patil
zebuanimation.com

Recognition,
Advocacy & Education

Awards
2024
Animation Personality of the Year
ANN Awards — defining individual influence in Indian animation
2024
Oscar-Recognized — Piece by Piece
Lighting Director · Focus Features / LEGO / Morgan Neville
2024
Collision Awards Honoree
Directorial vision recognized on global stage
2024–26
Visionary Keynote · GAFX Bengaluru
Three consecutive years defining the discourse
2025
Guest of Honour · Chandigarh University IFF
International Film Festival 2025
On Stage
Bengaluru GAFX
Keynote · 2024–2026
CII Summit FX
Strategic Panelist
Bengaluru Tech Summit
Expert · 2022 & 2024
Autodesk Design Summit
Thought Leader
Kidscreen Summit
Global Forum
ICT Week Tashkent
International Speaker · 2025
Transcend Goa
Keynote Speaker · 2026
IndiaJoy / TVAGA
Global Forum

Policy & Governance

Industry Builder
SAIK · Kerala
Convenor
Spearheading Kerala’s AVGC-XR ecosystem and regional strategy
Government of Karnataka
Strategic Consultant
AVGC & AI Policy Roundtable — state-level frameworks
ABAI · Bangalore
Executive Leadership
Strategic advocacy for Bangalore’s global creative standing
AVGC Centre of Excellence
Governing Council Member
Executive oversight of India’s AVGC national infrastructure
DATSI Foundation

The School for Storytellers

Built on one conviction: the gap between Indian animation academia and the studio world is a design failure. Veerendra built DATSI as the fix.

A non-profit running on insider knowledge — designed by someone who has hired thousands of artists and knows exactly what studio-ready talent looks like on day one.

“A community of collaborators, innovators, and artists dedicated to pushing the boundaries of storytelling.”
Winds of Change Exhibition · DATSI School
Veerendra Patil · Founder, Zebu Animation Studios · Bangalore
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