C B Arun Kumar was a founding member of FX School and responsible for creating and establishing its unique and powerful pedagogy which enables students to achieve world class results in an extremely efficient time frame.

He has been working in the Animation & Broadcast Industry in India since 1985 and has over 37 years of professional experience. He did his Masters from MCRC, Jamia Milia Islamia in 1989.

He has worked with TV18, Business India TV (TVI), Aaj Tak, Doordarshan, Vijay TV, Maya Entertainment and Pixion.

He worked on the first Indian 3D animation series, Jungle Tales (for Cartoon Network) with Moving Picture Company.

He was awarded the National Award for Best Director of an Animation Film (2005) for Kachua aur Khargosh.

Aparna Patade has always excelled in the arts. Her fascination for beautiful images with a creative twist led to her interest in Photography and Photo Manipulation. She has worked in the Photography industry for more than 7 years. As a freelance photographer, she has done many Fashion and corporate portfolios. Her travel photography work has been published in Asian Photography Magazine. Aparna tries to take her creative photography skills to the next level by playing with images and creating mesmerizing photo art.

Abhineet’s debut independent Hindi feature film as a screenwriter, director & editor: DOORS; Starring Prashant Narayanan, Shilpa Shukla & Chitrashi Rawat, is currently doing its festival run across the world; being awarded/nominated in prestigious indie festivals such as Asian Film Festival Los Angeles, Lonely Wolf London and Sensei Tokyo.

Previously, Abhineet made short films that were screened at various national/international festivals as well. Having worked in the cinema industry in Mumbai and in London, Abhineet has worked with maverick director Kaizad Gustad, National-Award winning director Rahul Dholakia and veteran south Indian actor Mohanlal.

I started my career with the intention of becoming an engineer. However, my first DSLR camera changed my direction in life, making me discover my passion for all things Art.

I shifted gears from Engineering to Computer Graphics, where I followed my love for playing games into actually making games. But it wasn't until an off chance excursion into photography that I discovered my true passion in life - Cinematography.

I learnt and mastered cameras such as RED, Canon DSLRs, Sony A7 series and Panasonic GH series. The projects I have worked on as a cinematographer include films such as Gandhi No Golmaal and Kalakaar, Ad films for Asian Paints and a web series, The Adventures of Abbaas Mastan for 'Arre'.

With over 10 years of teaching experience, Pooja was first bitten by the teaching bug at the age of 16 while doing a summer job with a camp for children called Smart Potato. She went on to pursue a Bachelors degree in Mass Media specialising in Journalism. After completing her degree she earned her Professional Diploma in Photography at FX School with a specialisation in Fashion Photography.

She then served as a Photography Instructor at FX School after which she went on to set up the Photography academy  with Rohan Shrestha, Leap School School of Photography, and she has also worked on an education project with the company Schbang. Pooja enjoys teaching and continues to freelance teach for master classes as well. She also freelances as a photographer and has done shoots for corporate, weddings and events. As a Fashion Photographer she is constantly doing beauty and model shoots.

Photography for her is a constant learning process and even through her teaching she is constantly learning.

 Throughout my teen years, I was always passionate about games and gaming. So much so, that even after graduating in Management Studies, the undying passion and curiosity for what goes into making games never died. That led me to take up a Diploma in Game Design & Development at FX School. In the process of learning, I realized that making games involves not just learning the technical aspect of it but more importantly, the art of conveying a story through your imagination. Becoming a Unity Certified Developer gave me the confidence to pursue a career fuelled purely by my passion. Currently, I am working on various AR & VR projects and finding ways to market them.

I was always fascinated with the idea of the impossible, things that do not happen in our everyday life - like a man flying in a metal suit or cars transforming into giant bots. I wanted to know how all of this is brought to life.

After graduating with a degree in commerce, I knew pressing calculator buttons was not going to work for me so I joined an animation course. After that I worked at Cinemad, a post-production studio in Kolkata. But I found that I still wanted to learn more. That’s when I found FX School and completed my course in Visual Effects, which was an awesome experience.
 
Now as a Motion Design instructor at FX School, I combine my Visual Effects and my Design skills and apply it animating static Graphic Design elements in order to tell a more powerful story.

I find that helping others really pushes me to learn more about the things I have always been fascinated with, and gives me a sense of satisfaction.