Umakanth Thumrugoti

Umakanth Thumrugoti is an artist, writer, and filmmaker who started his career at Walt Disney Feature Animation, working on films such as Lion King, Pocahontas, Fantasia 2000, Treasure Planet, Chicken Little, and Bolt, among others. While at Disney, he worked in various capacities including technical director, lighting supervisor, sequence supervisor, visual development artist, and finally co-art director. His books include Figure It Out: A Thin Book on Figure Drawing and Broken Parts – Pies R Squared, a graphic novel. His film 7 Days In Slow-Motion was called “a bright and cheerful comedy” by Roger Ebert and won many awards.