Kiran Bhakta Joshi

**Kiran Bhakta Joshi** (born May 14, 1961) is an American film and television director, producer and visual effects artist. He is mostly known for his work on *The Lion King* and *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* and Mandala.

## Early life and career

Joshi was born in Kathmandu, Nepal. At the age of 19, Joshi moved to Los Angeles, California. He went to California State University Long Beach for his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Computer Science and Engineering. In 1991, Disney recruited him to work on Disney's Computer Animation Production System which led to his career in animation. He co-developed the herding system for the wildebeest stampede sequence in *The Lion King*. After supervising early production for animation legend Glen Keane on Tangled, Joshi left Disney in 2007 to start his own studio Incessant Rain Studios. In 2017, he produced and co-directed an award-winning documentary *Moving Mountains: The Awakening* which is based on Nepal's devastating 7.8 M earthquake that took place in April 2015. In 2019, Joshi directed and produced an animated short *Mandala*.

## Filmography

* *Beauty and the Beast* (1991) - (engineering supporter)
* *Aladdin* (1992) - (lighting and software engineering)
* *The Lion King* (1994) - (computer animation software: "Wildebeest Stampede")
* *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996) - (CGI supervisor)
* *Atlantis: The Lost Empire* (2001) - (CGI supervisor)
* *Da Vinci's Demons* (2013–2015) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *The Expendables 3* (2014) - (visual effects executive producer)
* *A Million Ways to Die in the West* (2014) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios - uncredited)
* *Kiki's Delivery Service* (2014) - (executive producer)
* *Abaddon* (2014) - (executive producer)
* *Chappie* (2015) - (visual effects executive producer)
* *Beyond the Mask* (2015) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Moonbeam City* (2015) - (3D Producer)
* *Team Hot Wheels: Build the Epic Race* (2015 TV Short) - (3D Producer)
* *Everstar* (2015 TV Short) - (3d Producer)
* *Moving Mountains* (Documentary) (2015) - (producer)
* *Da Vinci's Demons* (TV Series) (2013–2015) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Moving Mountains: The Awakening* (Documentary) (2017) - (producer)
* *Snatch* (2017) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Emerald City* (2017) - (executive producer)
* *Timeless* (2018) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Colony* (2016–2018) - (visual effects executive producer)
* *Lucky Man* (2018) - (visual effects exective producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *The Meg* (2018) - (visual effects exective producer: Incessant Rain Studios - uncredited)
* *Lost in Space* (2018) - (vfx executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Red Sparrow* (2018) - (visual effects exective producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Asura* (2018) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2018-2019) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan* (2018–2019) - (visual effect executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios) / (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Watchmen* (2019) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Terminator: Dark Fate* (2019) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios - uncredited)
* *Malibu Rescue* (2019) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Summer of Rockets* (2019) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Mandala* (Short) (2019) - (producer)
* *New Amsterdam* (2018–2020) - (vfx executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *S.W.A.T.* (2018-2020) - (vfx executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Gangs of London* (2020) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Sacred Lies* (2020) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *Mrs. America* (2020) - (visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios)
* *The Harder They Fall* - (vfx producer: Incessant Rain Studios)