Neeraja Raj

Biography

Neeraja Raj is a film director, writer and animator working in film, television, and commercials. Her acclaimed film Meow or Never was shortlisted for the Student BAFTA Awards, won the Women in Animation Best Film Award and Digicon6 Asia Silver Award in 2020. Her films have been screened and awarded in festivals including SIGGRAPH Asia, Sitges and more. ​

She received her MA in Directing Animation from the National Film and Television School, UK (2020) and her B. Des. from the National Institute of Design, India (2017).

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She worked at The Walt Disney Company in 2016, developing an original IP, and as a stop-motion animator for GuardiansEvo, APTN Kids, Canada in 2017. In 2018 and 2011, s...