Munkhtsetseg Nandigjav
Education
- M.F.A., animation, Savannah College of Art and Design
- B.S., computer graphics technology, Purdue University
- A.S., computer graphics technology, Purdue University
Credentials
• Associate dean, School of Animation and Motion, 2023-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• Associate chair/professor, digital communication, 2018-2023, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• Creative director, 2017-present, NamuKreativ, LLC, Louisville, KY
• Adjunct faculty, 2017-2018, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
• Limited-term lecturer, 2015-2018, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, West Lafayette, IN
• 3D designer, 2016-2017, Forest Giant, Inc., Louisville, KY
• Graduate mentor, 2012-2015, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• Central production intern, June 2014-August. 2014, DreamWorks Animation Studio
• Marketing/web design intern, August 2011-May 2012, Traffic Builders, Inc.
Awards, recognitions, and honors
• Computer Animation Festival Daytime Select, SIGGRAPH, 2015
• SCAD Student Success Award, 2015
• SCAD Honor Student Scholarship, 2012-2015
• President Paula Wallace’s Outstanding Service to SCAD Award, 2014
• Third place EMMYS 35th College Television Award, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation, 2014
• Award of Excellence, Accolade Global Film Competition, 2014
• Best Animation, Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival
• Best of Fest Winner, Speechless Film Festival
• Best Animation Maverick, Maverick Movie Awards
• Award of Excellence, Best Shorts Competition
• Silver Telly Award, The Telly Awards
• Best in Show, 2014 Grand Film Festival
• AISFA Awards of Excellence Nomination
• Adobe Achievement Award Nomination
• Chih Chun Chan Memorial Scholarship, 2013
• Commencement Responder and CGT Outstanding Student of the Year, Purdue University, 2012
• Dean’s and Semester Honors, Purdue University, 2008-2014
Organizations
• ACM SIGGRAPH, member/volunteer, 2008-present
• Television Academy Foundation, alumnus, 2014-present
Publications and presentations
• Era, mixed media paintings, 2019.
• Bureau of Otherworldly Operations, Dreamworks Animation Studios, Central Production Intern.
• Jasper, Co-director, producer, story development, cinematography, layout, 3D modeling, animation, and lighting, 2015.
• Goober’d, Producer, story development, layout, cinematography, and animation, 2014.
• I M POSSIBLE, Co-producer, 2014.
Speaking engagements
• Virtual Guest Speaker, Purdue University, 2018
• Virtual Guest Speaker, Texas A&M University, 2018
• Panelist, Annual Dialogue on Diversity Conference, 2017
• Speaker, Paint Purdue Pink: Girls in STEAM at Purdue University, 2016
• Panelist, Design Process, event for students, 2016
• Finalist, Pursued Optimization of Creative Outcomes and Working Experience in Animation Studios, PCA/ACA National Conference, 2016
• Panelist, Making of IMPOSSIBLE short film, SIGGRAPH 2015 SV Special Session, 2015
• Presenter, “The Man Who Set the Foundation of Animation,” PCA/ACA National Conference, 2014
• Speaker, “Setting Breakthrough Goals to Become Someone Worth Becoming,” SCAD L.E.A.D. Conference, 2014
• Guest speaker, Purdue University, SCAD, University of California, Berkeley, 2013-2017