ASAVARI 

KUMAR

FILMMAKER, VISUAL ARTIST & EDUCATOR

ABOUT ASAVARI

Asavari is a filmmaker, visual artist, and educator from India who now calls Los Angeles home.

With an MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts and 15+ years of experience, her design and animation expertise spans from broadcast and advertising work in Mumbai to creating animation and design projects for Google, Snapchat, and Warner Brothers.

Asavari is the co-founder and creative director at Supernova Design, an animation and design collective created to champion diverse voices in the creative space while balancing commercial projects with social impact storytelling.

As a filmmaker, Asavari is interested in exploring cross-cultural narratives.

Her award-winning films Passage, A New Normal, and Creatures of Chaos explore themes of identity, belonging, and community through various mediums. Her projects have screened at prestigious festivals including SIGGRAPH, the Ottawa International Animation Festival, and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

For the past few years, she's been teaching at the animation program at CSULB and mentoring emerging filmmakers through the Armed with a Camera Fellowship.

When not directing films or teaching, Asavari finds joy in throwing clay at her local pottery studio and savoring life's quiet moments with her cat Nova

PHILOSOPHY

Asavari believes in the inseparable relationship between artistic process and purpose.

For her, the way we create is as crucial as what we make, and every piece of art should contribute meaningfully to our collective dialogue. She sees animation and storytelling as tools for transformation, where personal narratives can spark social change and foster deeper understanding across communities.

Let's make something amazing together!

Let's make something amazing together! 

SERVICES

  • Strategic creative guidance for animation and design projects, from concept to completion

  • Bringing stories to life through animation and mixed media, with a focus on meaningful narratives, social impact and innovative techniques

  • Empowering diverse voices through animation and design education and hands-on storytelling workshops, talks and lectures

  • Handcrafted playful pottery including sculptures and functional dinnerware. Commissions considered on a case by case basis.