Sanjay Patel

Sanjay Patel (born June 16, 1974) is a British-born American animator, illustrator and author who has worked in the animation department of various projects, most of them animated films released by Pixar.

He is best known for directing the short animated film Sanjay's Super Team (2015) inspired by Patel's own childhood. The film received a nomination in the category of Best Animated Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards and for Best Animated Short Subject at the 43rd Annie Awards.

Since 1996, Patel has worked as an animator on numerous Pixar films such as Monsters, Inc. (2001), Ratatouille (2007), Cars (2006), Monsters University (2013), Toy Story 2 (1999) and The Incredibles (2004) and served as a character developer on the latter two films.