Direction

LAND Soundscapes at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Gem & Mineral Hall


Looping Video projected in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Gem & Mineral Hall accompanied by live music by Maral and Trayer Tron

June 15, 2024


Beach House - Once Twice Melody

Direction: Annapurna Kumar

Additional Animation: Kevin Eskew, Jamie Wolfe, CT Bishop

Artist: Beach House

Album: Once Twice Melody

Label: Sub Pop

2021


Beach House - Another Go Around

Direction: Annapurna Kumar & Kevin Eskew

Artist: Beach House

Album: Once Twice Melody

Label: Sub Pop

2022

Maral - Aziz-E-Man

AQNB Premiere

Directed by: Annapurna Kumar

Artist: Maral

Album: Push

Label: Leaving Records

2021

Maral and Panda Bear - On Your Way

Directed by: Annapurna Kumar & Kevin Eskew

Artist: Maral and Panda Bear

2021




Maral - 2023 Tour Visuals

Directed By: Annapurna Kumar & Jackie Turpin

Created for Maral's opening sets on Avey Tare's 7s tour.

2023

Photo: Don Marcelo

Video: Lindsay Stovall


Maral 2012-2022

Directed By: Annapurna Kumar

<- Photo Matt Boca

Bridge to Everywhere: The Elephant King

Directed by: Annapurna Kumar

Artist: Bridge to Everywhere Ensemble

Composed by James Waterman

2023

Cut Copy - Black Rainbows

Directed by: Annapurna Kumar

Artist: Cut Copy

Album: Free Your Mind

Label: Universal Music group

Vtape- Logo Ident

Directed by: Annapurna Kumar

Commissioned by: Vtape for Images Festival

Assistant & Contributing

Carly Rae Jepson - So Nice Tour

Directed By: Open the Portal

Lead Animation on 'I Didn't Just Come Here to Dance': Annapurna Kumar

2022

Jamie Wolfe - King Krule - Cellular

Directed by: Jamie Wolfe

Ink & Paint Assistant, Effects: Annapurna Kumar

Artist: King Krule

Song: Cellular

Album: Man Alive!

Label: XL Recordings/Matador Records

2020

Select Press:

Pitchfork

Hypebeast

Fader

Dazed

NTS x Bonobo Expander Release Show

Bonobo x NTS

Ninja Tune Records


Cinematographer: Jackson Sjögren

Secondary Camera : Natasha Steward

Editing: Annapurna Kumar

Maral - Setar Rock

Directed by: Annapurna Kumar, Maral, and Jackie Turpin

Artist: Maral

2023

Select Press:
DJ Mag

Angela Stempel - Renata Zeiguer - Wayside

Directed by: Angela Stempel

Painted by: Annapurna Kumar, Isabelle Aspin 

Production Assistance: Alexandra Cadena, Nick Petley, Kevin Eskew

Artist: Renata Zeiguer

Song: Wayside

Album: Old Ghost

Label: Northern Spy Records

2018

Rahill Sun Songs Album Announcement

Editing, Animation, Effects

Alan Jennings - The Northeast Kingdom

Painting Assistant

Matt Reynolds - Hot Dog Hands

Painting Assistant

Gus Van Sant - Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot

Live-action feature film with animated segments

Animation Director: Kevin Eskew

Animation Assistants: Isabelle Aspin, Annapurna Kumar

Adult Swim Off the Air - New Now

Contributing animator

Posters & Printed

Sound Design

Brian Smee - Big Surf

Zhuoyun Chen - Only If You Could See A View Above the Clouds

Only If You Could See a View Above the Clouds

04:03, 16mm, 2022 

A ghost, a face, lucid minerals, vague landscapes... What do you see when my words fall?

To experience delayed emotions is like trying to decipher a riddle caught up in time lags. I wanted to tell that riddle visually.


Student Collaboration

An interactive downloadable gallery featuring the final projects of Spring 2024 Motion students at UCLA DMA. Click to visit the itch.io page.


An interactive downloadable gallery featuring the final projects of Spring 2023 Motion students at UCLA DMA. Click to visit the itch.io page.