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'{{Infobox Comics creator | image = Nina Paley Chiaroscuro.jpg | imagesize = | caption = '''Nina Paley''' (2006). | birthname = Nina Paley | birthdate = {{Birth date|1968|5|3|mf=y}} | location = [[Urbana, Illinois]] | deathdate = | deathplace = | nationality = American | area = writer, penciller, cartoonist, animator, anarchosyndic | alias = Nina | notable works = [[Nina's Adventures]], [[Sita Sings the Blues]] | awards = <!-- [[#Awards|full list]] --> }} '''Nina Paley''' (born May 3, 1968) is an [[United States|American]] [[cartoonist]], [[Animation|animator]] and [[free culture movement|free culture]] activist.<ref>[http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/03/18/my-official-position-on-copyright/ My Official Position on Copyright], Nina Paley blog, accessed May 28, 2009</ref> She directed the animated feature film ''[[Sita Sings the Blues]]''. She was the artist and often the writer of [[comic strip|comic strips]] ''[[Nina's Adventures]]'' and ''[[Fluff (comic strip)|Fluff]]'', but most of her recent work has been in animation. Her early short films include ''[[Fetch! (short film)|Fetch!]]'', ''[[The Stork (short film)|The Stork]]'',<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWrMDlafrAI ''The Stork'' on Youtube]</ref> and ''The Wit & Wisdom of Cancer''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3C-ERBfCms ''Cancer'' on Youtube]</ref> == Early life == Bitch u should be ashamed of ur self why dont make cartoons of jesus n Mohammad If u would have made cartoons of Mohammad I bet a fatwa would have been issued on ur name n people would searching u to get ur hate u shuld be ashamed of ur self just because Hindus r the most tolerent people doesnt means u will insult them how cheap of u n disgraceful..... == Nina's Adventures and other strips == In 1988, Paley moved to [[Santa Cruz, California]] and began to write and draw the strip ''Nina's Adventures''. In 1991, she moved to [[San Francisco]]. In 1995, she began to draw the more mainstream ''Fluff'', a comic strip about a cat, which enjoyed a modest success in syndication. In 1998, she also began to experiment with animation.<ref>[http://www.ninapaley.com NinaPaley.com], official website, accessed Feb. 2, 2007</ref> In 1999, she made the world's first cameraless [[IMAX]] film, ''[[Pandorama]]'',<ref>[http://www.ninapaley.com/pandoramahome.html Pandorama], Ninapaley.com</ref> a short [[Modernist]] film which was shown widely at major film festivals in [[35 mm]] form during 2000 and 2001. In [[70 mm]] form, it also ran for about a year as a short feature at [[Berlin Cinestar]] and has been shown at IMAX theaters elsewhere. In 2001, she produced ''Fetch!'', a humorous short cartoon feature based on a variety of optical illusions, which has enjoyed popularity ever since.<ref>[http://www.speculist.com/archives/000312.html Speaking of the Future with Nina Paley], The Speculist, October 6, 2008. accessed Feb. 8, 2007</ref> She then embarked on a series based on a more controversial subject, population growth. The centerpiece of the series was ''The Stork'', in which a serene landscape is bombed to destruction by "bundles of joy" — infants (brought by storks). The film is a compact expression of the conflict between increasing human population and the ecosystem in which it must live. While the 3½ minute film angered some viewers,{{citation needed|date=December 2009}} it was a considerable success at festivals, and resulted in an invitation to [[Sundance]] in 2003. == Sita and recent work == [[Image:NinaAtBerlinale.jpg|thumb|right|At the Berlinale premiere in 2008.]] In 2002, Paley moved to [[Trivandrum]], [[India]], where her husband had taken a job. While she was visiting [[New York City]] on business concerning her third comic strip, ''The Hots'', her husband terminated their marriage. Unable to return to either Trivandrum or San Francisco, she moved to [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. Her personal crisis caused her to see more deeply into the ''[[Ramayana]]'', the Indian epic, which she had encountered in India, and motivated her to produce a short animation which combines an episode from the Ramayana with a [[torch song]] recorded in 1929 by [[Annette Hanshaw]], "Mean To Me".<ref>[http://www.flashgoddess.com/html/gallery_NinaPaley.html Featured artist - Nina Paley: Sita Sings the Blues], Flash Goddess, October 2005. accessed Feb. 8, 2007</ref> Since then she has added episodes and other material to the work, which is now called ''[[Sita Sings the Blues]]'', thus expanding it into feature-length treatment of the Ramayana focused on [[Rama]]'s wife, [[Sita]], using a variety of animation styles and techniques. Many of the episodes have appeared in recent animation festivals. The finished work premiered at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] on Feb. 11, 2008.<ref>[http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/february/singstheblues.html Sita Sings The Blues (Work in Progress) Plus Selected Shorts], Cinema Arts Centre - Huntington, NY. accessed Feb. 8, 2007</ref> Due to the obstacles encountered when trying to [[copyright |clear the rights]] to the Hanshaw's recordings used in the film, Paley began to take a part in the [[free culture movement]]. She made an illustrated guide to the idea of [[free content]] ("Understanding Free Content"<ref>[http://questioncopyright.org/understanding_free_content Understanding Free Content], QuestionCopyright.org, 2009-04-02. accessed May 28, 2009</ref>), wrote and performed the song "Copying Isn't Theft" meant to be freely [[remix]]ed by other people<ref>[http://questioncopyright.org/rearranging_isnt_theft_either "Copying Isn't Theft" -- Your Versions], QuestionCopyright.org. accessed May 28, 2009</ref> and plans to publish much of her work, including "Nina’s Adventures", "Fluff", and all original work in ''Sita Sings The Blues'', under a [[copyleft]] licence.<ref>"The whole struggle with our broken copyright system turned me into a Free Culture activist. I’m actually going to release all my old “Nina’s Adventures” and “Fluff” comics under a Share Alike (copyleft) license too." http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/faq.html accessed May 28, 2009</ref> The website for ''Sita Sings the Blues'' includes a wiki where its fans contributed translated subtitles for the DVD of the film.<ref>See its lists of [http://sitasingstheblues.com/wiki/index.php?title=Subtitles subtitles] and [http://sitasingstheblues.com/wiki/index.php?title=SitaSingsTheBlues:Current_events screenings]</ref> She has taught in the Design and Technology section of [[Parsons]], part of [[The New School]].<ref>[http://www.parsons.edu/faculty_and_staff/faculty_details.aspx?dID=69&sdID=91&pType=2&id=3756 Parsons - Design & Technology Faculty, Nina Paley<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> == Works == === Comic strips === * ''[[Nina's Adventures]]'' * ''[[Fluff (comic strip)|Fluff]]'' * ''[[the Hots]]'' === Filmography === * ''Cancer'' (1998. Drawing directly on film. 2 minutes. Color. 35mm.) * ''[[Luv Is...]]'' (1998. Clay animation. 3.5 minutes. Beta SP / Super-8. Color.) * ''[[I (heart) My Cat]]'' (1998. Clay animation. 3 minutes. 16mm. Color.) * ''[[Pandorama]]'' (2000. Drawing directly on film. 3 minutes. color. 15perf/70mm (also known as "IMAX")) * ''Fetch!'' (2001. 2-D computer animation. 4.5 minutes. 35mm. Color.) * ''[[The Stork]]'' (2002. 2-D computer animation (Flash/Photoshop/Final Cut Pro). 3 minutes. Video. Color.) * ''[[Goddess of Fertility]]'' (2002. 2-D digital animation. 2 minutes. Clay animated on glass. Color. 35mm.) * ''[[Fertco]]'' (2002. 2-D digital animation. 3 minutes. Color. Video.) * ''[[The Wit and Wisdom of Cancer]]'' (2002. 2-D digital animation. 4.5 minutes. Color. Dialog. Video.) * ''[[Sita Sings the Blues]]'' (82 min, 2003-2008, 2-D digital animation. Color.) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.ninapaley.com Paley's official website] * {{imdb name|1315434|Nina Paley}} *[http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/ Web site of ''Sita Sings The Blues''] *[http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/february/singstheblues.html Huntington Cinema Arts Centre Program notes] *[http://www.amateurillustrator.com/articles/?p=202 Amateur Illustrator: Biography] *[http://home.earthlink.net/~twoeyesmagazine/issue2/richman.htm Two Eyes Magazine Interview] '''Archives''' *[http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/ Cartoonistgroup: extensive archives of many of Paley's comic strips] *[http://www.things.org/~jym/nina-bibliography.html Partial bibliography of Paley's comic strips] *[http://www.ianakin.com/text/Fluff/index.htm "Fluff" Archive of some of Nina Paley's comic strips] *[http://xmasresistance.org/ Christmas Resistance, a Paley project] {{DEFAULTSORT:Paley, Nina}} [[Category:1968 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Urbana, Illinois]] [[Category:American anarchists]] [[Category:American animators]] [[Category:American comic strip cartoonists]] [[Category:Women comics artists]] [[Category:Women comics writers]] [[Category:University Laboratory High School of Urbana, Illinois alumni]] [[Category:Anarchist artists]] [[Category:Open content activists]] [[fr:Nina Paley]] [[ml:നീന പാലി]]'