Nirvan Mullick is an award winning filmmaker who began teaching himself animation in 1996 while studying Philosophy at New College. Nirvan went on to earn an MFA in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts. His animated student films (The Box Man and The Three of Us) have screened in festivals worldwide, from Cannes to Annecy, earning a nomination for the Student Academy Award, and winning numerous awards.

After graduating CalArts, Nirvan directed the stop-motion title-sequence for Willard, created an original animated series called Fish Eye Guy, and wrote The Man in the Flying Lawnchair, an original screenplay being produced by Michael Besman (About Schmidt).

Currently Nirvan is directing The 1 Second Film project, while building The Collaboration Foundation, a non-profit arts organization designed to facilitate global collaborative art projects. The grassroots production began as Nirvan's student project, and has since attracted the support of thousands of people around the world, from celebrities to great grandmothers.

Nirvan is currently working on the open-source documentary about the making of The 1 Second Film, while building the on-line platform to power future collaborations.

Nirvan lives in downtown Los Angeles.