Kristian Bansil

External Relations Coordinator

Pronouns: He/Him/His
Pronunciation: Kris-chin Ban-zil
What I Do: External Relations
What I Am: ​Bay Area Filipino 🇵🇭, born to sketch, forced to render
Kristian is the External Relations Coordinator for Asians in Animation. He currently works as a designer in the video game industry! His work focuses on various Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality projects with studios such as Niantic and Google. 

While studying business at Berkeley City College, Kristian has taken his free-time to work on projects and initiatives that elevate the communities that fueled his passion. Taking on roles as a game designer, storyboarder, coordinator and 2D animator on his friends’ initiatives, Kristian aims to bring these diverse roles into a potential career in the Animation industry.

In his free-free time, Kristian loves deep diving into niche subjects and reading juicy fanfiction, finding ways to incorporate intimate and personal topics appropriately into his professional work. 

Being based in Oakland, Kristian hopes to break into the studio of his dreams, bringing his passion for elevating creative spaces for the geniuses at Pixar.