Satish Shewhorak

Dr. Satish Shewhorak is a Senior Lecturer in Technical Animation at Manchester Metropolitan University's School of Digital Arts, where he serves as Programme Leader for the MA Games Art program. He holds a Doctorate focused on gait analysis, motion retargeting, agent diversity, and crowd simulation for games animation, alongside a Master's degree in Computer Animation from Teesside University.

• Co-founder of award-winning animation studio moShine
• Active member of POCinPlay, advocating for People of Colour representation in the video games industry
• Contributor to initiatives like DVRS Games Festival and Manchester Game Centre
• Media appearances include work on reimaging iconic game characters to celebrate Black culture and South Asian heritage events

His research combines technical animation with behavioral modeling, focusing on natural movement simulation and diversity representation in digital media.