Nirvan Mullick is an LA based filmmaker, speaker, and founder of Interconnected Media and Imagination.org.
Nirvan's short film Caine's Arcade became a viral phenomenon in 2012, receiving millions of views and changing the life of a creative 9 year-old boy. Following Caine's Arcade, Nirvan founded Imagination.org to foster creativity for children worldwide, and created the Global #CardboardChallenge that has since engaged over 1 MILLION KIDS in 80 countries. Imagination.org now supports over 180 Chapters in 30 countries, and has become a division of Two Bit Circus Foundation to raise the next generation of creative problem solvers. Lego and Ashoka named Imagination.org a Champion of their Re-Imagine Learning Challenge and in 2019 VANS made a $1 Million donation to Imagination.org to help continue growing programs that foster the creative expression of kids worldwide.
Nirvan is the founder of Interconnected, an LA based creative agency that helps tell stories for impact. Nirvan directed the viral #EarthToParis climate campaign for the UN Foundation and GOOD, generating over 1.4 billion impressions leading up to the historic Paris Climate Agreement. His films have screened in festivals worldwide, from Cannes to Annecy, winning numerous awards. His work has been featured in the NY Times, NBC, ABC, NPR, New Yorker, and is in the permanent collection of MoMA.
Nirvan currently serves on the board of TwoBitCircus.org (which Imagination.org merged with in 2018), and has received the Dan Eldon Award for Creative Activism and the Big Ideas in Action award.
Nirvan writes, directs, speaks, consults, leads creativity workshops, and shares the power of stories, moments, and people to have an impact.
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This Hashtag Could Stop Climate Change. Seriously. #EarthToParis
Making Perfect Moments: How to Change the World
New Yorker: The Perfect Moment Goes Perfectly Viral
NBC News: Caine's Arcade Spurs WorldWide Movement
LA Times: Caine's Arcade Makes Grown Men Cry
Christian Science Monitor: Caine's Arcade More than Passing Fad
Christian Science Monitor: Caine's Arcade Moves Grown Men to Tears
Huffington Post: President Clinton poses with Fun Pass and Nirvan
@nirvan on twitter