Phani Kiran Damara is a graduate in Physiotherapy and holds a Diploma in Film Editing from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. His work brings together an interdisciplinary background and visual storytelling, with areas of interest in human perception and AI filmmaking.
He has worked as Video Editor on The Story of Indian Animation, a research-based video series documenting the contributions of Indian animators, developed under the e-Kalpa initiative at IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay. He has also directed a documentary video series on the scholarship of Prof. Walter Spink, as part of the MHRD project Revisiting Ajanta - Design Intervention and Pedagogy at IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, engaging with art, history, and academic research.