Nirvan Mullick (born April 8, 1975) is a Los Angeles–based filmmaker, writer, speaker, stop motion animator and founder of the Imagination Foundation.
He also created a viral short documentary called Caine's Arcade about a nine-year-old boy named Caine Monroy who created a cardboard arcade in his father's used auto parts shop.
The short was released on April 9, 2012, and became a viral phenomenon, achieving international media attention,[6] and launched a movement to foster the creativity of more kids.
[7] Mullick's goal of raising a $25,000 college fund for Caine reached $180,000 in on-line PayPal donations by April 20, 2012 (only ten days after the initial release of the video) – eventually raising over $240,000,[8][9] with over ten million views on YouTube and Vimeo.
Five days after the film was posted on-line, the Goldhirsh Foundation awarded Mullick a $250,000 grant to create a non-profit inspired by Caine's Arcade, with a mission to "find, foster, and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in kids worldwide".