Vanitha Rangaraju

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Vanitha Rangaraju
Born
Vanitha Rangaraju

with 1970 (age 5253)
NationalityIndian
Alma mater National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli & University of Texas at Austin

Vanitha Rangaraju-Ramanan (born 1970) is an Indian animator who works for DreamWorks Animation. Rangaraju was part of the team for movie Shrek that won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 74th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, United States and BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 55th British Academy Film Awards in London, United Kingdom, for which she was credited as Lighting Technical Director. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Rangaraju was born 1970 in Tiruchirappalli, where she went to school and graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from the Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli (now known as National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli). In 1996, she pursued Master's program at the University of Texas at Austin followed by an internship at Industrial Light & Magic in 1998. Since then she has been with DreamWorks Animation. [1]

Filmography

Vanitha has worked in the following films and shows: [4]

NameRoleYear
Shrek technical director: lighting and effects2001
Sproutlead lighter2002
Shrek 2 lead lighter2004
Madagascar lead lighter2005
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper lead lighter2005
Shrek the Third effects lead2007
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa computer graphics supervisor2008
Merry Madagascar head of lighting2009
Scared Shrekless digital effects supervisor2010
Puss in Boots head of lighting2011
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted visual effects supervisor2012
Dragons Riders of Berk (season 1)Viking for Hire (episode 2)overseas visual effects supervisor2012
The Terrible Twos (episode 4)
Madly Madagascar digital effects supervisor2013
The Boss Baby visual effects supervisor2017
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run visual effects supervisor2020

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  2. "The 74th Academy Awards | 2002". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. "Adapted Screenplay in 2002 | Film | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. "Vanitha Rangaraju". IMDb. Retrieved 2 June 2021.