Vanitha Rangaraju Explained

Vanitha Rangaraju
Birth Name:Vanitha Rangaraju
Birth Date:with
Birth Place:Tiruchirappalli
Nationality:Indian
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]

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.

Filmography

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

NameRoleYear
Shrektechnical director: lighting and effects2001
Sproutlead lighter2002
Shrek 2lead lighter2004
Madagascarlead lighter2005
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caperlead lighter2005
Shrek the Thirdeffects lead2007
computer graphics supervisor2008
Merry Madagascarhead of lighting2009
Scared Shreklessdigital effects supervisor2010
Puss in Bootshead of lighting2011
visual effects supervisor2012
DragonsRiders of Berk (season 1)Viking for Hire (episode 2)overseas visual effects supervisor2012
The Terrible Twos (episode 4)
Madly Madagascardigital effects supervisor2013
The Boss Babyvisual effects supervisor2017
visual effects supervisor2020

References

  1. Web site: 2004-08-13. Road to the Oscar. 2021-06-02. DATAQUEST. en-US.
  2. Web site: The 74th Academy Awards 2002. 2021-06-07. Oscars.org Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. en.
  3. Web site: Adapted Screenplay in 2002 Film BAFTA Awards. 2021-06-07. awards.bafta.org.
  4. Web site: Vanitha Rangaraju. 2021-06-02. IMDb.

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