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.
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: NameRoleYearShrektechnical director: lighting and effects2001Sproutlead lighter2002Shrek 2lead lighter2004Madagascarlead lighter2005The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caperlead lighter2005Shrek the Thirdeffects lead2007Madagascar: Escape 2 Africacomputer graphics supervisor2008Merry Madagascarhead of lighting2009Scared Shreklessdigital effects supervisor2010Puss in Bootshead of lighting2011Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wantedvisual effects supervisor2012DragonsRiders of Berk (season 1)Viking for Hire (episode 2)overseas visual effects supervisor2012The Terrible Twos (episode 4)Madly Madagascardigital effects supervisor2013The Boss Babyvisual effects supervisor2017The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Runvisual effects supervisor2020
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External links
Interview of Vanitha Rangaraju for Puss in Boots – YouTube Vanitha Rangaraju at the SpongeBob's 20th Anniversary – YouTube