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{{short description|Indian animator (born 1970)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vanitha Rangaraju
| birth_name = Vanitha Rangaraju
| birth_date = with {{Birth year and age|1970}}
| birth_place = [[Tiruchirappalli]]
| nationality = Indian
| education =
| alma_mater = [[National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli]] & [[University of Texas at Austin]]
| occupation =
}}
'''Vanitha Rangaraju-Ramanan''' (born 1970) is an [[India]]n 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2004-08-13|title=Road to the Oscar|url=https://www.dqindia.com/road-to-the-oscar/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=DATAQUEST|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The 74th Academy Awards {{!}} 2002|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Adapted Screenplay in 2002 {{!}} Film {{!}} BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2002/film/screenplay-adapted|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-07|website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>

== 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.<ref name=":0" />

== Filmography ==
Vanitha has worked in the following films and shows:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vanitha Rangaraju|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1657326/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=IMDb}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" |Name
!Role
!Year
|-
| colspan="3" |''[[Shrek]]''
|technical director: lighting and effects
|2001
|-
| colspan="3" |''Sprout''
|lead lighter
|2002
|-
| colspan="3" |''[[Shrek 2]]''
|lead lighter
|2004
|-
| colspan="3" |[[Madagascar (2005 film)|''Madagascar'']]
|lead lighter
|2005
|-
| colspan="3" |''[[The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper]]''
|lead lighter
|2005
|-
| colspan="3" |''[[Shrek the Third]]''
|effects lead
|2007
|-
| colspan="3" |''[[Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa]]''
|computer graphics supervisor
|2008
|-
| colspan="3" |''[[Merry Madagascar]]''
|head of lighting
|2009
|-
| colspan="3" |''[[Scared Shrekless]]''
|digital effects supervisor
|2010
|-
| colspan="3" |[[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|''Puss in Boots'']]
|head of lighting
|2011
|-
| colspan="3" |''[[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]''
|visual effects supervisor
|2012
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[DreamWorks Dragons|''Dragons'']]
| rowspan="2" |''Riders of Berk'' (season 1)
|''Viking for Hire'' (episode 2)
| rowspan="2" |overseas visual effects supervisor
| rowspan="2" |2012
|-
|''The Terrible Twos'' (episode 4)
|-
| colspan="3" |''[[Madly Madagascar]]''
|digital effects supervisor
|2013
|-
| colspan="3" |''[[The Boss Baby]]''
|visual effects supervisor
|2017
|-
| colspan="3" |''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run]]''
|visual effects supervisor
|2020
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Indian animators]]
[[Category:Animators from Texas]]
[[Category:Artists from Tiruchirappalli]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli alumni]]
[[Category:Women artists from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Women animators]]
<references />

== External Links ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps1FvYKG0js Interview of Vanitha Rangaraju for Puss in Boots] - [[YouTube]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay8GeP-9ayU Vanitha Rangaraju at the SpongeBob's 20th Anniversary] - [[YouTube]]

[[Category:University of Texas at Austin alumni]]

Vanitha Rangaraju - Revision history

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