RANI NAAMANI Supervising Animator | Filmmaker [email protected] WORK EXPERIENCE Dreamworks Animation, California Aug 2006 - Present Supervising Animator on “Croods 2” Supervising Animator on “How To Train Your Dragon 3” Supervising Animator on “Boss Baby” Animator on “Penguins of Madagascar” Animator on “How To Train Your Dragon 2” Lead Animator on “Madagascar 3” Lead Animator on “Megamind” Supervising Animator on “Megamind: Button of Doom” Animator on “Monsters Vs Aliens: Bob’s Big Break” Animator on “Monsters Vs Pumpkins” Animator on “Madagascar 2” Animator on “Shrek the Third” DNA Productions, Texas Aug 2005 - May 2006 Animator on Warner Brothers “The Ant Bully” Mainframe Entertainment, Vancouver April 2005 - July 2005 Animator on “Scary Godmother 2” EDUCATION Vancouver Film School, Vancouver Diploma for 3D Animation and Visual Efects Exclusive DNA Productions Masterclass Hosted By Storyboard Veteran Ken Mitchroney Exclusive Dreamworks Masterclass Hosted By James Baxter SOFTWARE SKILLS Maya Premiere After Efects Photoshop Ableton Resolve Illustrator AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS Directed Award Winning Short Film “Defective” • Winner of the $20,000 Grand Prize in the EA Great Canadian Art Competition For “Best Short Digital Animation” • Winner of the Red Baton in the category of “Best 3D Student Animation” at the Red Stick International Animation Festival 2006 • Nominated at the Leo Awards Film Festival 2005 for both “Director in a Student Production” and “Program in a Student Production.” • Screened at: San Diego International Children’s Film Festival International Festival of Animation Films BIMINI Seoul International Animation Festival Animex Student Animation Awards Nextoons/Nicktoons Film Festival Shorts Drawer DVD collection MTV Music Television Shortbl Moviefest ION FEST • Qualified for the VFS Festival Scholarship Program • Featured on Youtube’s Front Page with over 2,000,000 views Directed Award Winning Short Film “Too Late” • Featured on Vimeo’s Front Page as “Staf Pick” with over 470,000 views • Mentioned on the Hufngton Post • Screened at: Fantastic Film Fest, Florida Film Festival, Daily Motion Cinema Selects • Won the special jury prize at the 2012 Knoxville Horror Film Festival for “Best Twist” Dreamworks Training Award for Excellence in Advancing the Art VES Award Nominee for “Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture” .