Creative Animation Director and story artist with 15+ years of experience across feature films, series, and hybrid 2D/3D pipelines. Known for character development, supervising animation, and storyboard/animatic workflows that translate scripts into polished animatics ready for production. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…

Ravi Kamble Govind

Creative Animation Director and story artist with 15+ years of experience across feature films, series, and hybrid 2D/3D pipelines. Known for character development, supervising animation, and storyboard/animatic workflows that translate scripts into polished animatics ready for production. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…

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Creative Animation Director and story artist with 15+ years of experience across feature films, series, and hybrid 2D/3D pipelines. Known for character development, supervising animation, and storyboard/animatic workflows that translate scripts into polished animatics ready for production.

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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
Hindi
Advanced

Work Experience

Storyboard Artist at Netflix Animation Studios
January 1, 2025 - Present
Storyboarding on high-end animated series based on established IP “Magic: The Gathering”. Boards 40-minute episodes from script pages through fully completed animatics to ship for third-party vendor. Creates ideation, layout and staging choreography, camera work, posing/acting performance, and contributes to first-cut editing and sound design. Works in a CG pipeline with 3D environments and character rigs to block scenes directly from script pages, combining 2D drawings. Uses “Vision for Blender” to build hybrid 2D/3D storyboard-to-animatic workflows.
Senior Animator at Fortiche Production
May 1, 2024 - October 1, 2024
Animated on the feature film “Predator: Killer of Killers” released on Disney+. Worked on a global co-production across multiple CG studios, collaborating internally with local animator/supervisor teams and cross-site between France and the US. Focused on high polish and realistic animation while pushing visuals with stylization, animating on 2s.
Creative Director | Storyviz artist at agora.studio
August 1, 2023 - August 1, 2024
Supported development of internal studio IPs including visual development, character design, pitch documents, and creation of storyboards/animatics (2D and hybrid). Pitched and wrote proposals, created beatboards and character descriptions, led visual explorations and team brainstorms, and supervised/directed animation with 2D drawovers. Contributed across projects including vignette films, internal IPs for potential features/series, and game trailers.
3D Story artist at Goodbye Kansas Studios
April 1, 2023 - June 1, 2023
Created advanced 3D story/previz using Vision for Blender for the “Secret Level” episode of “The Outer Worlds” produced by Blur Studio and Amazon MGM Studios. Crafted shots and pitched ideas with the director. Produced full episodes of previz layout and animation content and delivered edited sequences with extensive takes and coverage.
Co-Creator at Vision for Blender
May 1, 2022 - Present
Co-creates a proprietary hybrid 2D/3D workflow system with director/developer Maciej Gliwa for producing high-quality animatics. Focus on enabling artists to raise storyboard/animatic quality using Blender-based tooling and a structured pipeline suitable for production use.
Storyboard Artist at Warner Bros. Animation
February 1, 2022 - June 1, 2022
Worked on a hybrid storyboard pipeline using Blender for the Netflix show “Wings of Fire”.
Supervising Animator at DreamWorks Animation
April 1, 2019 - November 1, 2021
Supervising animator and character development work on the animated feature “Boss Baby”.
Animator at DreamWorks Animation
April 1, 2018 - November 1, 2021
Animator on feature films at DreamWorks Animation in Glendale, Los Angeles. Completed projects include “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”, “Abominable”, and “Bad Guys”.
Character Developer at MPC
October 1, 2017 - December 1, 2017
Worked on character development for a VFX pitch, collaborating with a small core braintrust on site in London alongside the animation director, VFX supervisor, and director. Developed weekly animation tests, built reference/reference databases, and supported pitching ideas. Major focus was developing the villain and setting production standards and guidelines for animator adoption.
Freelance Independent at Independent Freelance
April 1, 2017 - October 1, 2017
Freelance character developer and senior animator across various projects; also supervised, developed, and directed personal projects. Specialized in character development/testing with riggers and modelers to ensure production-ready character creation. Produced animation content for short films, TV pilots, commercials, and features for high-profile clients.
Freelance Animator at Leo Sanchez Studio
November 1, 2016 - May 1, 2017
Freelance animation on various projects for Leo Sanchez Studio, Inc.
Supervising Animator at Oriental DreamWorks (东方梦工厂)
January 1, 2015 - March 1, 2017
Supervised Kung Fu Panda 3 themed commercial projects and work related to a Kung Fu Panda 3 theme park ride. Contributed to character development for the DreamWorks Animation feature project “Everest”.
Character Lead at DreamWorks Animation India
September 1, 2013 - November 1, 2014
Promoted as character lead on the octopus villain “Dave” voiced by John Malkovich for the upcoming feature film “The Penguins of Madagascar”.
Animator + Character development assistant at DreamWorks Animation India
February 1, 2013 - September 1, 2013
Animator on the upcoming feature film “The Penguins of Madagascar”. Assisted in developing one of the characters in close collaboration with the character lead.
Guest Lecturer (Animation) at University of Granada (UGR) / UGR-Kandor Graphics
April 1, 2012 - June 1, 2012
Occasional guest teaching on animation topics including forces, movement and balance, acting and staging.
Senior Animator at Kandor Graphics
January 1, 2012 - October 1, 2012
Animated on the feature film project “Justin and the Knights of Valour”.
Freelance Animator at Freelance
January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011
Remote freelance work assisting primarily as a character animator and artist on various projects.
Digital artist and Animator at Red Star 3D
September 1, 2008 - December 1, 2010
Managed multiple facets of 3D production specializing in character animation.
Character Animator at Red Vision Ltd.
October 1, 2007 - August 1, 2008
Character animator for the TV show “Headcases”; also supported scene layout and lip sync. Character animator for the TV show “Evolutions” (now called “Morphed”) broadcast in National Geographic.
Freelance Animator and artist at Revolution Software Ltd
July 1, 2007 - February 1, 2008
Responsible for storyboarding, character design, and animation for the Wii and Nintendo DS edition of “Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars”.
Freelance Animator and Artist at C60 Media
February 1, 2006 - December 1, 2006
Freelance character animation; main responsibility was character animation. Secondary assignments included concept art, storyboarding, 3D modeling, and rigging/character setup. Worked on two 3D animation projects for C60 Media.

Education

BSC (Computer Animation and Special Effects) at University of Bradford
January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2007
Character Animation Certificate at iAnimate.net
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012

Qualifications

49th Annie Award Nominee
March 12, 2022 - March 12, 2022
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production ("The Boss Baby: Family Business")
42nd Annie Award Nominee
December 1, 2014 - January 31, 2015
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production ("Penguins of Madagascar")

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education
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