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Vinod Krishnan is a Los Angeles–based Production Technical Director and Visual Development Artist with over six years of experience across Disney Television Animation, Universal, Adult Swim, and major music studios. He specializes in bridging creative vision with technical pipelines—leading teams, building tools, and delivering high-quality animation across episodic, long-form, and music video projects. Beyond studio work, Vinod serves on ACM SIGGRAPH’s Industry Outreach and Marketing committees, connecting global studios with emerging talent, and represents Wacom Technologies as a demo artist at international events.…Vinod Krishnan is a Los Angeles–based Production Technical Director and Visual Development Artist with over six years of experience across Disney Television Animation, Universal, Adult Swim, and major music studios. He specializes in bridging creative vision with technical pipelines—leading teams, building tools, and delivering high-quality animation across episodic, long-form, and music video projects. Beyond studio work, Vinod serves on ACM SIGGRAPH’s Industry Outreach and Marketing committees, connecting global studios with emerging talent, and represents Wacom Technologies as a demo artist at international events.

Vinod Krishnan

Animator, Visual Effects Artist, Artist, +3

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Vinod Krishnan is a Los Angeles–based Production Technical Director and Visual Development Artist with over six years of experience across Disney Television Animation, Universal, Adult Swim, and major music studios. He specializes in bridging creative vision with technical pipelines—leading teams, building tools, and delivering high-quality animation across episodic, long-form, and music video projects. Beyond studio work, Vinod serves on ACM SIGGRAPH’s Industry Outreach and Marketing committees, connecting global studios with emerging talent, and represents Wacom Technologies as a demo artist at international events.…Vinod Krishnan is a Los Angeles–based Production Technical Director and Visual Development Artist with over six years of experience across Disney Television Animation, Universal, Adult Swim, and major music studios. He specializes in bridging creative vision with technical pipelines—leading teams, building tools, and delivering high-quality animation across episodic, long-form, and music video projects. Beyond studio work, Vinod serves on ACM SIGGRAPH’s Industry Outreach and Marketing committees, connecting global studios with emerging talent, and represents Wacom Technologies as a demo artist at international events.

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Vinod Krishnan is a Los Angeles–based Production Technical Director and Visual Development Artist with over six years of experience across Disney Television Animation, Universal, Adult Swim, and major music studios. He specializes in bridging creative vision with technical pipelines—leading teams, building tools, and delivering high-quality animation across episodic, long-form, and music video projects. Beyond studio work, Vinod serves on ACM SIGGRAPH’s Industry Outreach and Marketing committees, connecting global studios with emerging talent, and represents Wacom Technologies as a demo artist at international events.

Skills

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro

Expert

Adobe Illustrator

Expert

Autodesk Maya

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Lead Production Technical Director at The Walt Disney Company

June 1, 2021 - Present

— Led a team of TDs as the bridge between studio-wide post production standards and show-specific needs; identified and built pipeline tools, oversaw digital production workflows, and ensured continuity across episodic, long-form, and theatrical projects. — Collaborated directly with showrunners, episodic/art directors, and producers to shape critical technical and creative decisions throughout the production, from early design phases to final delivery. — Managed data transfers and deliverables from partner studios, responsible for ingesting assets, rendering AVRs for editorial, and delivering final conforms for post-production. — Animated shots from scratch and completed director-requested retakes, ensuring character performance, timing, and storytelling aligned with show vision. — Developed workflows for under-development shows to support animation tests, visual development, and look exploration; handled complex 2D/3D integration, re-art direction, camera setups, and final delivery conforming with editorial pipelines.

Visual Development Artist - 2D Production Lead at Ingenuity Studios

December 31, 2020 - September 14, 2025

Provided visual development using After Effects for animated and live-action TV shows and music videos; color/lighting keys, graphics iterations, roto, lighting, and tracking; assisted art with render beautification and asset creation in Unreal Engine for shot blocking and paint-overs; created color scripts, mood boards, and prepared files for large-scale animation and live-action projects; supervised and led a team of 20 artists end-to-end for high-profile animated music videos, ensuring artistic quality, pipeline efficiency, and timely delivery across multiple deadlines and stakeholders.

2D Animator - AE Compositor at Adult Swim

May 31, 2017 - December 29, 2017

— 2D FX animation for network TV shows. — Compositing and tracking all the shots in AE.