Srujith
Srujith Kumar Ogirala at his animation desk

Srujith Kumar Ogirala

Creative Director · Animation Supervisor · Animation Lead · Animator

Oversee and supervise animation across all projects, review animation at all stages, and provide feedback to animators and Team Leads. Ensure the team produces high-quality animation that fits the style and pacing of each project and brief. Be a key creative voice on pitches and animation tests — advising on the best approach to deliver quality at every stage. Nurture, develop, and manage the Animation Team with support from department heads. Work closely with Rigging to improve setups, rigs, tools, and pipeline. Partner with HoDs and Talent to recruit the best animation talent, and support the team through creative and technical problems.

Experience

2007 — Present

DNEG · Animation Lead

Jul 2025 — Present
  • Leading animation delivery on an undisclosed feature film — setting quality bar, shot direction, and team priorities.
  • Partnering with supervisors, TDs, and production; mentoring animators and clearing creative–technical blockers in dailies.
Undisclosed Feature Film

Flyers Soft Pvt Ltd · Creative & Technology Head

Apr 2024 — Jun 2025 · Chennai
  • Led creative and technical teams across full animation pipelines from conception to delivery.
  • Animated and supervised a sequence on the VFX feature film Ayalaan.
  • Drove technology integration and creative excellence across production workflows.
AyalaanVFX Feature

Nascore Entertainment (OPC) Pvt Ltd · Director

May 2022 — Mar 2024 · Hyderabad
  • Founded and managed the studio; delivered 5 complete pilots from production through post.
  • Owned business operations, strategic planning, and creative oversight.
  • Built production tools from scratch: Beat (Blender), MEAT (Maya), and NC Player for shot reviews.
Akira and MowgliScrambledPixie BunchYoung AchieversITAH

Mikros Animation · Senior Animation Supervisor

Jul 2019 — May 2022 · Bengaluru
  • Directed animation quality and technical oversight; key contributor on feature film Ozi.
  • Introduced and rolled out the mGear rigging pipeline, improving animator usability.
OzimGear

Technicolor India · Animation Supervisor

Jul 2017 — Jul 2019
  • Supervised Disney episodic and pilot delivery — shot direction, quality bar, and team mentoring across series pipelines.
Bollywood Princess (Disney Pilot) Mira, Royal Detective S1 Chip ’n’ Dale S1 Mickey & the Roadster Racers S1–2

Technicolor India · Animation Team Lead

Jul 2016 — Jul 2017
  • Led animation team delivery on Disney episodic — pilot through series production.
Mickey & the Roadster Racers — Pilot & Series

Technicolor India · Senior Animator

Dec 2014 — Jul 2016
  • Senior animator on Disney television productions — performance, body mechanics, and shot delivery.

Xentrix Studios · Senior Animator

Jun 2014 — Nov 2014
  • Senior Animator delivering production animation on studio assignments.

DQ Entertainment · Animator → Lead

Feb 2007 — Jun 2014
  • Progressed from Animator to Lead across TV, feature, and game animation — including Jungle Book 3D, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Little Prince 3D, Robin Hood, and commercials.
Jungle Book 3DAlvin and the ChipmunksThe Little Prince 3DRobin Hood

Portfolio

Selected work
DNEG Demo — watch on YouTube

DNEG Demo

DNEG · Animation Lead

Feature animation work — opens at 0:49.

Nascore Demo

Nascore

Studio demo reel — Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Compositing, VFX and Rendering across Nascore pilots.

Ayalaan

Flyers Soft · Animator & Sequence Supervisor

Animated and supervised a sequence on the VFX feature film Ayalaan.

Ozi — watch on YouTube

Ozi

Mikros Animation · Sr. Animation Supervisor

Feature film — rigging and animation; mGear pipeline for production.

Akira and Mowgli

Nascore · Pilot

Studio-founded pilot — Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Compositing, VFX and Rendering.

Scrambled

Nascore · Pilot

Complete pilot — Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Compositing, VFX and Rendering.

Pixie Bunch

Nascore · Pilot

End-to-end pilot — Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Compositing, VFX and Rendering.

Young Achievers

Nascore · Pilot

In-house pilot — Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Compositing, VFX and Rendering.

ITAH

Nascore · Teaser

ITAH teaser — Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Compositing, VFX and Rendering.

Mickey & the Roadster Racers — watch on YouTube

Mickey & the Roadster Racers

Technicolor · Supervisor / Team Lead

Disney episodic — pilot through Seasons 1–2.

Mira, Royal Detective — watch on YouTube

Mira the Royal Detective

Technicolor · Animation Supervisor

Disney series supervision — Mira, Royal Detective Season 1.

Beat · MEAT · NC Player — watch on YouTube

Beat · MEAT · NC Player

Nascore Tools

Blender toolkit, Maya animation toolkit, and shot-review player.

Recommendations

Folks about me

“I have worked very closely with Srujith on not one but many ocassions on many different projects and every time he has surpassed the expectations. His ways of understanding the job and executing it to the highest quality has always made him stand out of the crowd. His technical knowledge along with his creative skills makes him a one man army. He remains to be my favourite and I know many people who are from the same line of work and talk high of his abilities.”

Siddharth Vasudeva

Creative Director · Power Kids

“Srujith is really awesome person first place. Because of this quality he is at right position at right time. We have worked together very closely & friendly. Solving creative & technical problems for Animation is always fun with him.”

Amit Raut

Animation collaborator

“He is passionated animator, I have ever seen in my carrier of 18 years in the industry, He is very creative, innovative, technically strong animator, I am very much inspired from is work. above the all he is a good human being.”

Rajesh Bagde

General Manager — Technology (International Division)

“To all concerned this artist animator is one of the best I've come across in my 25 years of work at the highest level. Srujith is always driving to make a positive difference in all he does and raises up others in the process. I would recommend and have for any production or studio looking to better their product and personnel.”

Kevin Johnson

Animation Director · Cinesite

“I have had the pleasure to know Srujith for such a long time. Really Fantastic Artist! Very open-minded and friendly person. Top-notch Artist. Highly experienced in his field of expertise. His passion for learning new technology is really a bliss for People around him.. whether its New scripts for Animators or Assets related stuff that puzzling the Artist's. no matter how complex or how trivial. He Always seems to find the perfect solution and the right way to make everything works smoothly. And along with his easy going yet professional attitude, makes working with Him a pleasure. I really believe that Srujith would bring expertise and professionalism to any team he works with. He is an amazing artist, a great guy to work with and he also has all the right qualities to be a great asset to any CGI production team.. I am quite sure he will reach his ultimate goal, he is dreaming. Best of luck :)”

Pushpendra Sharma

Generative AI Cinematic Director · Animation Lead

“great quality and fast animator. very co-operative with team”

N V Subbarao

Founder and CEO

BEAT · nascoree.in

Trusted by Animators Worldwide

“We're happy to use BEAT in our small studio. It has proven to be an invaluable tool in many situations! From smooth animation handling with the Tween Machine to the super useful camera tools and motion paths, this add-on has truly improved our workflow. The intuitive interface and features like the Mini Studio Library and temporary locators have allowed us to work with greater precision and efficiency. A true ally for anyone working with animation in Blender on a daily basis!”

Marco

Studio animator · BEAT

“This is a great app which has really helped me adjust from using Maya. It brings across many much needed tools that have really sped up and simplified my workflow. On top of that, the developer added an extra feature to it so it was more accustomed to my workflow, which was really nice of him. Really friendly guy who cares, and continues to give support even after purchase.”

Tom

Maya → Blender transition · BEAT

“I've been animating in Maya for years and it was really hard for me to switch from Maya to Blender until I purchased the Beat addon. That made my life different and I highly recommend it for everyone! That is definitely my favorite addon for Blender!”

Ruslan

Long-time Maya animator · BEAT

“I absolutely love this add-on and use it all the time for my animations! It's an incredibly useful tool that has improved my workflow tremendously.”

Anett

Daily animation workflow · BEAT

“Fantastic .. all what you need in one powerful package .. very well done.”

Ibrahim Fadl Ibrahim

BEAT user

“Excellent tool, it's helping me a lot.”

Rogerio Souza Britto

BEAT user

“lovely addon. thank you for this..”

maddoju ramesh

BEAT user

LinkedIn · BEAT reviews

Skills

Tools & pipelines

3D

Animation, rigging & production DCC

MayaBlenderAnimBotMG ToolsmGear Advanced SkeletonShotgunRVIn-house applications

Post

Editorial, compositing & finishing

After EffectsPremiereDaVinciNukePhotoshop

Built

Tools I shipped for studio pipelines

OS

Production environments

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Get in touch

An inspired approach to creative collaboration

Animation Supervisor and Animation Lead based in Hyderabad — open to feature, VFX, and studio partnerships.