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Raja Rathna Reddy
LEAD TD

Raja Rathna Reddy

DNEG · ReDefine

FX Pipeline TD & AI Architect

Technical Director with 8+ years of production experience managing FX pipelines, tool automation, and render farm optimization for high-volume delivery. Key production credits include Toxic (2026), The Boys (2026/2024), Kalki 2898 AD (FX Lead), The Penguin, Borderlands, and Brahmāstra. Specialized in Houdini VEX, OpenUSD, Python APIs, n8n studio orchestration, and local privacy-first AI systems.