Микита

Personal details
Name: Nikita Ratnikov
Date of birth: 19/02/1982
Citizenship: Ukrainian
Location: str. Sholudenko 13b, Vishgorod, Ukraine
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Demo reel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snA3CvxxllQ

Filmography

• “Day Watch” feature length (2006) (animator, modeler)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Watch

• “Orange love” feature length (2007) (animator, VFX, compositing) http://www.orangelovethemovie.com/english/index.html

• “Ice in coffee” feature length for TV (2008) (modeling, shading, animation, compositing)

• “On the edge” 3d short film (2007) (director, producer, creator)


• “Coach” 3d short film (2009) (director, producer, creator)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4NPosv6kPA

• “IT SHALL BE DONE” trailer for an animated feature film (2011) (director, creator)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cMHz_goJTk&feature=relmfu

• “Dance!” trailer for an animated feature film (2012) (director, creator)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQc13V4ql9E
• “Orca” 3d short film (2024) (director, creator)

International festivals and prizes

“On the edge” (2007)
• Prise of the city Tigru Mures (Alter-Native festival , Romania)
• Diploma (Molodist International Film Festival, Ukraine)
Screenings at:
• Annecy'08 (Annecy, France),
• Anima'07, Animation Festival (Cordoba, Argentina),
• Sitges'07, International Film Festival (Spain),
• Zinebi Film Festival (Bilbao, Spain),
• Сinanima, Animation Festival (Espinho, Portugal),
• Animateka, Animation Festival (Ljubljana, Slovenia),
• Flip Animation Festival (UK),
• International Trickfilm Festival of Animated Films (Stuttgart, Germany),
• Roma Independent Film Festival (Rome, Italy),
• 5th Naoussa International Short Film and Video Festival (Naoussa, Greece)
• Berlinale, The Berlin International Film Festival (Berlin, Germany) (hors concours programme).

“Coach” (2009)
• Siggraph 2009 (USA) official selection international competition.
• Sitges'09, International Film Festival (Spain),

Software operational knowledge

• Maya
• Arnold, Redshift
• Mudbox
• Digital Fusion
• Adobe After Effects, Photoshop.

Work experience

• Company: Nikitova Games (game design)
Position: setup/animation
Period: October 2002 - November 2005
I was involved in creating games for consoles and PC. I had an opportunity to get experience in modeling, texturing, setup and animation for different games such as “Nike Football”, Shrek 2: Ogre Bowler”, “Kung-fu: eight immortals”, “Wrath” etc.

• Company: Wizard Post Production (post-production)
Position: 3d generalist, compositing
Period: November 2005 - October 2006
I had a position as 3d generalist as there was much work for a big number of commercials for TV. It was also very exciting to work in post production of 2 feature length movies “Day Watch” and “Orange Love”.

• Company: Gvardiya Post (post-production)
Position: Lead 3d generalist, CG supervisor
Period: May 2007 - November 2007
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• Company: Sun FX (post-production)
Position: 3d generalist, compositing
Period: February 2008 - October 2009
I was creating CG graphic for commercials and a feature length TV film “Ice in coffee”.

• Company: KievPostProduction (post-production)
Position: 3d generalist
Period: September 2011 - October 2012
I was creating CG graphic for commercials.

• Company: Camaradas (post-production)
Position: 3d generalist
Period: October 2012 - May 2013
I was creating CG graphic for commercials.

• Company: PostModern (post-production)
Position: animation and layout
Period: May 2013 - February 2014
I was creating CG animation for films.

• Company: PanamGrandPrix (animation)
Position: Lead Layout, animation, VFX
Period: February 2014- October 2016
I was creating CG animation for animated feature film “NickyTanner”.

• Company: PostModern (post-production)
Position: lead animation and lead layout
Period: October 2018- February 2020
I was creating CG animation for films.

• Company: Wargaming (animation)
Position: animation and layout
Period: December 2022 - July 2023
I was creating CG animation for different projects

• Company: Playsence (animation)
Position: animation and layout
Period: July 2023 - July 2025
I was creating CG animation for different projects

• Company: BeastBurst (game inductry)
Position: director and supervisor
Period: September 2025 - September 2026
Animation director for game trailers

Education

Zaporozhue Art College, Ukraine. Graduation year - 2002
Major: graphic design
Institute of Decorative Art in Kiev, Ukraine. Graduation year - 2009
Major: monumental decorative painting

Synopsis

Experience in 3d animation for 25 years.
I have an experience in creating CG animation shorts (“On the edge” 6 min, “Coach” 8 min, "Dance!" 4 min)
from the start: idea, concept, animatic, modeling, texturing, shading, setup, animation, VFX, compositing, editing and preparing for a 35 mm print.
Spoken languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian
I am a great fan of animation and film festivals. It’s important to get knowledge from people from different parts of the world and to be in focus of the latest art techniques and CG graphics.
Bicycle is my second hobby (city riding and mountain tours).