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Ramsey Naito is President of Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation. As President of Paramount Animation since September 2021, Naito oversees all of the animation group’s operations from development through theatrical release. Naito previously served as Executive Vice President of Paramount Animation in 2018 before assuming her role as Executive Vice President of Animation Production and Development at Nickelodeon Animation.

In her role as President of Paramount Animation and Nick Animation, Naito has been a driving force in reinvigorating the studio’s feature film animation business, with a robust and diverse slate of animated features including last year’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, which helped the two franchises earn a combined $2.5B at retail in 2023 alone.

Looking ahead, this September brings the highly anticipated Transformers ONE, the first animated Transformers film in 20 years, with an all-star voice cast including Chris Hemsworth as Young Optimus Prime, Bryan Tyree Henry as Young Megatron, Scarlett Johansson as Elita, and Keegan-Michael Key as fan-favorite Bumblebee.

Next year brings The Smurfs Movie to theatres on Valentine’s Day, also with a star-studded voice cast led by James Corden and Rihanna, who is voicing Smurfette in addition to writing, producing, and performing original songs. SpongeBob, which is celebrating its landmark 25th anniversary, is back and bigger than ever for Christmas 2025 with The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.

In 2026, the much-anticipated Aang: The Last Airbender hits theaters in Q1, followed by a third installment of the PAW Patrol Movie series, and a sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, slated for October release.

At Nickelodeon, Naito oversees animation content across all formats and platforms—spanning linear, digital, TV movies, theatrical motion pictures, and SVOD. Since joining the network in 2018, Naito has overseen a renaissance at the studio of animation content and production in scale and creativity.

Naito produced DreamWorks Animation’s Oscar®-nominated feature, The Boss Baby, which also earned her a PGA nomination for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures.