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Professional
 I am a visual effects artist. I currently work at Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm, in San Francisco, California. My past projects include the feature films IRON MAN 2, AVATAR, STAR TREK, AVATAR, two TRANSFORMERS films, and two STAR WARS films.
Industrial Light + Magic
Pixel Magic
Flat Earth Productions
Banned From The Ranch
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While working with visual effects house Banned From The Ranch, I served as 2D Supervisor and Lead Digital Artist. Under the direction of VFX supervisor Van Ling, we created effects for INSPECTOR GADGET, DR. DOLITTLE and much more. I moved on to Flat Earth Productions--for VFX Supervisor Doug Beswick, I was a composite artist for the fifth season "Xena: Warrior Princess," and lead feature film compositor. At Pixel Magic, I was compositing supervisor for Renny Harlin's DRIVEN and the Bruce Willis film, HART'S WAR.
I am currently an artist at Industrial Light + Magic in San Francisco, California, where I completed work on STAR WARS Episodes II and III, WAR OF THE WORLDS, HULK and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN for such supervisors as Roger Guyett, Dennis Muren, Tim Alexander, Ben Snow and John Knoll.
In 2005, I worked on EPISODE III, WAR OF THE WORLDS and HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, three out of the four top grossing films of the year. In 2006, I was a sequence supervisor on MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III for vfx supervisor Roger Guyett and compositing supervisor Pat Tubach. ILM created over 500 "invisible" visual effects for the feature, directed by J.J. Abrams. And in 2007 I was a sequence supervisor for Michael Bay's TRANSFORMERS for vfx supervisor Scott Farrar and compositing supervisor Pat Tubach.
For 2009, I contributed to visual effects for the films STAR TREK, AVATAR, and TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN. I recently served as a sequence supervisor on IRON MAN 2.
I share a VES Award for Outstanding Compositing for our work on TRANSFORMERS, and was also nominated for a VES Award for our compositing work on AVATAR.
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UNTITLED ANIMATED SPAGHETTI WESTERN
Paramount
digital gunslinger
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| 2010 |
IRON MAN 2
Marvel/Paramount
sequence supervisor
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| 2009 |
STAR TREK
Paramount/Bad Robot
sequence supervisor
Academy Award Nomination for Best Visual Effects (Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton)
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
Paramount/Dreamworks
digital artist
AVATAR
Fox/Lightstorm
lead digital artist
VES Award Nominee for Best Compositing (Jay Cooper, Beth D'Amato, Eddie Pasquarello, Todd Vaziri)
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Star Trek
Avatar
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| 2008 |
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
Lucasfilm/Paramount
digital artist
SPEED RACER
Warner Bros.
digital artist
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Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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| 2007 |
TRANSFORMERS
Paramount/DreamWorks
sequence supervisor
VES Award Winner for Best Compositing (Pat Tubach, Beth D'Amato, Todd Vaziri, Mike Conte), plus three other wins. more info
Academy Award Nomination for Best Visual Effects (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier)
LIONS FOR LAMBS
United Artists
digital artist
"Transformers" Burger King Commercial
digital artist
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Transformers
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| 2006 |
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III
Paramount/Cruise Wagner
sequence supervisor
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Walt Disney Pictures
digital artist
"The Colbert Report"
Green Screen Challenge
Lucasfilm/Comedy Central
visual effects supervisor
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Mission: Impossible III
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| 2004 |
VAN HELSING
Universal
lead compositor
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
Paramount
compositor
HELLBOY
Sony
visual effects consultant
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Van Helsing
Sky Captain and the
World of Tomorrow
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| 2003 |
HULK
Universal
compositor
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
Walt Disney Pictures
compositor
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Hulk
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| 2002 |
STAR WARS:
EPISODE II -
ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Lucasfilm/Fox
compositor
Academy Award Nomination for Best Visual Effects (Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, Ben Snow)
HART'S WAR
MGM
compositing supervisor
SIGNS
Touchstone Pictures
compositor
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Star Wars: Episode II
Attack of the Clones
Hart's War
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| 2001 |
DRIVEN, Warner Bros.
compositing supervisor
3000 MILES TO GRACELAND,
Warner Bros.
compositor
SCARY MOVIE 2, Dimension Films
compositor
BONES, New Line Cinema
lead compositor
BEHIND ENEMY LINES, Fox
digital camera shake specialist
HEARTBREAKERS, MGM
compositor
ORIGINAL SIN, MGM
compositor
RACE TO SPACE, Columbia Pictures
compositor
THE LEGEND OF ZU, Miramax
visual effects consultant
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Driven
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| 2000 |
RED PLANET, Warner Bros.
compositor
LITTLE NICKY, New Line Cinema
compositor
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS,
New Line Cinema
lead composite artist
SPIDERS, Nu Image Films
2D supervisor / lead composite artist
CROCODILE, Nu Image Films
2D supervisor / lead composite artist
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Red Planet
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| 1999 |
STIR OF ECHOES, Artisan Entertainment
2D supervisor / lead digital artist
INSPECTOR GADGET, Walt Disney Pictures
2D supervisor / lead digital artist
DRIVE ME CRAZY, Fox
2D supervisor / lead digital artist
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Fox
digital artist
VENDETTA, HBO Films
2D supervisor / lead digital artist
DESERT HEAT, Columbia Pictures
2D supervisor / lead digital artist
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Stir of Echoes
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| 1999 |
"Xena: Warrior Princess,", Studios USA
compositor
"Hercules: The Legendary Journeys," Studios USA
compositor
"Charmed,", Warner Bros.
compositor
1999 MTV Movie Awards, MTV/Tenth Planet
2D supervisor / lead digital artist
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| 1998 |
1998 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV/Tenth Planet
visual effects supervisor
Toyota, "Everyday",
visual effects supervisor
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In addition to my visual effects work, I also have produced computer graphics for on-set playback. For Universal's AMERICAN PIE, I supervised and created graphics for all the streaming video and computer sequences. I produced graphics for Paul Verhoeven's new film, HOLLOW MAN, and supervised the on-screen graphics for the Jennifer Lopez video, "If You Had My Love," directed by Paul Hunter.
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| 2000 |
HOLLOW MAN, Columbia Pictures
computer graphics animator
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| 1999 |
AMERICAN PIE, Univeral Pictures
computer graphics supervisor
Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
computer graphics supervisor
FORCES OF NATURE, Dreamworks
computer graphics supervisor
Supreme Beings of Leisure, "Strange Love Addiction"
computer graphics designer
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Todd Vaziri
tvaziri@gmail.com
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Visual Effects Headquarters
One of the major projects I've tackled over the years is VFX HQ: Visual Effects Headquarters, a web site I developed and produced between 1995 and 1999.
The VFX HQ is the home for news and information on the feature film visual effects industry, and contains hundreds of pages of reviews, commentary and information on Hollywood's biggest special effects films and producers.
Visit the site at http://www.vfxhq.com.
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