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Professional
 I am a visual effects artist and supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm, in San Francisco, California. My past projects include the feature films AVATAR, both of J.J. Abrams' STAR TREK films, two MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE films, three TRANSFORMERS films, and several STAR WARS films including THE FORCE AWAKENS and ROGUE ONE.
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 compositor 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.
Today, I'm an artist and supervisor at Industrial Light + Magic in San Francisco, California, where I completed work on films like AVATAR, two of the STAR WARS prequels, WAR OF THE WORLDS, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and more. Visit my IMDb page for more credits.
Recent highlights: For TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, I was compositing sequence supervisor on the Chicago sequences, including the skyscraper collapse. For Brad Bird's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL, I served as compositing supervisor under visual effects supervisor John Knoll. I was sequence supervisor for both J.J. Abrams' STAR TREK films, as well as THE FORCE AWAKENS, AVATAR and ROGUE ONE.
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 as well as for IRON MAN 2 and ROGUE ONE for our digital character work for Princess Leia.
Internet Movie Database Listing
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DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES
Paramount
compositing supervisor
ANT-MAN & THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA
Marvel
lead artist
AHSOKA
Lucasfilm
digital artist
CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT
Lucasfilm
lead artist
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| 2022 |
STAR WARS - DISORDER
Lucasfilm/EA
compositing supervisor
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT
Lucasfilm
digital artist (5 episodes)
HYPERSPACE LOUNGE
Disney Imagineering/Lucasfilm
compositing supervisor
THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER
Marvel
compositing supervisor, StageCraft
OBI-WAN KENOBI
Lucasfilm
lead artist, StageCraft
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Marvel
digital artist
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| 2021 |
BLACK WIDOW
Marvel
lead artist
ETERNALS
Marvel
digital artist
DISNEY LAUNCHPAD (four episodes)
Disney+
compositing supervisor
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| 2020 |
STAR TOURS: SPECIAL "THE RISE OF SKYWALKER" SEGMENTS
Disney Imagineering/Lucasfilm
lead artist
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| 2019 |
STAR WARS: RISE OF THE RESISTANCE
Disney Imagineering/Lucasfilm
lead artist
VES Award Winner for Best Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project (Jason Bayever, Patrick Kearney, Carol Norton, Bill George)
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
Lucasfilm
digital artist
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| 2018 |
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
Lucasfilm
lead artist
Academy Award Nominee for Best Visual Effects
Three Visual Effects Society Award nominations
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| 2017 |
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
Lucasfilm
lead artist
Academy Award Nominee for Best Visual Effects
Four Visual Effects Society Award nominations
THOR: RAGNAROK
Marvel
digital artist
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| 2016 |
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
Lucasfilm
lead artist
Academy Award Nomination for Best Visual Effects (John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, Neil Corobould)
Seven Visual Effects Society Award Nominations for Visual Effects, Created Environment, Virtual Cinematography, Model (Paul Giacoppo, Gareth Jensen, Todd Vaziri, James Tooley), Model, Effects Simulations, Animated Performance
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS Trailer
Nickelodeon/Platinum Dunes
digital artist
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| 2015 |
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Lucasfilm/Bad Robot
sequence supervisor
Academy Award Nomination for Best Visual Effects (Roger Guyett, Pat Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Chris Corbould)
Winner British Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan)
Visual Effects Society Award Winner for Outstanding Visual Effects
Visual Effects Society Award Winner for Outstanding Created Environment (Falcon Chase/Graveyard)
Visual Effects Society Award Winner for Outstanding Virtual Cinematography (Falcon Chase/Graveyard)
Visual Effects Society Award Nominee for Outstanding Compositing
TERMINATOR GENISYS
Paramount/Skydance
compositing supervisor
TOMORROWLAND
Disney
sequence supervisor
Visual Effects Society Award Nominee for Outstanding Compositing (Francois Lambert, Jean Lapointe, Peter Demarest, Conny Fauser)
Visual Effects Society Award Nominee for Outstanding Created Environment (Barry Williams, Greg Kegel, Quentin Marmier, Thang Le)
ABOVE AND BEYOND
Playmount
compositing supervisor
STRANGE MAGIC
Lucasfilm
digital artist
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| 2014 |
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
Marvel
digital artist
Academy Award Nomination for Best Visual Effects (Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick)
THE BIG BANG THEORY, "The Proton Transmogrification"
Warner Bros./CBS
compositing supervisor
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| 2013 |
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
Bad Robot/Paramount
sequence supervisor
Academy Award Nomination for Best Visual Effects (Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton)
Two VES Awards nominations
THE LONE RANGER
Bruckheimer/Disney
digital artist
Academy Award Nomination for Best Visual Effects (Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier)
Two VES Awards nominations
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| 2012 |
THE AVENGERS
Marvel
digital artist
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| 2011 |
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL
Bad Robot/Paramount
compositing supervisor
VES Award Nominee for Outstanding Models in a Motion Picture (John Goodson, Russell Paul, Kristian Pedlow, Vick Schutz)
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Paramount/Dreamworks
sequence supervisor
Academy Award Nomination for Best Visual Effects (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier)
VES Award Winner for Outstanding Created Environment, Tilted Building Sequence (Giles Hancock, John Hanson, Tom Martinek, Scott Younkin)
RANGO
Paramount
sequence supervisor
Academy Award Winner, Animated Feature (Gore Verbinski)
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Mission: Impossible
Ghost Protocol
Transformers 3
Rango
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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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HOLLOW MAN, Columbia Pictures
computer graphics animator
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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 archived site at http://www.vfxhq.com.
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