Mir Zafar Ali () is a

Pakistani Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as ...

movie

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artist. He was a member of the team that won the

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for best visual effects for the 2007 film '' The Golden Compass''. In 2012, he was a member of the team that won the Academy Award for best visual effects for ''

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'' and in 2014 he was a member of the team that won the Academy Award for the film '' Frozen''. He is the first Pakistani to have been connected with an

-winner for Best Visual Effects.

Education

Ali is a graduate of the

Beaconhouse School System The Beaconhouse School System (BSS), established in 1978, is a private, for-profit preparatory school system in Pakistan.National University A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state. In the United States, the term "national university" connotes the highe ...

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. He graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and, in 2019, was awarded the SCAD40 award.

Career

Ali has worked on visual effects and graphics in many

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movies, including ''

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'', '' X-Men: First Class'', ''

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'', '' Monster House'', '' The Golden Compass'', ''

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'', '' Surf's Up'', '' The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'' and ''

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among others.'' Ali has worked for several visual effects shops in Hollywood including

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and Rhythm and Hues.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Mir Zafar Visual effects artists Beaconhouse School System alumni Pakistani animators Pakistani computer scientists Savannah College of Art and Design alumni Living people Artists from Karachi National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences alumni Pakistani expatriates in the United States Year of birth missing (living people)

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