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Mir Zafar Ali
Mir Zafar Ali ( ur, ) is a Pakistani movie visual effects artist. He was a member of the team that won the Academy Award 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 ''The Life of Pi'' 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 Academy Award-winner for Best Visual Effects. Education Ali is a graduate of the Beaconhouse School System. He completed his computer science degree from National University in Pakistan. 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 Hollywood movies, including ''The Day After Tomorrow'', '' X-Men: First Class'', '' Stealth'', '' Monster House'', ''The Golden Compass'', ''The Incredible Hulk'', '' Surf's Up'', '' The Mumm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karachi, Pakistan
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former capital of Pakistan and capital of the province of Sindh. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion ( PPP) . Karachi paid $9billion (25% of whole country) as tax during fiscal year July 2021 to May 2022 according to FBR report. Karachi is Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse, as well as one of Pakistan's most secular and socially liberal cities. Karachi serves as a transport hub, and contains Pakistan’s two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Qasim, as well as Pakistan's busiest airport, Jinnah International Airport. Karachi is also a media center, home to news channels, film and fashio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stealth (film)
''Stealth'' is a 2005 American military science fiction action film directed by Rob Cohen and written by W. D. Richter, and starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard, Joe Morton and Richard Roxburgh. The film follows three top fighter pilots as they join a project to develop an automated robotic stealth aircraft. Released on July 29, 2005, by Columbia Pictures, the film was a box office failure, grossing $79 million worldwide against a budget of $135 million. It was one of the worst losses in cinematic history. Plot In the near future, the U.S. Navy develops the F/A-37 Talon, a single-seat fighter-bomber with advanced payload, range, speed, and stealth capabilities. The program recruits three pilots out of many applicants, them being Lieutenants Ben Gannon, Kara Wade, and Henry Purcell. Captain George Cummings is the overall head. Cummings hires Dr. Keith Orbit to develop an artificial intelligence, the " Extreme Deep Invader" (EDI) to control an uncrewed jet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savannah College Of Art And Design Alumni
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of grasses. According to '' Britannica'', there exists four savanna forms; ''savanna woodland'' where trees and shrubs form a light canopy, ''tree savanna'' with scattered trees and shrubs, ''shrub savanna'' with distributed shrubs, and ''grass savanna'' where trees and shrubs are mostly nonexistent.Smith, Jeremy M.B.. "savanna". Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Sep. 2016, https://www.britannica.com/science/savanna/Environment. Accessed 17 September 2022. Savannas maintain an open canopy despite a high tree density. It is often believed that savannas feature widely spaced, scattered trees. However, in many savannas, tree densities are higher and trees are more regularly spaced than in for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaconhouse School System Alumni
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks, and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and has become uneconomical since the advent of much cheaper, more sophisticated and effective electronic navigational systems. History Ancient lighthouses Before the development of clearly defined ports, mariners were guided by fires built on hilltops. Since elevating the fire would improve the visibility, placing the fire on a platform became a practice that led to the development of the lighthouse. In antiquity, the lighthouse functioned more as an entrance marker to ports than as a warning signal for reefs and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
