Mir Zafar Ali ( ur, ) is a Pakistani 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 ''

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''. 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

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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'', '' Stealth'', '' Monster House'', ''

'', ''

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

Aliens in the Attic ''Aliens in the Attic'' is a 2009 American comic science fiction film directed by John Schultz and written by Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldberg, based on an original story conceived by Burton. Starring Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler, Ashley Ti ...

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

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and

Rhythm and Hues Rhythm & Hues Studios was an American visual effects and animation company, that received the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1995 for ''Babe'', in 2008 for ''The Golden Compass'', and in 2013 for '' Life of Pi''. It also received four ...

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Mir Zafar Visual effects artists Special effects people 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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