Computer Animation Festival

Speaker(s):
Haz Dulull, HaZ Film Ltd.,

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Abstract: In this presentation, Director Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull talks about shifting from live-action filmmaking to animated feature films and TV production to stay relevant and proactive in Hollywood. Dulull will showcase how Unreal Engine can enable indie filmmakers to tell high concept stories previously not possible to achieve without huge budgets and resources. To demonstrate this, the session begins with the director’s pilot proof of concept project, followed by discussion of his falling in love with real-time graphics and how that project lead to him getting tapped to direct the animated feature film Mutant Year Zero, based on the acclaimed video game of the same name. Dulull will share how his pilot was created entirely inside Unreal Engine as final pixel renders. This case study is a candid deep dive on the process, and is visually driven with tons of behind the scenes footage breaking down the scenes in Unreal Engine, followed by a Q&A.

Speaker(s) Bio:
Hasraf ‘HaZ' Dulull started his career in Visual Effects for Film and TV, before transitioning to directing and producing with his breakout sci-fi indie feature film, The Beyond, which was released by Gravitas Ventures, and premiered at #2 on the iTunes charts before trending on Netflix. His second feature film 2036: ORIGIN UNKNOWN, which starred Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica, Another Life) earned a limited theatrical release in the US before landing on Netflix. He was later hired to direct the pilot for Disney’s action comedy miniseries Fast Layne, and was also credited as creative consultant on the entire series and directed three additional episodes when he wowed Disney channel executives with his vision for the eight-part series. Other credits include directing the short bridge film Under the Sea: A Descendants Story for Disney, and directing a segment in the sci-fi horror anthology Portals. Recently it was announced that he is directing and producing the animated feature film adaptation of the hit video game Mutant Year Zero, and is currently in early prep on a CG anime feature film utilizing the latest in real-time animation and rendering with Unreal Engine. He develops genre TV, feature and animation projects via his production company HaZ Film, and is represented in Hollywood by The Gotham Group.

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