Ziad Seirafi
Experienced and award winning entrepreneur working in games, movies, and technology. Team Academy Award win and multiple nominations for Best VFX. Sony Imageworks, Warner Bros., Paramount Studios
- Role
- CEO, Founder at Cosmic Forces
- Location
- Santa Fe, NM, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ziad Seirafi
Founder and CEO - Ziad Seirafi is an entrepreneur where technology and creativity meet. He has raised investment to lead Cosmic Forces in developing Goosebumps games in partnership with Sony Studios and released worldwide on digital platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, PC, Mobile, and Oculus VR. The games are rated at 4+ and have been featured by XBox, PlayStation, Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung. He has partnered in worldwide distribution with GameMill, U&I and CoKem to sell at major retailers such as Walmart and Target. In pursuit of his passion for technology, Ziad is developing CodeWRX AI game technology based on his latest games developed as web apps with intensive 3D graphics.Prior to that Ziad pioneered in breakthrough CGI Animation and VFX for award winning movies. He received awards for his work as a Senior Digital Artist on teams at Sony Imageworks, Warner Bros. Digital Domain and Rhythm & Hues that received Oscar Academy VFX nominations and wins on The Golden Compass, Alice in Wonderland, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Ziad started, Digital Film Labs, his first company at the age of 26 servicing Hollywood studios in VFX on the advent of desktop computers to compete with established vfx studios running multi-million dollar SGI computers and collaborated with Cinesite/ Kodak and Eyeon Software to pioneer the digital optical process to digitize main titles and transitions in movies.
Experience
CEO, Founder
May 2012 — Present · Santa Fe, NM, US
Developing Games and Publishing on Web Browser, Nintendo Switch, Playstation, Xbox, Steam, Apple AppStore, Googleplay, Amazon, Oculus and Retail.Rideshare Rush, a modern take on the classic game Crazy Taxi developing in Babylon.JS as a Progressive WebApp with WebGL 3D physics gameplay in web browser.Goosebumps Dead of Night, Goosebumps Night of Scares (Sony)Poppy Cat Goes to the Market (NBC Kids)
Education
San Francisco State University
BA, Film
1988 — 1990
College of San Mateo
Transfer, General Education, Film
1985 — 1986
UCLA
Political Science
1987 — 1987
Skills
- Visual Effects
- Computer Graphics
- Animation
- Shake
- Concept Design
- Illustration
- Motion Graphics
- Post Production
- Entertainment
- Game Development
- New Media
- Video Games
- Feature Films
- Commercials
- Computer Animation
- Compositing
- Film
- 3d Visualization
- Nuke
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