Nafees Bin Zafar is a visual effects and computer graphics software engineer of Bangladeshi origin based in Los Angeles, USA. Zafar currently works as Principal Engineer at animation studio DreamWorks Animation.
In February 2008, Zafar received an Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Oscar) for the development of the fluid simulation system at Digital Domain, which was used in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, making him the first Bangladeshi to win an oscar.
In February 20... moreNafees Bin Zafar is a visual effects and computer graphics software engineer of Bangladeshi origin based in Los Angeles, USA. Zafar currently works as Principal Engineer at animation studio DreamWorks Animation.
In February 2008, Zafar received an Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Oscar) for the development of the fluid simulation system at Digital Domain, which was used in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, making him the first Bangladeshi to win an oscar.
In February 2015, Zafar was recognized by the Academy once more when he & his colleagues at Digital Domain received a Technical Achievement Award, an Academy certificate (Oscar) for their work on the Drop Destruction Toolkit, used to create visual effects in the film '2012'.
