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Joseph A. Zaki

  • Visual Effects
  • Director
  • Cinematographer
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Joseph started his career as a feature film visual effects artist at Rhythm & Hues after studying Computer Animation at The Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Joseph has worked on numerous Academy Award winning visual effects films at top studios such as MPC, Industrial Light + Magic, Digital Domain, Rhythm & Hues and Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Joseph is a member of the Producers Guild of America, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Visual Effects Society.
BornJuly 26, 1979
BornJuly 26, 1979
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    Known for

    The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
    The Day After Tomorrow
    6.5
    • Visual Effects(as Joseph Zaki, Digital Domain)
    • 2004
    Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
    Edge of Tomorrow
    7.9
    • Visual Effects(MPC)
    • 2014
    María Isabel Díaz Lago, Antonio Monroi, Mayra Serbulo, Pepe Suárez, Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Max Trujillo, Jonathan Brewer, Hiram Soto, Morris Birdyellowhead, Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández, Sayuri Gutierrez, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza, Carlos Emilio Báez, Israel Ríos, Ariel Galvan, Iazua Larios, Amilcar Ramírez, Bernardo Ruiz, Espiridion Acosta Cache, Itandehui Gutierrez, Israel Contreras, Lorena Heranandez, Rodolfo Palacios, and Carlos Ramos in Apocalypto (2006)
    Apocalypto
    7.8
    • Visual Effects(as Joseph Zaki, Asylum)
    • 2006
    Michael Douglas, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Paul Rudd, Corey Stoll, Mark Knapton, and Evangeline Lilly in Ant-Man (2015)
    Ant-Man
    7.2
    • Visual Effects
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Visual Effects



    • Jessica Rothe and Josh Whitehouse in Valley Girl (2020)
      Valley Girl
      5.5
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2020
    • Noah Jupe in Honey Boy (2019)
      Honey Boy
      7.2
      • 2d artist
      • 2019
    • Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites, Pablo, and Chiquita in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
      Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
      6.5
      • compositing supervisor
      • 2017
    • Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, and Levi Miller in Pan (2015)
      Pan
      5.7
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2015
    • Michael Douglas, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Paul Rudd, Corey Stoll, Mark Knapton, and Evangeline Lilly in Ant-Man (2015)
      Ant-Man
      7.2
      • visual effects
      • 2015
    • Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar (2014)
      Interstellar
      8.7
      • visual effects: Double Negative
      • 2014
    • Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
      Edge of Tomorrow
      7.9
      • compositing supervisor: MPC
      • 2014
    • Game of Thrones (2011)
      Game of Thrones
      9.2
      TV Series
      • visual effects: Spin VFX (as Joseph Zaki)
      • 2013
    • Robert Redford in All Is Lost (2013)
      All Is Lost
      6.9
      • compositor: SPIN VFX (as Joseph Zaki)
      • 2013
    • Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang, Jason Momoa, and Rachel Nichols in Conan the Barbarian (2011)
      Conan the Barbarian
      5.2
      • stereoscopic visual effects supervisor
      • 2011
    • Alan Cumming, Jonathan Winters, Fred Armisen, George Lopez, Anton Yelchin, and Katy Perry in The Smurfs (2011)
      The Smurfs
      5.4
      • stereoscopic visual effects supervisor
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2011
    • Dawn of Darkness (2010)
      Dawn of Darkness
      5.5
      Short
      • compositor
      • 2010
    • Logan Lerman in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
      Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
      5.9
      • visual effects (as Joseph Zaki)
      • 2010
    • Osric Chau in 2012 (2009)
      2012
      5.8
      • visual effects (as Joseph Zaki)
      • 2009
    • George Clooney, Tim Griffin, John Krasinski, and Matt Bushell in Leatherheads (2008)
      Leatherheads
      6.0
      • visual effects producer: Visual Art Production, LLC (uncredited)
      • 2008

    Director



    • Natural Mystic (2010)
      Natural Mystic
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010

    Cinematographer



    • Natural Mystic (2010)
      Natural Mystic
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Joseph Zaki
    • Height
      • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
    • Born
      • July 26, 1979
      • Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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