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A Worthy AlienEpisode Nine: Rany Bechara & Ali Al-Tobi - A Journey To VFXWelcome to the Ninth episode of A Worthy Alien. For the second time on this podcast we have not one but two special guests today. We will be discussing the ins and outs of the VFX industry, talking about personal experience, different backgrounds, what we wish to improve and how we think the industry will evolve... among other topics ;). Our first guest hailing from Lebanon is a VFX Artist and teacher currently working as Tech Anim key artist at MPC. Please welcome Rany Bechara.Rany's website: https://www.rany.co/?fbclid=IwAR026xX...Our second...2022-02-102h 05
A Worthy AlienEpisode Eight: Firas El Echi - MindsetFiras El Echi is a Tunisian Journalist, who broke into international journalism quite early in his career. He was the only Tunisian to ever work for BBC world. Other stops included France24 English and Eurosport. He is known among young Tunisians for his activism. Education and youth matters are at the core of his message.2021-12-111h 42
A Worthy AlienEpisode Se7en: Amaan Akram - Head of VFXHello Everyone,Welcome to the se7venth episode of A Worthy Alien, Our guest today is a pioneer in the VFX industry. He is from Pakistan and highly-experienced in the field he is one of best VFX artist on the planet. Amaan is currently Head of VFX at Untold Studios, he is a VFX professional with extensive expertise in team leadership and creative operations. he work with all departments to design and implement strategic efficiencies at scale, ensuring creatives are connected across global offices and are empowered to achieve. Striking a healthy balance between innovation and standardisation...2021-11-112h 00
A Worthy AlienEpisode Six: Dr Mohammed Rahman - Crime & IdentityMohammed Rahman holds a Doctorate in Philosophy and is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology. He is the author of Homicide and Organised Crime and co-author of Preventing Sexual Harm. As an active educator, published author and researcher, he specialises in serious violence, organised crime, gangs, and marginalised groups. These scholarly experiences are regularly disseminated in the national and international press to inform stakeholders about crime, harm, and crime control. His podcast The Story will air in Spring 2022 and in this episode he talks about his own experiences of crime and identity.2021-10-072h 07
A Worthy AlienEpisode Five: Farah Nabulsi - From stockbroker to Bafta winnerOur guest today is a Palestinian-British filmmaker and Human rights advocate, previously stockbroker at JP Morgan, now BAFTA winner and Oscar Nominee for her most recent short The Present. She is a screenwriter, producer and director, through her lens she tries to capture the Palestinian struggle and embarks us with her in this portrait on the absurdity of life under occupation. Can something as simple as buying a gift for your spouse get you detained or killed ? Our guest manages to tell an emotionally-charged reality/story with finesse and skill in less than 30 minutes.2021-09-091h 12
A Worthy AlienEpisode Four: Women in the creative industryWelcome to the fourth episode of A Worthy Alien, Our guest today is a pioneer in the VFX industry. She is from the United Kingdom and highly-experienced in the field and knows it's ins and outs. We talked about the place of women in the creative industry and I hope you'll enjoy our conversation today.2021-07-081h 21
A Worthy AlienEpisode Three: From Syria to HollywoodWelcome to out third episode of A Worthy Alien, our guest today is a talented Syrian/Palestinian man whose story is in my view worth sharing for so many reasons and I hope you'll enjoy our conversation today. Some links about our special guest Basel Almadi Crowd TD.Pluralsight Tutorial by Basel Almadi:https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/basel-almadiLinkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/baselalmadi/?originalSubdomain=ukVimeo:https://vimeo.com/showcase/73875562021-06-101h 35
A Worthy AlienEpisode Two: AliensWelcome to the second episode of A Worthy Alien, It is a great pleasure for me to introduce my guests. This episode will be slightly different from our first episode, we have not one but two special guests today. We will be discussing the ins and outs of the industry, talking about personal experience, different backgrounds, what we wish to improve and how we think the industry will evolve. Our first guest hailing from Serbia, has been involved in many acclaimed projects including but far from being limited to : The Martian, Star Wars the last Jedi , The jungle book...2021-05-132h 47
A Worthy AlienEpisode One: From Gaza to HollywoodWelcome to the first episode of A Worthy Alien, our guest today is someone I have known for some time now, he is a young talented Palestinian man whose story is in my view worth sharing for so many reasons and I hope you'll enjoy our conversation today. Some links about our special guest Mohammed Kamal Abu Jazar Asset TD at Animal Logic Sydney. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12061750/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/standingmanfx?fbcli... LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed-... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/standingman...2021-04-151h 30