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Raqi Syed

  • Visual Effects
  • Animation Department
  • Director
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Raqi Syed is known for Minimum Mass (2020), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011).
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    Known for

    Minimum Mass (2020)
    Minimum Mass
    Short
    • Director
    • 2020
    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
    6.1
    • Visual Effects(Stan Winston Digital)
    • 2004
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    7.6
    • Visual Effects(Weta Digital)
    • 2011
    Karin Konoval, Andy Serkis, Terry Notary, Nick Thurston, and Scott Lang in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    7.6
    • Visual Effects
    • 2014

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    Visual Effects

    • Cleverman (2016)
      Cleverman
      6.4
      TV Series
      • lighter
      • 2016–2017
    • Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
      The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
      7.4
      • senior technical director: lighting
      • 2014
    • Karin Konoval, Andy Serkis, Terry Notary, Nick Thurston, and Scott Lang in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
      Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
      7.6
      • senior lighting technical director
      • 2014
    • Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Martin Freeman, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, and Luke Evans in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
      The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
      7.8
      • senior visual effects lighting td
      • 2013
    • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, and Paul Bettany in Iron Man 3 (2013)
      Iron Man 3
      7.1
      • digital effects crew: Weta Digital
      • 2013
    • Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
      The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
      7.8
      • senior visual effects lighting td: Weta FX
      • 2012
    • Aaron Toney in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
      Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
      5.9
      • lighting tds & shader writers & fx tds & massive tds: Weta Digital Ltd.
      • 2012
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., Lou Ferrigno, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, and Chris Hemsworth in The Avengers (2012)
      The Avengers
      8.0
      • lighting technical director
      • 2012
    • Jamie Bell and Joe Starr in The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
      The Adventures of Tintin
      7.3
      • lighting technical director
      • 2011
    • Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
      Rise of the Planet of the Apes
      7.6
      • lighting technical director: Weta Digital
      • 2011
    • Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi in Tangled (2010)
      Tangled
      7.7
      • lighting artist
      • 2010
    • Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
      Avatar
      7.9
      • lighting technical director: Weta Digital
      • 2009
    • The Lovely Bones (2009)
      The Lovely Bones
      6.6
      • lighting & effects technical director: Weta Digital
      • 2009
    • District 9 (2009)
      District 9
      7.9
      • 3d lighting technical director: Weta Digital
      • 2009
    • The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
      The Day the Earth Stood Still
      5.5
      • lighting technical director: weta digital
      • 2008

    Animation Department

    • Bolt (2008)
      Bolt
      6.8
      • look development technical director
      • 2008
    • Chicken Little (2005)
      Chicken Little
      5.7
      • assistant technical director
      • 2005

    Director

    • Minimum Mass (2020)
      Minimum Mass
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020

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    • Alternative names
      • Raqi Said

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