Hasraf Dulull

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Hasraf Dulull is a British writer, director and producer.

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Personal life

Hasraf Dulull (known as "Haz") was brought up in London, UK. He got his first computer at 16 and became a gamer, studying computer science, technology and design for his A Levels. He attended City, University of London (1998–2001), graduating with a BEng (2:1) in Media Communications, and creating a horror game for his dissertation.

Career

Dulull began his career as a CGI artist working on video games. In 2003 he started working for the Moving Picture Company, working his way up from compositor to VFX Supervisor on films such as 10,000 BC , Prince of Persia , The Chronicles of Narnia and The Dark Knight . Over the years he worked on numerous high-profile feature films, commercials, music promos and broadcast series such as Poldark and The Aliens on Channel 4. He has been nominated for several Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards for shows such as Planet Dinosaur (BBC) and America: The Story of Us (Discovery). [1]

He began making short science fiction films such as Project Kronos, I.R.I.S and Sync. Project Kronos, made for just £3000 entirely with Adobe Creative Cloud applications. [2] These went viral, leading to a deal to write, direct and co-produce his first feature film The Beyond with Armory Films and Benderspink. Ultimately, Dulull kept the film independent and it was released by Gravitas Ventures in late 2017. In 2018 he directed and co-produced his second film, which is based on his short story "2036 Origin Unknown". The film stars Katee Sackhoff and is due to be released by Kew Media in 2018.

Along with Paula Crickard, he is the co-founder of Haz Film. [3]

Dulull has cited his influences as Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, and the Wachowskis. [4]

Writing and directing credits

YearTitleTypeNotes
2012Fubar ReduxShortThis was funded with a Kickstarter campaign and was selected for the Cannes 2012 Short Film Corner. It was also screened at various international festivals including FMX 2012.
2013Project KronosShortThis short blended science fiction and documentary styles to create a new subgenre. The film went viral, leading to Dulull developing the idea into a feature film (The Beyond) in 2017. Won 2017 Atlanta Sci-fi Film Festival's Jury Award for Best Sci-fi Feature Film [5]
SyncShortSci-fi thriller
2014I.R.I.SShortCombines the documentary style of Project Kronos and the thriller style of Sync
2018The BeyondFeature film Pseudo-documentary about first contact with aliens via a wormhole.
2018 2036 Origin Unknown Feature film

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References

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  2. "HaZ Goes Hollywood with Sci-Fi Teasers". Adobe Blog.
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  4. "Indie Sci-Fi Spotlight: Interview with Director Hasraf Dulull". Recursor The SciFi Portal.
  5. "Atlanta Sci-Fi Film Festival back for third year". ajc. Retrieved 2018-10-10.