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Mohammad Ghorbankarimi

  • Visual Effects
  • Director
  • Writer
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Mohammad Ghorbankarimi - Filmmaker
A Film by Mohammad Ghorbankarimi A poetic, visual treat about a young boy in search of his mother who was lost at sea more than eight years ago, the story inspires courage, hope and determination.
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The Desert Fish
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Mohammad Ghorbankarimi, Writer - Director - VFX Supervisor

Beginning his career in Tehran, with a foundation in classical animation and a B.A. in Graphic Design, Mohammad (Mo)'s love of storytelling has seen him Directing commercial, film and television productions and Supervising visual effects for over 15 years.

He has directed commercials for Pepsi, Cadillac, Microsoft and Nabisco, as well as music videos for Madonna, Usher and K-OS.

Ghorbankarimi wrote, produced and directed his first feature film in 2013, The Desert Fish, an award-winning drama shot entirely in Iran. The film was an official selection at major international film festivals and received wide critical acclaim. In 2015, he wrote and directed his second dramatic screenplay Journey, a $6 million production. The story, following a disparate group of people fleeing their homelands in search of a better life, received a special Jury award at the South Korea film festival and was well received around the globe.

As a VFX Supervisor he has delivered work on features including a Marc Forster's Stranger Than Fiction (Columbia Pictures), Clark Johnson's The Sentinel (20th Century Fox), Chris Ver Wiel's Who Is Cletis Tout? (Paramount) and most recently David Ayer's Suicide Squad (Warner Bros.). Television credits include Hannibal (NBC), Marco Polo (Netflix), American Gothic (CBS) and the highly anticipated Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events.
BornAugust 11, 1974
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BornAugust 11, 1974
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Visual Effects(as Mo Ghorbankarimi, Spin VFX)
    Neil Patrick Harris, Malina Pauli Weissman, Louis Hynes, and Presley Smith in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
    A Series of Unfortunate Events
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Visual Effects(Spin VFX)
    Maddie Hasson in Impulse (2018)
    Impulse
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Visual Effects
    Will Smith, Jared Leto, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adam Beach, Viola Davis, Jay Hernandez, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, and Karen Fukuhara in Suicide Squad (2016)
    Suicide Squad
    5.9
    • Visual Effects(Spin VFX)
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Visual Effects



    • Mary Beth Barone and Wally Baram in Overcompensating (2025)
      Overcompensating
      7.8
      TV Series
      • executive vfx supervisor: WeFX
      • 2025
    • Alan Ritchson in Reacher (2022)
      Reacher
      8.0
      TV Series
      • executive vfx supervisor: WeFX
      • 2025
    • Brandon Sklenar in 1923 (2022)
      1923
      8.3
      TV Series
      • executive vfx supervisor: WeFX
      • visual effects supervisor: WeFX
      • 2023–2025
    • Previously Saved Version (2024)
      Previously Saved Version
      5.4
      • executive vfx supervisor: WeFX (as Mo Ghorbankarimi)
      • 2024
    • Joey King, Brianne Tju, Keith Powers, and Chase Stokes in Uglies (2024)
      Uglies
      4.7
      • executive vfx supervisor: WeFX
      • 2024
    • Carla Gugino in The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
      The Fall of the House of Usher
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • executive visual effects supervisor
      • 2023
    • What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
      What We Do in the Shadows
      8.6
      TV Series
      • executive visual effects supervisor: WeFX
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2021–2023
    • Kidnap (2023)
      Kidnap
      Short
      • Grading: visual effects
      • 2023
    • Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carrie-Anne Moss in FUBAR (2023)
      FUBAR
      6.5
      TV Series
      • executive visual effects supervisor
      • 2023
    • Zoe Lister-Jones in Slip (2023)
      Slip
      6.5
      TV Series
      • executive vfx supervisor: WeFX
      • 2023
    • Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
      John Wick: Chapter 4
      7.6
      • visual effects executive supervisor: WeFX (as Mo Ghorbankarimi)
      • 2023
    • Chosen Jacobs in Sneakerella (2022)
      Sneakerella
      4.9
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2022
    • Shohreh Aghdashloo, Wes Chatham, Steven Strait, Frankie Adams, Cara Gee, and Dominique Tipper in The Expanse (2015)
      The Expanse
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Visual Effects Supervisor: WeFX
      • 2021–2022
    • Jason Momoa in See (2019)
      See
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Visual Effects Supervisor: WeFX
      • visual effects: WeFX
      • visual effects supervisor: WeFX
      • 2021
    • Ray McKinnon, Mads Mikkelsen, David Oyelowo, Kurt Sutter, Mylène Dinh-Robic, Nick Jonas, Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, and Cynthia Erivo in Chaos Walking (2021)
      Chaos Walking
      5.7
      • visual effects supervisor: noise unit (as Mo Ghorbankarimi)
      • 2021

    Director



    • Adam Alzoubi in Journey (2016)
      Journey
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Iman Afshar in The Desert Fish (2013)
      The Desert Fish
      8.0
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Ties
      Short
      • Director
      • 2005

    Writer



    • Adam Alzoubi in Journey (2016)
      Journey
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • co-screenwriter
      • 2016
    • Iman Afshar in The Desert Fish (2013)
      The Desert Fish
      8.0
      • Writer
      • 2013
    • Ties
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2005

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    Journey the movie
    Demo Reel 1:54
    Journey the movie
    The Desert Fish
    Demo Reel 2:05
    The Desert Fish
    The Desert Fish
    Demo Reel 2:05
    The Desert Fish

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Mohammed Ghorbankarimi
    • Height
      • 6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
    • Born
      • August 11, 1974
      • Tehran, Iran

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