Hasraf Dulull

{{short description|British writer, director and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Hasraf Dulull is a British writer, director and producer.

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).{{cite web|url=https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/users/hazvfx|title=Visual Effects Society - Hasraf Dulull}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/haz-goes-hollywood-with-sci-fi-teasers/|title=HaZ Goes Hollywood with Sci-Fi Teasers|publisher=Adobe Blog}} 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, 2036 Origin Unknown, starring Katee Sackhoff, based on his short story.

Along with Paula Crickard, he is the co-founder of Haz Film.{{cite web|url=https://hazfilm.com|title=Haz Film website}}

Dulull has cited his influences as Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, and the Wachowskis.{{cite web|url=http://www.recursor.tv/interview-hasraf-dulull/|title=Indie Sci-Fi Spotlight: Interview with Director Hasraf Dulull|publisher=Recursor The SciFi Portal}}

Writing and directing credits

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Year	Title	Type	Notes
2012 \|Fubar Redux \|Short \|This 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.
2013 \|Project Kronos \|Short \|This 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{{Cite news\|url=https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/movies/atlanta-sci-film-festival-back-for-third-year/qgGjVH9yAOXjysWA7iAAfM/\|title=Atlanta Sci-Fi Film Festival back for third year\|work=ajc\|access-date=2018-10-10}}
\|Sync \|Short \| Sci-fi thriller
2014 \|I.R.I.S \|Short \|Combines the documentary style of Project Kronos and the thriller style of Sync
id="The Beyond" \|2017 \|The Beyond \|Feature film \|Pseudo-documentary about first contact with aliens via a wormhole.
2018 \|2036 Origin Unknown \|Feature film \|

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Year

Title

Type

Notes

2012

|Fubar Redux

|Short

|This 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.

2013

|Project Kronos

|Short

|This 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{{Cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/movies/atlanta-sci-film-festival-back-for-third-year/qgGjVH9yAOXjysWA7iAAfM/|title=Atlanta Sci-Fi Film Festival back for third year|work=ajc|access-date=2018-10-10}}

|Sync

|Short

| Sci-fi thriller

2014

|I.R.I.S

|Short

|Combines the documentary style of Project Kronos and the thriller style of Sync

id="The Beyond"

|2017

|The Beyond

|Feature film

|Pseudo-documentary about first contact with aliens via a wormhole.