#312: 2021-02-01 Subscribe

Over the past 30 years, Habib Zargarpour has helped create some of the most innovative and iconic VFX shots in cinema and pioneered virtual production. Beginning with The Mask’s eye-popping protagonist, Habib went on to instigate Twister and The Perfect Storm’s freak weather conditions, race pods for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and use game-engine technology to build The Jungle Book and Blade Runner 2049’s captivating worlds.
Today, Habib works as head of film development at Digital Monarch Media, a division of Unity Technologies. He deep-dives into how he helped director Denis Villeneuve and DoP Roger Deakins explore LA 2049’s wastelands, and details the physics of pod racers. For VFX fans, this podcast is a treat from start to finish.
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Chapters:
7:15 Deckard and industrial design: Habib’s early years
13:15 Adventures in Dinosaur City
19:18 Starting at ILM on “The Mask”
22:25 Beginning on Blade Runner 2049
27:40 Downing the Spinner with Denis Villeneuve
38:26 Working with Roger Deakins
44:20 How “The Perfect Storm” pioneered real-time
49:10 Star Wars Ep. 1’s pod racing
52:56 Virtual production on The Jungle Book
59:30 Game engines and production