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Hossein Najafi
Hossein Najafi is a lecturer and visual effects pathway leader in the AUT’s Digital Design Department. He is a practising artist and filmmaker, as well as a scholar who examines media language and aesthetics. He is currently completing a Ph.D., and his research project is a practice-led enquiry that negotiates bridges between identity theories and narrative form. This project employs a variety of technologies including motion capture, deep learning, virtual human and advanced dynamic simulations. Hossein began his career as a design and animation artist in 1999 when he founded Didar Film, a small production studio where he produced and directed over 50 television commercials, managed print campaigns and designed websites. While active in the advertising industry, he graduated in cinema with a MFA from the University of Tehran. Between 2009 and 2011, he worked with Touchwood Animation in London and in 2011 moved to Istanbul, where he worked as a creative media, animation and visual effects artist. In 2015, Hossein moved to New Zealand to undertake a doctoral thesis in art and design at AUT, and worked at Yukfoo and Toybox as a senior animation artist. In 2019, he joined AUT’s Digital Design Department as a full-time lecturer.
Contact: Digital Design Department, Auckland University of Technology, 617 WE, 55 Wellesley Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.