Habib Zargarpour

Habib Zargarpour

Creative Director

Microsoft Studios

Habib is a Creative Director at Microsoft Studios since 2010. He has over 12 years of experience in visual effects for film and 11 years in the games industry. Nominated for two Academy Awards and winner of two BAFTAs in Visual Effects for his work on Twister and The Perfect Storm while at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), some of his other film projects include 2 Star Trek films, Star Wars Episode I, The Bourne Identity, Spawn, and Signs.

Habib served as a Senior Art Director at Electronic Arts (EA) from 2002 – 2009 where he worked on Need for Speed Underground, 007 Bond Everything or Nothing, and Need for Speed Most Wanted for which he received a Visual Effects Society (VES) Award in 2006. His latest project was RYSE: Son of Rome, a launch title for the XBox One released as a launch title last November. Zargarpour is very passionate about using real time techniques in film making. His passion is combining his experience in film and games on transmedia projects and to cross-pollinate both industries with best practices of each. Habib is an active member of AMPAS, BAFTA, and a founding member of the Visual Effects Society and the 5D-Conference.