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Nationality
  
Indian

Name
  
Ashraf Ghori


Role
  
Filmmaker

Movies
  
Xero Error

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Born
  
Mohammed Ashraf Ghori 17 September 1973 (age 50) Hyderabad, India (
1973-09-17
)

Area(s)
  
Filmmaker, director, comic book artist, entrepreneur

Notable works
  
Levity – Xero Error Minus1

Awards
  
Digital Studio Awards – Best up and coming filmmaker, 2011 Made in UAE Awards – Distinguished Achievement Award, 2011

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Mohammed Ashraf Ghori (born 17 September 1973), better known as Ashraf Ghori, is a Dubai-based Indian comic book artist, filmmaker and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating UAE's first CGI Science Fiction film Levity Xero Error Minus 1 (Xero Error) which won recognition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. He is the CEO and founder of digital design agency Xpanse CGI. Ghori has produced work for comic book publishers including Dark Horse Comics and IDW Publishing.

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Early life & Professional Career

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Ghori moved from Hyderabad, India to Dubai, UAE at the age of 2. His first professional work appeared in the pages of magazines published by Khaleej Times. He was a regular illustrator for Young Times from 1989 until 2001.

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San Jacinto College in Pasadena Texas had organised an exclusive Comic Art Exhibit for Ghori's work in 1993. In 1994, Ghori was a founding member of Tempest Comics in Houston, Texas, and produced a 4-issue mini series 'Tempest Comics Presents'. He was a featured comic artist at Dallas Fantasy Fair, 1994 (Dallas, Texas).

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Ghori was on the judges panel for the Kuwait Arab Advertising Awards for the years 2006 and 2007.

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In 2007, he founded Xpanse CGI and started independent film-making with Xero Error in 2008. Xero Error premiered at the 3rd Gulf Film Festival and also played at the 10th edition of Sci-Fi-London. In 2010, Ghori was the Art Director / Production Designer for the first Indo-Emirati film 'Malal'.

In April 2012, Ghori was featured, along with Alvin Lee (comics), Lee Townsend & Yishan Li at the first MEFCC - Middle East Film and Comic Con in Dubai, UAE, and at the Middle East's inaugural IGN Convention In July 2013. Since 2016 Ghori is the Senior Digital Artist at Bayyinah TV.

Social Media Influencer

Ghori is ranked as a top social media influencer in the UAE. In April 2014 Ghori was the social media ambassador for Ford Middle East's 'Stand Out' campaign for the MENA region.

He is a frequent speaker at events related to design, film and entrepreneurship in the UAE.

Awards

  • Digital Studio Awards – Best up and coming filmmaker, 2011
  • Made in UAE Awards – Distinguished Achievement Award, 2011
  • Filmography

  • 2012 Djinn (Feature Film)- Storyboard Artist
  • 2010 Levity – Xero Error Minus1 (08:00, Digital Animated Film)- Writer, Director, Producer
  • 2010 Malal (short film) – Production designer, Associate Producer (Xpanse CGI)
  • 2006 Arabana (short film) – Associate Producer
  • References

    Ashraf Ghori Wikipedia