Full Name Merzin Tavaria Name Merzin Tavaria | Role Visual Effects Supervisor Residence Mumbai | |
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Born 15 December 1973 (age 50) ( 1973-12-15 ) Occupation Chief Creative Director and Co-founder, Prime Focus Alma mater Kishinchand Chellaram College Awards Filmfare Award for Best Special Effects, Zee Cine Award for Best Special Effects Similar People Pammi Baweja, Sanjay Gupta, Harry Baweja, Shridhar Raghavan, John Cox | ||
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Merzin Tavaria (born 15 December 1973) is the Chief Creative Director and Co-founder of Prime Focus. He has been associated with the company since its inception and works in collaboration with the UK, US, Canada and India studios of Prime Focus.
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- Early life and education
- Career
- Awards and accolades
- Personal life
- Other interests
- References
Merzin has worked for about two decades in the media and entertainment industry and is respected for his contribution towards the use of color grading and visual effects in India.
He is also a jury member at various film and advertising festivals, and has been a speaker on many industry related events.
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Early life and education
Merzin grew up in Mumbai and completed his schooling from St. Peter's School, Mumbai in 1991. In 1995, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Commerce from K.C. College, Mumbai.
Career
Merzin started his career as teacher at Compufield Computer Institute, where he met Namit Malhotra, Prakash Kurup and Huzefa Lokhandwala. In 1997, they came together and started ‘Prime Focus’ in a small garage in Mumbai.
Under Prime Focus, Merzin has led teams delivering visual effects for Hollywood films such as The Great Gatsby, Total Recall, White House Down, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and Brett Ratner's Hercules. Merzin has also directed the visual effects for Bollywood films like Bang Bang!, Kick, Kai Po Che!, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Dabangg 2, Guzaarish, Housefull 2, Blue, and Ghajini.
In 2010, when Prime Focus pioneered View-D, their proprietary 2D to stereo 3D conversion process, Merzin set up the View-D team of 2000 professionals in India who currently operate out of Prime Focus' Mumbai, Chandigarh and Goa facilities. This team undertook the 3D conversion of Warner Bros.’ Clash of the Titans – the first full length feature film to be converted from 2D to 3D. Merzin Tavaria was sought for creative leadership in the 3D conversion of films like Gravity, Guardians of the Galaxy, Transformers: Age of Extinction, World War Z, Men in Black 3, Star Wars: Episode I, II & III, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Maleficent, Seventh Son, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Ra.One.
Merzin Tavaria launched Prime Focus World's Animation division in 2012. The division holds 100 employees and has worked on projects such as Legends of Chima. The animation division completed 4 seasons of the show and is now working on new projects.
Awards and accolades
Personal life
Merzin lives in Mumbai with his spouse of 15 years Vinita Tavaria, daughter Natasha Tavaria and son Malcolm Tavaria.
Other interests
Merzin is a gaming enthusiast and is passionate about cars and bikes. He is also fond of 80’s Hindi music.