Hamed Behrouzi

2026-04-02T17:23:38Z

Sunshine: Creating professional biography for Hamed Behrouzi (Senior Technical Animator & AI Researcher).

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'''Hamed Behrouzi''' is an internationally recognized '''Lead & Senior Technical Animator''', AI motion-systems architect, and independent [[Artificial Intelligence|AI ethics]] researcher based in Seoul, South Korea. With over 17 years of experience, his career spans high-end feature films, episodic series, and pioneering research in integrating procedural animation with human–AI interaction.

He is currently a prominent member of the animation team at [[Scanline VFX]] (an Eyeline Studios/Netflix company), where he contributes to major productions for global platforms including [[Netflix]], [[Apple TV+]], and [[Disney+]].

== Career ==
Behrouzi specializes in bridging the gap between creative performance and advanced technical workflows. His expertise lies at the intersection of high-fidelity creature animation and technical pipeline integration. Throughout his tenure at global studios, he has been instrumental in developing technical solutions for complex creature movements and action-driven sequences.

== Selected Filmography ==

* '''''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters''''' (Apple TV+) — Senior Creature Animation
* '''''Wednesday''''' (Season 2, Netflix) — Senior VFX / Character Animation
* '''''The Witcher''''' (Season 4 concept work, Netflix)
* '''''The Old Guard 2''''' (Netflix) — Senior / Technical Animator
* '''''Sweet Home''''' (Season 3, Netflix) — Creature Performance
* '''''Alice in Borderland''''' (Netflix) — Character Animation
* '''''Creation of the Gods II''''' — Creature Animation
* '''''Island''''' (South Korea, TV series) — Senior Animation
* '''''Carter''''' (Netflix) — Action and camera-driven animation

== Technical and AI Contributions ==
Behrouzi is an innovator in designing procedural and AI-assisted tools for professional animation pipelines. Key technical contributions include:

* AI-driven loop systems for procedural motion.
* Real-time overlap and follow-through modules for Maya.
* Motion-sync systems for complex terrain interaction.
* AI-augmented Graph Editor utilities and workflow optimization.

== Research and Publications ==
As an independent researcher, Behrouzi focuses on AI ethics and empathic-driven procedural intelligence. His work is indexed through global research repositories.

'''Published Works:'''

* ''AI–Human Ethical Interface (M7): Building Procedural Intelligence Through Empathic Design'' (Zenodo, 2025).
* ''Empathic Intelligence: Philosophical Foundations of Ethics in AI'' (Zenodo, 2025).
* ''Identity Graph Mirror (Q1)'' — A multilingual dataset for cross-engine entity verification.

'''Research Identifiers:'''

* '''ORCID:''' [https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8130-1178 0009-0004-8130-1178]
* '''IRIS (Korea):''' 13437727

== Fine Art ==
In addition to his digital work, Behrouzi is a registered artist in South Korea. His "Shadow and Light" series and "Unbroken Lines" (2025) are formally registered with CROS Korea, spanning traditional ink, pencil, and digital hybrid media.

== External Links ==

* [https://hamedbehrouzi.com Official Website]
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5816284/ Hamed Behrouzi on IMDb]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamedbehrouzi LinkedIn Profile]
* [https://www.crunchbase.com/person/hamed-behrouzi Crunchbase Profile]
* [https://en.everybodywiki.com/Hamed_Behrouzi_(animator) Hamed Behrouzi on EverybodyWiki]
* [https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8130-1178 ORCID Profile]

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