ABOUT DAVID

David Dozoretz directed and co-wrote the Effie award-winning BOLOFEST 2020, 2021 and 2022 virtual Christmas parade TV shows and commercial campaigns, which included original animated content from LEGO, Star Wars, Marvel, Batman, Disney, Barbie, Paw Patrol, Hot Wheels and more, and was seen by over 50 million viewers.

Dozoretz also created, directed and was show-runner for two seasons of the NBCUniversal worldwide-distributed ZAFARI, a children’s animated show that celebrates diversity and was the first TV show ever produced exclusively in the Unreal real-time game engine. Unreal is now utilized regularly in virtual production and real-time animation. ZAFARI was awarded Infinity’s “Best Use of a Game Engine in a TV Show” and Dozoretz is a frequent consultant for use of the Unreal engine for content creation. Learn more about Dozoretz’s innovative use of Unreal Engine directly from Epic Games.

Dozoretz recently produced and directed films and interactive metaverse-like apps for the U.S. Special Forces community.

He acted as Second Unit Director on Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, the first ever digital stereoscopic feature and has been a Visual Effects Supervisor on a number of feature films. Before that, while at ILM, Lucasfilm and then his own company Persistence of Vision, Dozoretz helped pioneer the now industry standard pre-visualization process on tentpole franchises such as multiple Star Wars and Mission: Impossible films, Star Trek, Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump and over 30 more.

Dozoretz has lectured at UCLA and USC Film Schools, Art Center, the Gnomon School of Visual Effects, the Australian Film, Television, and Radio School, and Tokyo’s Digital Hollywood Institute. Articles with him have appeared in Wired, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, American Cinematographer, Cinefex, Animation World Network, CartoonBrew and more. He is a member of the Director’s Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the Visual Effects Society. He holds patents for television interface and industrial design.

CREDIT HIGHLIGHTS

ProjectsDirector / Producer
Role
U.S. SPACE FORCE - Various VideosDavid DozoretzDirector/Writer/VFX
BOLOFEST 2024 TV commercialsDavid DozoretzDirector/Writer/EP
BOLOFEST 2023 TV special/commercialsDavid DozoretzDirector/Writer/EP
BOLOFEST 2022 TV special/commercialsDavid DozoretzDirector/Writer/EP
BOLOFEST 2021 TV special/commercialsDavid DozoretzDirector/Writer/EP
BOLOFEST 2020 TV special (*Effie award-winner)David DozoretzDirector/Writer/EP
ZAFARI S1&S2 (NBCU, *Winner, Best Use of Unreal)David DozoretzDirector/Creator/EP
Power of Nature Theme Park RideRhythm & Hues/WandaCo-Director/VFX Supervisor
U.S. Special Operations Command VideosDavid DozoretzDirector/VFX Supervisor
Boeing Dreamliner ‘No Limits‘David DozoretzDirector
Super-8J.J. Abrams/S. SpielbergSr. Previs Supervisor
Mission Impossible: Ghost ProtocolBrad Bird/J.J. AbramsSr. Previs Supervisor
Yogi BearEric BrevigSr. Previs Supervisor
The War of Sekighara 4kDavid DozoretzDirector
Star TrekJ.J. AbramsSr. Previs Supervisor
ZillionTV ‘Future of TV’, ‘Welcome to Zillion‘David DozoretzDirector
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3DEric Brevig2nd Unit Director
X-Men: The Last StandBrett RatnerPrevis Consultant
UnearthedMathew LeutwylerVFX Supervisor
Bank of America ‘Golden Gate‘David DozoretzDirector
Mission: Impossible IIIJ.J. Abrams/Tom CruiseSr. Previs Supervisor
Roomba ‘Terminator‘David DozoretzDirector
Mr. & Mrs. SmithDoug LimanSr. Previs Supervisor
Planters Peanuts ‘The Last Peanut’David DozoretzDirector
Star Wars II: Attack of the ClonesGeorge LucasSr. Previs Supervisor
Behind Enemy LinesJohn MooreVFX Supervisor
Moulin RougeBaz LuhrmanSr. Previs Supervisor
Titan A.E.Don BluthVFX Supervisor
Star Wars: I: The Phantom MenaceGeorge LucasVFX Supervisor (115 shots)
Star Wars: I: The Phantom MenaceGeorge LucasSr. Previs Supervisor
Star Wars IV: Return of the Jedi SEGeorge LucasPrevis Artist - ILM
Star Wars IV: A New Hope SEGeorge LucasPrevis Artist - ILM
Megalopolis (unreleased)Francis Ford CoppolaPrevis Artist
Mission: ImpossibleBrian DePalma/Tom CruisePrevis Artist - ILM
JumanjiJoe JohnstonConcept Artist - ILM
DisclosureBarry LevinsonConcept Artist - ILM
Forrest GumpRobert ZemeckisConcept Artist - ILM
Jurassic ParkSteven SpielbergDigital Artist - ILM