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

Projects

  • U.S. SPACE FORCE - Various Videos
  • BOLOFEST 2024 TV commercials
  • BOLOFEST 2023 TV special/commercials
  • BOLOFEST 2022 TV special/commercials
  • BOLOFEST 2021 TV special/commercials
  • BOLOFEST 2020 TV special (*Effie award-winner)
  • ZAFARI S1&S2 (NBCU, *Winner, Best Use of Unreal)
  • Power of Nature Theme Park Ride
  • U.S. Special Operations Command Videos
  • Boeing Dreamliner ‘No Limits‘
  • Super-8
  • Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
  • Yogi Bear
  • The War of Sekighara 4k
  • Star Trek
  • ZillionTV ‘Future of TV’, ‘Welcome to Zillion‘
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D
  • X-Men: The Last Stand
  • Unearthed
  • Bank of America ‘Golden Gate‘
  • Mission: Impossible III
  • Roomba ‘Terminator‘
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith
  • Planters Peanuts ‘The Last Peanut’
  • Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones
  • Behind Enemy Lines
  • Moulin Rouge
  • Titan A.E.
  • Star Wars: I: The Phantom Menace
  • Star Wars: I: The Phantom Menace
  • Star Wars IV: Return of the Jedi SE
  • Star Wars IV: A New Hope SE
  • Megalopolis (unreleased)
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Jumanji
  • Disclosure
  • Forrest Gump
  • Jurassic Park

Director / Producer

  • David Dozoretz
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  • Rhythm & Hues/Wanda
  • David Dozoretz
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  • J.J. Abrams/S. Spielberg
  • Brad Bird/J.J. Abrams
  • Eric Brevig
  • David Dozoretz
  • J.J. Abrams
  • David Dozoretz
  • Eric Brevig
  • Brett Ratner
  • Mathew Leutwyler
  • David Dozoretz
  • J.J. Abrams/Tom Cruise
  • David Dozoretz
  • Doug Liman
  • David Dozoretz
  • George Lucas
  • John Moore
  • Baz Luhrman
  • Don Bluth
  • George Lucas
  • George Lucas
  • George Lucas
  • George Lucas
  • Francis Ford Coppola
  • Brian DePalma/Tom Cruise
  • Joe Johnston
  • Barry Levinson
  • Robert Zemeckis
  • Steven Spielberg

Role

  • Director/Writer/VFX
  • Director/Writer/EP
  • Director/Writer/EP
  • Director/Writer/EP
  • Director/Writer/EP
  • Director/Writer/EP
  • Director/Creator/EP
  • Co-Director/VFX Supervisor
  • Director/VFX Supervisor
  • Director
  • Sr. Previs Supervisor
  • Sr. Previs Supervisor
  • Sr. Previs Supervisor
  • Director
  • Sr. Previs Supervisor
  • Director
  • 2nd Unit Director
  • Previs Consultant
  • VFX Supervisor
  • Director
  • Sr. Previs Supervisor
  • Director
  • Sr. Previs Supervisor
  • Director
  • Sr. Previs Supervisor
  • VFX Supervisor
  • Sr. Previs Supervisor
  • VFX Supervisor
  • VFX Supervisor (115 shots)
  • Sr. Previs Supervisor
  • Previs Artist - ILM
  • Previs Artist - ILM
  • Previs Artist
  • Previs Artist - ILM
  • Concept Artist - ILM
  • Concept Artist - ILM
  • Concept Artist - ILM
  • Digital Artist - ILM