Muqeem Khan (Urdu: مقیم خان) (born 1968) is a Pakistani who started working in the Hollywood visual effects industry in 1996.[1]
Education
Khan received a Master of Arts (MA) in industrial design in 1996 with specialization in computer graphics and animation from Advanced Computing Center for Arts and Design (ACCAD) and the Department of Design at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He also obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in industrial design from the same university in 1994. Later on in 2022, he obtained a multidisciplinary PhD from the Extended Reality Collaborative, School of Communication and Creative Industries at Charles Sturt University in Australia. [2]
Beyond his achievements in design and visual effects, Dr. Khan is also known as Dr. Muqeem Mursaleen and is a licensed herbalist, pulse reader[3] and a recognized TED speaker.[4] He has continued his family's Unani medicine tradition through his entrepreneurial venture, Hakeem Mursaleen Pvt. Ltd.. He was also awarded a research grant Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP)[5] in 2011 and in 2013 National Priorities Research Program (NPRP)[6] from Qatar National Research Funds (QNRF). He is currently a visiting professor at the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI).[7]
Career
Khan has spoken on VFX in motion pictures, animation and emerging technologies.[8][9]
Film credits
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within[10][11][12][13][14][15] – July 2001 (US) Visual Effects, Square, Honolulu, Hawaii • Visual effects, Rigid/Soft body dynamics and Deformations
- Armageddon[1][16][10][11][12][13][14]- December 1998 (US) Visual effects, Dream Quest Images, The Walt Disney Company, California • Sparks, fire and debris for the exploding shuttle
• Effect animation for the debris and rocks• Gases and Asteroids
- Deep Rising[1][16][10][11][12][13][14] – January 1998 (US) Visual effects, Dream Quest Images, The Walt Disney Company, California • Digital rain and tracking of digital cameras
- George of the Jungle[1][16][10][11][12][13][14] – July 1997 (US) Visual effects, Dream Quest Images, The Walt Disney Company, California • Visual effects and elephant's interaction with the ground
- Flubber[1][16][10][11][12][13][14]- November 1997 (US) Visual effects, Dream Quest Images, The Walt Disney Company, California• Visual effects for clouds and wisps • Compositing and digital elements for the 3D environment
- Sherdil[17]- March 2019 (Pakistan) Visual Effect, NK Pictures Islamabad • VFX Advisor
References
- ^ a b c d e • Animation in Pakistani feature films, The Express Tribune, Lahore, Pakistan, January, 2011.
- ^ Khan, Muqeem. "Enacting and Safeguarding Digital Intangible Heritage with Emerging Technologies and Speculative Design". Charles Sturt University. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ Rajpoot, Munawar. "Zaban Ka Chatkhara, Bemaarioon Ka Pitara". Daily Jang Newspaper. Jung. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "Muqeem Khan: Playful technology to keep cultural heritage alive". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ • "Awarded as a Collaborative Faculty, Qatar Foundation Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP), "Integration of Sensors and Data Acquisition for a Motorized Wheel Chair Simulator Platform with a Virtual Environment," Faculty Research Collaboration with Texas A&M University at Qatar Doha, 2011– 2012.
- ^ • "Muqeem Khan (2013), Awarded as a Lead Principal Investigator (LPI), National Priorities Research Program (NPRP), "Kinesthetic Learning System for Arabic Indigenous Dances," Qatar, 2013.
- ^ "Meet Our Leadership and Academic team". DIDI. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ • Presentation, "Preserving our Past with Toys of the Futurea", TED@Doha Summit, Doha, Qatar, April, 2012., 25 February 2013
- ^ • "Total realism with computer graphics no distant dream", Qatar Tribune, Doha, Qatar, March, 2013., 25 February 2013
- ^ a b c d e • Pragmatised Emotions: The Art of the Future Designers
- ^ a b c d e • PEF seminar highlights secret of visual effect, animation
- ^ a b c d e • Animation expert gives tips to students
- ^ a b c d e • Zooming In: Our man in Hollywood
- ^ a b c d e • GAMEON-ARABIA'2012, December 10–12, 2012, AOU, Muscat, Oman, Conference Tutorial
- ^ • Final Fantasy Credits
- ^ a b c d • Muqeem Khan – News1 Morning Masala
- ^ FatimaHasanZaidi (16 January 2018). "Sherdil Premiere Launch". Fatima Hasan Zaidi. Retrieved 25 February 2019.