Merzin Tavaria.
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Director
Merzin Tavaria is the Chief Creative Director and Co-Founder of Prime Focus, and has been with the company since its inception. He has been integral in the set up of the Film VFX and Animation division and in his capacity as CCD, Merzin leads the teams in India. Some of Prime Focus' biggest and most recognized Bollywood and Hollywood feature film projects including 'Guzaarish', 'Robin Hood', The Twilight Saga: New Moon', 'Ghajini' have been executed under the direction of Merzin.
In 2010, Prime Focus pioneered View-D, the proprietary 2D to stereo 3D conversion solution. Merzin has been instrumental in setting up the Indian View-D team and has built a team of 2000 talented professionals who currently operate out of Prime Focus' Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chandigarh facilities. Among the key View-D projects, 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader', 'Clash of the Titans', and Wes Craven's 'My Soul To Take' were completed under Merzin's guidance in India.
Besides working on feature films, in a career spanning over 15 years, Merzin has also been involved with some of the most prestigious ad film projects produced in India. Before Prime Focus, he was a trainer at one of Mumbai's premier VFX and animation institutes.
