Raisani, Jabbar

Jabbar Raisani began his film career at the age of 17 working at a VFX studio in San Antonio, Texas. In 2004 he moved to LA to work at Stan Winston Studio where he was the CG Supervisor on projects including Iron Man and Fantastic 4.

He then teamed up with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez as the on-set VFX Supervisor on Machete and Predators. As a VFX Supervisor, Raisani has won two Emmys for his work on Game of Thrones and has been nominated three times for Lost in Space and once for Stranger Things.

Raisani transitioned to directing with his debut feature Alien Outpost, distributed by IFC, which he also co-wrote. Following the release of that film, he joined the team on Netflix extremely popular series Lost in Space, where he served as Producing Director and VFX Supervisor. Following the huge success of that show, he headed into the “Upside Down” as a VFX Supervisor the huge hit Stranger Things. Most recently, he served as Executive Producer, Director, and VFX Supervisor on Avatar: The Last Airbender.