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Dori Arazi is an Award Winning Cinematic Director with a passion for visual storytelling. Working with talent on-set, he combines a keen eye to foster strong performance with evocative imagery and creative shot designs. Dori is a Virtual Production creative and technical trailblazer, designing custom equipment and pipelines. Combined with a deep and intuitive grasp of an array of cinematic languages, Dori sets new quality bars from previs to content finalization.
Dori's broad background in animation, VFX and game development allows him to bring forward a unified, cross-disciplinary vision throughout production. Most known for his award winning work on "God of War", he has built and directed cinematic teams for: Sony, EA, Midway Games, THQ and SEGA.

Interview with Yuri Nayman A.S.C.

Sony production interview

About the visual language of "God Of War"

Discussions about the approach and challenges
of designing and staging an entire game in one single take

GDC talk - 2019
"Creating a deeper emotional connection "

God Of War
All "Cut Scenes"

Director of Photography / Cinematic Lead
- On set actor staging and direction (PrefCap / MoCap)
- Virtual camera design and on set operation (PrefCap / MoCap)
- Script tratment, staging, shot design
- Previs direction
- Camera editing and finalizing
- Cinematic lighting supervision
- Interactive camera look dev and design

Games

God of War

Santa Monica Studio

Director of Photography

Sonic Boom
Rise of Lyric
Big Red Button

Cinematic Director
Engine: CryEngine

Killzone - Shadow Fall

S.C.E.A

Cinematic Artist / Animator

The Order 1886

S.C.E.A

Cinematic Artist / Animator

Medal Of Honor
Warfighter
Electronic Arts

Senior Cinematic Artist
Engine: Frostbite2

Command & Conquer
Generals 2
Electronic Arts

Cinematic Director
Engine: Frostbite2

TNA IMPACT!

Midway Games

Cinematic Director
Engine: Unreal3

WWE AllStars

THQ

Cinematic Director
Engine: Unreal3

The Bourne
Conspiracy
Vivendi Games

Cinematic Supervisor
Engine: Unreal3

Filmography: Animator, FX Technical Director