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M. Dara Alavi

  • Special Effects
  • Director
  • Animation Department
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M. Dara Alavi is known for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Finch (2021) and Lisa Frankenstein (2024).
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    • Known for

    Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, and Maria Bakalova in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
    7.9
    • Special Effects(as Matt Alavi)
    • 2023
    Tom Hanks, Seamus, and Caleb Landry Jones in Finch (2021)
    Finch
    6.9
    • Special Effects(as Matt Alavi)
    • 2021
    Cole Sprouse and Kathryn Newton in Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
    Lisa Frankenstein
    6.1
    • Special Effects(as Matt Alavi)
    • 2024
    Christian Slater, Hugh Grant, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Melissa McCarthy, Mikey Day, Amy Schumer, Kyle Mooney, Drew Tarver, and Morgan West in Unfrosted (2024)
    Unfrosted
    5.5
    • Special Effects(as Matt Alavi)
    • 2024

    Credits

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    Special Effects

    • Christian Slater, Hugh Grant, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Melissa McCarthy, Mikey Day, Amy Schumer, Kyle Mooney, Drew Tarver, and Morgan West in Unfrosted (2024)
      Unfrosted
      5.5
      • special effects: Legacy Effects (as Matt Alavi)
      • 2024
    • Cole Sprouse and Kathryn Newton in Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
      Lisa Frankenstein
      6.1
      • special effects: Legacy Effects (as Matt Alavi)
      • 2024
    • Zachary Quinto and Jacob Elordi in He Went That Way (2023)
      He Went That Way
      5.1
      • special effects: Legacy Effects (as Matt Alavi)
      • 2023
    • Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, and Maria Bakalova in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
      Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
      7.9
      • special effects: Legacy Effects (as Matt Alavi)
      • 2023
    • Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, Pedro Pascal, Shirley Henderson, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Katee Sackhoff, Amy Sedaris, Omid Abtahi, Emily Swallow, and Katy O'Brian in The Mandalorian (2019)
      The Mandalorian
      8.6
      TV Series
      • special effects previs: Legacy Effects
      • 2019–2023
    • Hugh Grant, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris Pine, Daisy Head, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, and Justice Smith in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
      Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
      7.2
      • special effects technician: Legacy Effects (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Joel David Moore, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • special effects previs coordinator: Legacy Effects (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Ewan McGregor, James Earl Jones, Hayden Christensen, and Dmitrious Bistrevsky in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
      Obi-Wan Kenobi
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • special effects technician: Legacy Effects (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Ming-Na Wen and Temuera Morrison in The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
      The Book of Boba Fett
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • special effects technician: Legacy Effects (uncredited)
      • 2021–2022
    • Tom Hanks, Seamus, and Caleb Landry Jones in Finch (2021)
      Finch
      6.9
      • animatronics assistant: Legacy Effects (as Matt Alavi)
      • 2021
    • Jeremy T. Thomas in Antlers (2021)
      Antlers
      5.9
      • special effects previs: Legacy Effects (uncredited)
      • 2021
    • Sylvester Stallone, Steve Agee, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Margot Robbie, and Daniela Melchior in The Suicide Squad (2021)
      The Suicide Squad
      7.2
      • special effects previs: Legacy Effects (uncredited)
      • 2021
    • Song Kang in Sweet Home (2020)
      Sweet Home
      7.2
      TV Series
      • special fx previs: Legacy Effects (as Matt Alavi)
      • 2020
    • Battle at Big Rock (2019)
      Battle at Big Rock
      6.9
      Short
      • animatronic effects previs: Legacy Effects (uncredited)
      • 2019

    Director

    • House of Legends
      • Director (as Matt Alavi)
      • Filming
    • Bad Tooth (2026)
      Bad Tooth
      Short
      • Director (as Matt Alavi)
      • 2026
    • Zero Down (2023)
      Zero Down
      Short
      • Director (as Matt Alavi)
      • 2023
    • Bedlam: Figmentz of Delusion (2010)
      Bedlam: Figmentz of Delusion
      Short
      • Director (as Matt Alavi)
      • 2010

    Animation Department

    • Grýlu Sker (2026)
      Grýlu Sker
      Short
      • rotoscope animation supervisor (as Matt Alavi)
      • 2026
    • Margo Hoo Couldn't Sleep! (2018)
      Margo Hoo Couldn't Sleep!
      6.2
      Short
      • animator: ending sequence
      • model designer (as Matt Alavi, as Matt Alavi)
      • 2018

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Matt Alavi

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