Bangladeshi plays key role in Doctor Strange visual effects

If you have seen Marvel's Doctor Strange (2016) last year, you already know how awesome its visual effects were. And the team in-charge of such mind-boggling visual effects (VFX) includes a Canada-based Bangladeshi manager --Wahid Ibn Reza.
Now, Wahid has every reason to be excited, because Doctor Strange got nominated for the 89th Academy Awards in the visual effects category.
"I worked as one of the production coordinators of a management team leading 70 artists in VFX (or Visual FX is commonly abbreviated form of visual effects) for Doctor Strange," Wahid told The Daily Star Online today.
The team had a producer, a production manager and three coordinators, he said.

Director of the film is Scott Derrickson.
"This is a big achievement for me at the moment. Undoubtedly, it is excellent and cool too!" Wahid writes on Facebook to express his feelings in this regard.

Previously, he was visual effects coordinator in production of Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
Wahid is currently working as production manager in VFX in Guardians of Galaxy Vol 2. He works for Method Studios in Vancouver, Canada.

Wahid's Bio

Wahid is the only child of Mohammad Rezaul Kari, former state minister, and Advocate Suraya Karim Munny. He has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from BUET and a BFA in Film Production from UBC.
Before moving to North America, Wahid was a familiar face in Bangladesh entertainment industry. He acted as lead in various television films and was lead for couple television comedy series.
He also worked as a model, anchor and comedian in front of screen. He had the pleasure of working with country legend Humayun Ahmed and youth icon Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and multinational houses such as BBC World Service Trust.
Behind the camera, he worked as head writer for advertising company Grey World Wide. He also wrote several television films and series for local television network in Bangladesh. He is developing his first feature film, schedule to start filming in 2016.

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Doctor Strange (2016)

Arrogant neurosurgeon Stephen Strange feels that he has lost his purpose in life when a car accident causes nerve damage to his hands. He travels from New York to Kathmandu, where he seeks help from a mystic who trains him to become a sorcerer who can protect the world from magical threats.

Marvel Studios' American superhero based film Doctor Strange is nominated yesterday along with The Jungle Book and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and credits Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli, and Paul Corbould. Those films sit beside Deepwater Horizon and Kubo and the Two Strings. If Doctor Strange were to win, it would be Marvel's first Academy Award.

Romantic musical La La Land led the Oscar this year's nominations with 14 nods, including the top prize of best picture and best actor nominations for its stars, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
It will contend with sci-fi movie Arrival with eight nods; war movie Hacksaw Ridge; modern western Hell or High Water; and dramas Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, Hidden Figures, Lion and Fences.