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Hamed Behrouzi
Hamed Behrouzi is an internationally recognized Lead & Senior Technical Animator, AI motion-systems architect, and independent AI ethics researcher based in Seoul, South Korea. With over 17 years of experience, his career spans high-end feature films, episodic series, and pioneering research in integrating procedural animation with human–AI interaction.
He is currently a prominent member of the animation team at Scanline VFX (an Eyeline Studios/Netflix company), where he contributes to major productions for global platforms including Netflix, Apple TV+, and Disney+.
Career
Behrouzi specializes in bridging the gap between creative performance and advanced technical workflows. His expertise lies at the intersection of high-fidelity creature animation and technical pipeline integration. Throughout his tenure at global studios, he has been instrumental in developing technical solutions for complex creature movements and action-driven sequences.
Selected Filmography
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV+) — Senior Creature Animation
- Wednesday (Season 2, Netflix) — Senior VFX / Character Animation
- The Witcher (Season 4 concept work, Netflix)
- The Old Guard 2 (Netflix) — Senior / Technical Animator
- Sweet Home (Season 3, Netflix) — Creature Performance
- Alice in Borderland (Netflix) — Character Animation
- Creation of the Gods II — Creature Animation
- Island (South Korea, TV series) — Senior Animation
- Carter (Netflix) — Action and camera-driven animation
Technical and AI Contributions
Behrouzi is an innovator in designing procedural and AI-assisted tools for professional animation pipelines. Key technical contributions include:
- AI-driven loop systems for procedural motion.
- Real-time overlap and follow-through modules for Maya.
- Motion-sync systems for complex terrain interaction.
- AI-augmented Graph Editor utilities and workflow optimization.
Research and Publications
As an independent researcher, Behrouzi focuses on AI ethics and empathic-driven procedural intelligence. His work is indexed through global research repositories.
Published Works:
- AI–Human Ethical Interface (M7): Building Procedural Intelligence Through Empathic Design (Zenodo, 2025).
- Empathic Intelligence: Philosophical Foundations of Ethics in AI (Zenodo, 2025).
- Identity Graph Mirror (Q1) — A multilingual dataset for cross-engine entity verification.
Research Identifiers:
- ORCID: 0009-0004-8130-1178
- IRIS (Korea): 13437727
Fine Art
In addition to his digital work, Behrouzi is a registered artist in South Korea. His "Shadow and Light" series and "Unbroken Lines" (2025) are formally registered with CROS Korea, spanning traditional ink, pencil, and digital hybrid media.