GenTalks w/ Habib Zargarpour + Setareh Samandari (Interdimensional VFX) & Charles Migos (intangible.ai)
Hey everyone,
This Wednesday 10-11am PT / 1-2pm ET is our weekly digital get together to connect on how we are all making our way through this new era for creative industries and AI among other emergent technologies, sharing ideas, tips, knowledge amongst ourselves.
Our group is an amazing mix of creators/ producers/ builders/ some new to this stuff/ some OG/ all of us constantly learning.
This week’s guests:
Habib Zargarpour, Virtual Production and VFX Supervisor
Interdimensional VFX; Head of Virtual Production at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts
He has been nominated for two Academy Awards and won two BAFTAs for his work on Twister and The Perfect Storm. Habib invented the Virtual Production System used by Jon Favreau on The Jungle Book and by Spielberg on Ready Player One. His film credits include Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania, Blade Runner 2049, Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace, Greyhound, and Star Trek: First Contact.
He deploys AI and real-time techniques for film making and combines his experience in film and real time engines to bring their benefits to Virtual Production. His visual effects career included developing groundbreaking effects while at Industrial Light & Magic, Electronic Arts, and as Director of Visuals for XBox Publishing at Microsoft. He is on the executive board of the VFX Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, and a founding member of the Visual Effects Society. Habib is head of Virtual Production at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and the George Méliès Endowed Chair in Visual Effects.
Setareh Samandari is a writer, director, producer, and VFX Supervisor, and CEO/ Founder of Interdimensional VFX.
She is a writer, director, producer, and VFX Supervisor, and Founder of Interdimensional VFX. A member of the Visual Effects Society, she holds a Master's in Political Science and a PhD in Film and Philosophy, with specialized training at Gnomon School of Visual Effects.
Her work spans film, music videos, and series — including the Virtues Basket series (2020), the virtual production music video Breathe Free (2021), and VFX contributions to Dark Asset, Here Comes Love, and The Apple Tree. She served as Executive Producer and Associate VFX Supervisor on Forbidden University, and recently as VFX Supervisor on Terrarium and VFX Producer on Ice and the Bottom of the Sea.
Author of Disruption of the Circle in Film, Language, and Other Cocoons, Setareh brings a philosophically grounded perspective to her craft. Her latest directorial work, Limit Exceeded (2026), draws directly from her PhD research. She is driven by the intersection of visual effects, AI, and storytelling.
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Charles Migos is the Founder and CPO of Intangible.ai, a platform redefining how film and creative teams visualize ideas using real-time 3D and generative AI. A former design leader at Apple and Unity Technologies, he has spent nearly three decades building tools for artists, filmmakers, and developers.
His work focuses on bringing precision, control, and speed to AI-driven production workflows, moving beyond prompt-based systems toward directorial control of scenes, cameras, and performance. Charles has collaborated with leading studios and creative teams across film, games, and advertising, and holds over 180 patents in technology and systems design.
We'll be getting a deep dive and demo on intangible.ai, come and get your dose of some tasty 3D AI tooling.