Shero Rauf
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Shero Rauf is a Kurdish-Iraqi actor
and stuntman
. He is the first Kurdish Iraqi to work as an actor, stuntman, 3D visual effects animator, lead artist, and assistant director
in Hollywood movies.
and Steven Seagal
in which he later featured in his first movie role Epoch: Evolution (2003) with David Keith
and Billy Dee Williams
. In the same year he performed as a stunt actor
for the movie Troy
, as a Trojan archer facing Brad Pitt
, in Mexico
.
From 2004 he began to work as a digital effects artist (animation, particles, dynamic, modeling) for several movies. In May 2006 he became a visual effects lead artist for the biggest movie that had been done in WWFX company, The Gene Generation
. In June 2006 he had the chance to work as a 3D digital artist on the movie 88 Minutes
(2007) which stars his favorite actor, Al Pacino
.
In August 2007 after a one month test period, he became an assistant director for the movie The Tournament
(2008).
He had a contract with the company Double Negative
to begin working as an animator, but he could not begin working because he could not get the work permit to work in the UK.
. When he was 1 year old, his family returned to their homeland, Sulaimaniya. After 20 years living and learning in Sulaimaniya and Arbil
, he left Iraq to pursue his career.
Shero is the son of Rauf Hassan
, one of the most famous writers in Kurdistan. He has a brother, Zana Rauf
, a television newsreader and children's author.
Shero Rauf can speak Kurdish
, Arabic
, English
and Bulgarian
fluently.
He is good friends with Pearry Teo
, Darren Shahlavi
, Scott Mann
.
Visual effects:
Stunts:
Actor:
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and stuntman
Stuntman
A stuntman or stunt performer is someone who performs dangerous stunts.Stuntman may also refer to:*The Stunt Man, a 1980 film starring Peter O'Toole*Stuntman , a 2002 video game**Stuntman: Ignition, its sequel...
. He is the first Kurdish Iraqi to work as an actor, stuntman, 3D visual effects animator, lead artist, and assistant director
Assistant director
The role of an Assistant director include tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, maintaining order on the set. They also have to take care of health and safety of the crew...
in Hollywood movies.
Career
His first step in his career was in 2002 when he met Jean-Claude Van DammeJean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg , professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor, best known for his martial arts action films, the most successful of which include Bloodsport , Kickboxer , Double Impact , Universal Soldier , Hard Target , Timecop ,...
and Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan...
in which he later featured in his first movie role Epoch: Evolution (2003) with David Keith
David Keith
David Lemuel Keith is an American actor and director. He received Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor and New Star of the Year – Actor for his performance in An Officer and a Gentleman.-Career:...
and Billy Dee Williams
Billy Dee Williams
William December "Billy Dee" Williams, Jr. is an American actor, artist, singer, and writer.-Early life:Williams was born in New York City, New York, the son of Loretta...
. In the same year he performed as a stunt actor
Stunt actor
A Stunt actor or Stunt actress is a person who both plays an essential acting role and actively perform his or her own physical demanding stunts without a stunt double for scenes in a film or television, commonly in the action genre...
for the movie Troy
Troy (film)
Troy is a 2004 epic war film written by David Benioff and directed by Wolfgang Petersen based on the events of the Trojan War. Its cast includes Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Bana as Hector.It was nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design.-Plot:...
, as a Trojan archer facing Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
, in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
.
From 2004 he began to work as a digital effects artist (animation, particles, dynamic, modeling) for several movies. In May 2006 he became a visual effects lead artist for the biggest movie that had been done in WWFX company, The Gene Generation
The Gene Generation
The Gene Generation is a 2007 Biopunk science fiction film about an assassin who battles DNA hackers. The film was directed by Pearry Teo, and stars Bai Ling, Parry Shen, Faye Dunaway, and Alec Newman.- Synopsis :...
. In June 2006 he had the chance to work as a 3D digital artist on the movie 88 Minutes
88 Minutes
88 Minutes is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Jon Avnet starring Al Pacino, Benjamin McKenzie, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, and Neal McDonough. Filming began in the Vancouver area on October 8, 2005 and wrapped in December 2005...
(2007) which stars his favorite actor, Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
.
In August 2007 after a one month test period, he became an assistant director for the movie The Tournament
The Tournament (film)
The Tournament is a 2009 British independent action film, marking the directorial debut of local filmmaker Scott Mann. The film was conceived by Jonathan Frank and Nick Rowntree while at the University of Teesside with Mann...
(2008).
He had a contract with the company Double Negative
Double Negative (VFX)
Double Negative is a British full-service visual effects/computer animation company located in Soho, London. The company was set up in 1998 with a team of 30 staff and has since grown to over 900 staff, making it one of Europe's largest provider of visual effects for film.In 2009, Double Negative...
to begin working as an animator, but he could not begin working because he could not get the work permit to work in the UK.
Personal life
Rauf is from southern Kurdistan but was born in BaghdadBaghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
. When he was 1 year old, his family returned to their homeland, Sulaimaniya. After 20 years living and learning in Sulaimaniya and Arbil
Arbil
Arbil / Hewlêr is the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul...
, he left Iraq to pursue his career.
Shero is the son of Rauf Hassan
Rauf Hassan
Rauf Hassan is a renowned Kurdish writer who was born in 1945 in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Iraqi Kurdistan.He was imprisoned during the rule of the Ba'ath Party regime, because of his critical articles he wrote against the Ba'ath Party regime in Iraq...
, one of the most famous writers in Kurdistan. He has a brother, Zana Rauf
Zana Rauf
Zana Rauf was a Kurdish Television News reader. He presented a Kurdish language science program on the radio in 1995...
, a television newsreader and children's author.
Shero Rauf can speak Kurdish
Kurdish language
Kurdish is a dialect continuum spoken by the Kurds in western Asia. It is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages....
, Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Bulgarian
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
fluently.
He is good friends with Pearry Teo
Pearry Teo
Pearry Reginald Teo Zhang Pingli , film director/producer, is the first Singaporean movie director to make a Hollywood film.- Biography :...
, Darren Shahlavi
Darren Shahlavi
Darren Majian Shahlavi , sometimes credited as Shahlavi, is an Iranian-British actor and martial artist.A native of Stockport, Greater Manchester, Shahlavi is known primarily for playing bad guys in martial arts films such as Bloodmoon and Yuen Woo-ping's Tai Chi Boxer along with Jacky Wu...
, Scott Mann
Scott Mann
Scott Mann is a British film director who made his name with his action packed debut feature film The Tournament, which was an $8m movie shot in the UK and Bulgaria. The film starred Robert Carlyle and Ving Rhames and Ian Sommerhalder...
.
Health
Shero Rauf broke both his legs while shooting a vehicle stunt scene for the movie The Tournament. Doctors told him he would need nearly six months until he could walk again.Filmography
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:- The TournamentThe Tournament (film)The Tournament is a 2009 British independent action film, marking the directorial debut of local filmmaker Scott Mann. The film was conceived by Jonathan Frank and Nick Rowntree while at the University of Teesside with Mann...
(2008) - Assistant Director
Visual effects:
- RamboRambo (film)Rambo is a 2008 German/American Action film starring Sylvester Stallone returning and reprising his famous role as legendary Cold War/Vietnam veteran John Rambo. Stallone also co-wrote and directed the film. It is the fourth and most recent installment in the Rambo franchise, twenty years since...
(2008) - The Gene GenerationThe Gene GenerationThe Gene Generation is a 2007 Biopunk science fiction film about an assassin who battles DNA hackers. The film was directed by Pearry Teo, and stars Bai Ling, Parry Shen, Faye Dunaway, and Alec Newman.- Synopsis :...
(2007) - Finding Rin Tin TinFinding Rin Tin TinFinding Rin Tin Tin is a Bulgarian–American 2007 film by Israeli filmmaker Danny Lerner, shot on location in Bulgaria.-Synopsis:The film tells the story of the original Rin Tin Tin, the legendary German Shepherd, found shortly before the end of World War I by American serviceman Lee Duncan as a...
(2007) - 88 Minutes88 Minutes88 Minutes is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Jon Avnet starring Al Pacino, Benjamin McKenzie, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, and Neal McDonough. Filming began in the Vancouver area on October 8, 2005 and wrapped in December 2005...
(2007) - GryphonGryphon (film)Gryphon also known as Attack of the Gryphon is a 2007 film directed by Andrew Prowse, starring Amber Benson, Jonathan LaPaglia, and Larry Drake...
(2007) (TV) - Home of the BraveHome of the Brave (2006 film)Home of the Brave is a 2006 drama film following the lives of four Army National Guard soldiers in Iraq and their return to the United States. The film was shot in Morocco and in Spokane, Washington.-Plot:...
(2006) - A.I. Assault (2006) (TV)
- Black Hole (2006) (TV)
- Lonely Hearts (2006)
- Undisputed II: Last Man StandingUndisputed II: Last Man StandingUndisputed II: Last Man Standing is a 2006 direct-to-video sequel to the 2002 action film Undisputed. The film stars Michael Jai White, Scott Adkins, Eli Danker and Ben Cross, and was directed by Isaac Florentine...
(2006) - The MechanikThe MechanikThe Mechanik is a 2005 action film starring and directed by Dolph Lundgren, written by Bryan Edward Hill and co-starring Ben Cross.- Plot :...
(2005) - EdisonEdison (film)Edison , is a 2005 American thriller film written and directed by David J. Burke, starring Morgan Freeman, LL Cool J, Justin Timberlake, and Kevin Spacey....
(2005) - Today You DieToday You DieToday You Die is a 2005 action film starring Steven Seagal and Treach, with appearances by Kevin Tighe, Sarah G. Buxton, Lesley-Anne Down, and Nick Mancuso. It has been rated R by the MPAA. The film was released direct-to-video. It was directed by Don E...
(2005) - Zerkalnie voyni: Otrazhenie pervoye (2005)
- Hammerhead: Shark FrenzyHammerhead: Shark FrenzyHammerhead: Shark Frenzy is a 2005 Sci-Fi Channel original movie, written by Kenneth M. Badish and Boaz Davidson, and directed by Michael Oblowitz. The film stars William Forsythe, Hunter Tylo, and Jeffrey Combs. The film premiered on Sci Fi Channel June 18, 2005.-Plot:A mad scientist revitalizes...
(2005) (TV) - Raging Sharks (2005) (digital artist)
Stunts:
- TroyTroy (film)Troy is a 2004 epic war film written by David Benioff and directed by Wolfgang Petersen based on the events of the Trojan War. Its cast includes Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Bana as Hector.It was nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design.-Plot:...
(2004) - The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008) ...(utility stunts)
- Heroes and Viliains: Attila the Hun (2008) (mini) - Warrior *1
Actor:
- Heroes and Viliains: Attila the Hun (2008) (mini) - Warrior *1
- Hero WantedHero WantedHero Wanted is a 2008 action film and crime drama, directed by Brian Smrz and starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ray Liotta, and Norman Reedus. The film was released direct-to-video on April 29, 2008, and included a downloadable Digital Copy version of the disc with studio-imposed restrictions...
(2008) ... Razor Room Dancer - Dalida (2005) (mini) TV Series .... Dalida's Bodyguard
- Alien Siege (2005) (TV) .... Striker
- Boa vs. PythonBoa vs. PythonBoa vs. Python is a 2004 Sci Fi Pictures original film. It was directed by David Flores, from a script by Chase Parker and Sam Wells, and was filmed in Sofia, Bulgaria, like many Sci Fi original movies. The film was a crossover between 2002's Boa, and 2000's Python.-Plot:The film opens with a...
(2004) (V) .... Dancer - TroyTroy (film)Troy is a 2004 epic war film written by David Benioff and directed by Wolfgang Petersen based on the events of the Trojan War. Its cast includes Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Bana as Hector.It was nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design.-Plot:...
(2004) ... Trojan Archer - Epoch: Evolution (2003) (TV) .... TV Reporter
- Soraya (2003) (TV) .... Guard
- Out for a KillOut for a KillOut for a Kill is a 2003 straight-to-video action film directed by Michael Oblowitz. It stars Steven Seagal- Plot :This Steven Seagal thriller sees Wong Dai , the world's most powerful Chinese drug kingpin, is sitting at a long table in an old building in Paris, France, going through the motions of...
(2003) (V) .... Prisoner