#30 Directing for Disney, Unreal Engine, UEFN and Filmmaking with HaZ | Bad Decisions Podcast

HaZ Dulull is a visionary filmmaker and the founder of the production company HaZimation, which produces animated feature films, series, and video games based on their proprietary pipeline utilizing Unreal Engine. His journey began in video games and transitioned to directing and producing, with a significant achievement being the breakout feature film "The Beyond," which reached number 2 on the iTunes Charts before securing a licensing deal with Netflix. He subsequently created another feature film, multiple short films, animation series, was hired by the Disney Channel, and most recently, developed a sci-fi adventure Fortnite game called "Moontopia."

Play Moontopia (Fortnite Map): https://www.fortnite.com/creative/island-codes/3538-0241-3570

Episode 30 Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:47 Video Games to Filmmaking

00:25:10 Making the first feature film

00:39:59 Mindset of delegating tasks

00:41:31 Directing for Disney Channel

01:00:18 Importance of Communication

01:05:02 Starting Hazimation (Haz Films)

01:15:19 Turning a film into a game in Unreal Engine

01:17:50 Learning Unreal Engine

01:23:21 Unreal is THE TOOL!

01:29:03 Making “Moontopia” Fortnite map

01:35:32 Migrating from UE to UeFN

01:40:50 Future of “Moontopia”

01:46:42 Building for UeFN

01:54:29 Advice for creating Fortnite Maps

Find out more about HaZ and Hazimation:

https://www.instagram.com/hazdazzle/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hazfilm/

https://hazfilm.com/

https://hazimation.com/

RIFT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZRUnr6BAZg

The Beyond: https://hazfilm.com/the-beyond

2036 Origin Unknown: https://hazfilm.com/origin-unknown

Fast Layne (Disney+ series ): https://postperspective.com/disney-channels-fast-layne-director-hasraf-haz-dulull/

Project Kronos (short film): https://variety.com/2013/film/news/project-kronos-taking-off-as-full-length-feature-exclusive-1200563814/

SYNC(short film): https://hazfilm.com/sync-a-proof-of-concept-robots-data-cyberpolice

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