Doomdooma, August 28, 2014: Neil Safeer Ghaznavi, a 39-year-old youth from Assam, has brought laurels to the State by winning the prestigious Emmy Award that recognizes excellence in the television industry.
Neil, who works with Scanline VFX in Vancouver, Canada, is a member of the team that won this accolade for their outstanding work on special and visual effects in Game of Thrones, a series being regularly shown on the HBO channel.
Neil is the son of late Mohammed Ghaznavi and Naureen Ghaznavi, who were originally the inhabitants of KK Road, Jorhat, and are now settled at Lachit Nagar, Rupai Siding near here.
Neil was born and brought up at Duliajan where his father was an engineer in Oil India Ltd. After getting his education in Darjeeling and Kolkata, Neil went on to study graphic arts in San Francisco.
In 2006, he moved to Vancouver to pursue his career in special effects. His first film in Hollywood was The Game Plan in 2007. Since then he has been busy in Hollywood.
Source: Assam Tribune
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