Ashraf Ghori

Ghori moved from Hyderabad, India to Dubai, UAE at the age of 2.^[5][11] His father, Mohammed Moinuddin Ghori, was a prominent businessman in the construction industry and a philanthropist.^[12] His first professional work appeared in the pages of magazines published by Khaleej Times. He was a regular illustrator for Young Times from 1989 until 2001.^[13] Ghori graduated from the University of Houston, Texas in 1994.^[14]

Ghori was on the judges panel for the Kuwait Arab Advertising Awards for the years 2006 and 2007.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, he founded digital creative agency Xpanse CGI in Dubai and started independent film-making with Xero Error in 2008.^[15][16] Xero Error premiered at the 3rd Gulf Film Festival^[17][18] and also played at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival and the 10th edition of Sci-Fi-London.^[19] In 2010, Ghori was the Art Director for the first Indo-Emirati film 'Malal'.^[20] He worked as Senior Digital Artist at Bayyinah TV from 2016 to 2017.^[21][22] Ghori received the Pioneer in Arts Golden Visa from the Government of the United Arab Emirates.^[23]

In 2024 Ghori founded Remixx.AI, Dubai’s first AI-driven creative studio for fully synthetic video creation.^[24][25]

Ghori has produced work for comic book publishers including Dark Horse Comics and IDW Publishing.^[26]

San Jacinto College in Pasadena Texas had organized a Comic Art Exhibit of Ghori's works in 1993. In 1994, Ghori was a founding member of Tempest Comics in Houston, Texas, and produced a 4-issue mini series 'Tempest Comics Presents'.^[13][27] He was a featured comic artist at Dallas Fantasy Fair, 1994 (Dallas, Texas).^[28]

In April 2012, Ghori was a featured guest, along with Alvin Lee, Lee Townsend and Yishan Li at the first MEFCC - Middle East Film and Comic Con in Dubai, UAE, and at the Middle East's inaugural IGN Convention in July 2013.^[29] In 2013 Ghori was a contributing artist for Dark Horse Comics in collaboration with writer Alex De Campi.^[30]

In 2015 Ghori collaborated with Arab rapper Narcy to create a mixed-media project called World War Free Now which combined music, video, and comics together.^[7] A limited edition comic was released as a companion piece to Narcy's album.^[31] In 2018 his work on Arabic graphic novel 'Antara' received critical acclaim as 'An Experiment Worthy of Praise' citing 'the versatility and sheer genius of the artist'.^{[26][10][32][33]}

In 2015, Ghori was listed among social media influencers in the United Arab Emirates.^[34][35] Between 2011 and 2014, he collaborated with Samsung as an art influencer for the Note series.^[36] In 2014, he served as social media ambassador for Ford Middle East's "Stand Out" campaign in the MENA region,^[37] and in 2015 participated in the "#ExperienceFord" campaign promoting the Ford Mustang 2016.^[38] In 2016, Ghori appeared in Microsoft's "#DoGreatThingsDXB" campaign, which promoted Windows 10 and the launch of the Surface Pro 4 in the Gulf region.^{[39][40][41][42]}

Ghori has also spoken at events in the UAE on topics related to design, film, AI, and entrepreneurship.^[43][44]

• Herald Global & BARC Asia – Pride of UAE Influential Leaders Awards 2026^[45]
• Herald Global & ERTC Media – The Industry's No. 1 Award in Art, 2024^[46][47]
• World Economic Forum – Excellence Award, 2015
• Esquire - UAE's Most Influential Digital Pioneers Award 2014^[48]
• Digital Studio Awards – Best up and coming filmmaker, 2011^[9][49]
• Made in UAE Awards – Distinguished Achievement Award, 2011

• 2023 Baab (Feature Film) - Concept Artist, Creature Designer
• 2022 Desert Warrior (Feature Film) - Concept Artist
• 2012 Djinn (Feature Film) - Concept Artist
• 2010 Levity – Xero Error Minus1 (08:00, Digital Animated Film) - Writer, Director, Producer
• 2010 Malal (Short Film) – Art Director, Associate Producer (Xpanse CGI)
• 2009 City of Life (Feature Film) – Graphic Designer
• 2006 Arabana (Short Film) – Associate Producer