Babak Goodarzi’s working life began as a runner for RSA Films, where he became Ridley Scott’s assistant. He then became a freelance Assistant Director working with Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Mike Leigh, Alan Parker, David Bailey, Mehdi Norowzian, Graham Rose as well as many others. At this time, he also began shooting music videos for Black Dog films, including work for Asian Dub Foundation and Nightmares on Wax, for which he was awarded film prizes at the Edinburgh Film Festival. He has also worked for international clients around the world making commercials corporate films, and has just completed a global cinema campaign for Samsung Galaxy. He has recently become interested in VR and immersive technologies as an art form. The Inner Selfie, his immersive VR work about the Dalai Lama, was showcased at the Sheffield Documentary Film Festival.
