Painterly animation, art direction and photography-led visual design
Alex Naghavi
A Los Angeles creative director who co-directed the painterly animated short Le Drip with Ezra Li and was visual director on Railbound.
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- Years
- 2026
- Last active
- 2 Nov 2026
Films
Why follow this filmmaker
Alex Naghavi’s official site describes him as a Los Angeles creative director with a background in branding and digital product. His film credits show that design training applied to two different problems. Le Drip, co-directed with Ezra Li, sustains a hand-painted oil texture across a complete animated short. On Railbound, written and directed by Jonathan Perry, he is credited as visual director and AI artist, working from real photographs rather than invented worlds.
Le Drip took second place at the 2026 Reply AI Film Festival and is on Austin’s 2026 honourable-mention list. Railbound won its Chroma Awards Season 1 documentary category. Those results are recorded as facts, not as proof of quality. The credits list human roles for story, sound, colour and editing; Naghavi is one credited contributor on each film, not its sole author.