| Usamah Zaid Yasin | |
| Other Names: | Chief Z |
| Birth Name: | Muhammad Usamah Zaid bin Yasin |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Nationality: | Malaysia |
| Alma Mater: | Multimedia University (MMU) |
| Years Active: | 2006 - present |
Muhammad Usamah Zaid bin Yasin (born 19 December 1983) is a Malaysian animator. He is known for his work at Les' Copaque Production's animated series, Upin & Ipin and animated film, . He is also served as the CEO of WAU Animation, an animation studio he founded in 2013 and also become creator and director of Ejen Ali.
After graduated at the Multimedia University (MMU), Usamah joined Les' Copaque Production together with his close friends, Nizam Razak and Anas Abdul Aziz, then came up with animation series Upin & Ipin where he served as an assistant director, later become its director starting Season 4, replacing Nizam who left Les' Copaque in 2009 with Anas, Safwan Karim and Kee Yong Pin to established Animonsta Studios.
Besides become assistant director for the series, Usamah also worked as animation director and 3D character rigging for .
After spent 7 years at Les' Copaque, Usamah left the company and established his own animation company, WAU Animation where he served as CEO. WAU Animation produces Ejen Ali that aired on TV3 since 8 April 2016.[1] For the animated series, he served as director, executive producer, screenplay and voice actor.
In 2016, Usamah with his close friend, Faiz Hanafiah supervised 3D animation for Aliff Dalam 7 Dimensi by Astro Shaw and Chain FX.
He directed and screenplay his first ever film based on Ejen Ali animated series, .[2] [3] The film received positive reviews and collected RM30.05 million box office. This led him received nomination from Malaysia Film Festival and Asian Academy Creative Awards.[4]
For 2023, he become WAU Animation's producer for Didi & Friends The Movie where WAU contribute in
| 2007 - 2013 | Upin & Ipin | Also as assistant director from Season 1 to Season 3 | |||||
| 2009 | As animation director, 3D character rigging, compostior and editor | ||||||
| 2016 | As additional technical support | ||||||
| Aliff Dalam 7 Dimensi | As animation supervisor with Faiz Hanafiah | ||||||
| 2016–present | Ejen Ali | Wak Musang, Dr. Tong, Agent Karya, Agent Zain & Dato' Hisham | Also as editor | ||||
| 2019 | Zain & Rahul | Also as editor and voice director | |||||
| 2023 | Didi & Friends The Movie | ||||||
| TBA | In production | ||||||