2005–2013: Early career On his
final year project, Usamah Zaid, along with his close friends,
Nizam Razak, Safwan Karim and Nazrul Hadi Nazlan created
Misi Mustahak, a short film about three old folks role-playing as spies. After graduating from
Multimedia University (MMU), Usamah joined
Les' Copaque Production together with his close friends, Nizam and Anas Abdul Aziz. They came up with the animation series
Upin & Ipin where he served as an assistant director, later become its director starting from Season 4, replacing Nizam who left Les' Copaque in 2009 with Anas, Safwan Karim and Kee Yong Pin to establish
Animonsta Studios. Besides working as the
assistant director for the series, Usamah also worked as the
animation director and 3D
character rigging for
Geng: The Adventure Begins.
2013–present: Breakthrough with Ejen Ali and contribution in Aliff Dalam 7 Dimensi Having 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 is the producer of
Ejen Ali that aired on
TV3 since 8 April 2016. He served as the director, executive producer, screenplay and voice actor in the series. 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,
Ejen Ali: The Movie. The film received positive reviews and collected RM30.05 million box office. This led him to receive nominations from the
Malaysia Film Festival and
Asian Academy Creative Awards. == Filmography ==