Nafees Bin Zafar (born 1978) is a visual effects and computer graphics software engineer of Bangladeshi origin based in Los Angeles, United States.

He also received an Academy Scientific and Technical Award in Technical Achievement Award (Academy Certificate) category in 2015 for the separate development of two large-scale destruction simulation systems based on Bullet[3].

Zafar was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and moved to Charleston, South Carolina with his family when he was 11.

In February 2008, Zafar received an Academy Scientific and Technical Award for the development of the fluid simulation system at Digital Domain, which was used in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

In February 2015, Zafar was again recognized by the Academy when he and his colleagues at Digital Domain received a Technical Achievement Award for their work on the Drop Destruction Toolkit, used to create visual effects in the film 2012.