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Charles Gibson (special Effects Artist)
Charles Gibson is an American visual effects supervisor. Personal life Gibson is a son of character actor Henry Gibson. Filmography *'' Flight of the Intruder'' (1991) *''Babe'' (1995) *'' The Green Mile'' (1999) *''Cats & Dogs'' (2001) *'' The Ring'' (2002) *'' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' (2003) *''The Terminal'' (2004) *'' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' (2006) *'' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' (2007) *''Terminator Salvation'' (2009) *'' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' (2011) *'' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1'' (2014) *'' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2'' (2015) *''Aquaman'' (2018) Oscar awards All of these are in the category of Best Visual Effects. *68th Academy Awards-''Babe''. Award shared with Scott E. Anderson, John Cox and Neal Scanlan. Won. *76th Academy Awards-Nominated for '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl''. Nomination shared with Terry Frazee, Hal Hickel a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Effect
Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual world. Special effects are traditionally divided into the categories of mechanical effects and optical effects. With the emergence of digital film-making a distinction between special effects and visual effects has grown, with the latter referring to digital post-production and optical effects, while "special effects" refers to mechanical effects. Mechanical effects (also called practical or physical effects) are usually accomplished during the live-action shooting. This includes the use of mechanized props, scenery, scale models, animatronics, pyrotechnics and atmospheric effects: creating physical wind, rain, fog, snow, clouds, making a car appear to drive by itself and blowing up a building, etc. Mechanical effects are also often inco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
68th Academy Awards
The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1995 in the United States and took place on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as ''Oscars'') in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by David Salzman and Quincy Jones and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the 66th ceremony in 1994. Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on March 2, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Richard Dreyfuss. '' Braveheart'' won five awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included '' Apollo 13'', ''Pocahontas'', ''Restoration'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Frazier
John Frazier (born September 23, 1944) is an American visual effects supervisor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He has 11 Oscar nominations, with one win for ''Spider-Man 2'' at the 77th Academy Awards. He shared the award with John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk and Anthony LaMolinara Anthony LaMolinara is an American film director, producer and special effects artist. Oscar history LaMolinara has won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects once, with one other nomination. Both of the following are in this category: .... References Visual effects supervisors Living people 1944 births Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners Best Visual Effects BAFTA Award winners {{US-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
80th Academy Awards
The 80th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2007. The award ceremony took place on February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Comedian Jon Stewart hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the 78th ceremony held in 2006. On February 9, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jessica Alba. ''No Country for Old Men'' won four awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included '' The Bourne Ultimatum'' with three awards, ''La Vie en Rose'' and ''There Will Be Blood'' with two, and ''Atonement'', '' The Counterfeiters'', '' Elizabeth: The Golden Age'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Hall (special Effects Artist)
Allen Hall (born May 4, 1946) is an American special effects artist who has won two Academy Awards and two BAFTA awards. , he has 65 film credits since he began his career in 1979. Oscar history (In the category Best Visual Effects) * 1991 Academy Awards-''Backdraft'', nomination shared with Scott Farrar, Clay Pinney and Mikael Salomon. Lost to '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. * 1994 Academy Awards-''Forrest Gump'', shared with George Murphy, Ken Ralston and Stephen Rosenbaum. Won. * 1998 Academy Awards-'' Mighty Joe Young'', nomination shared with Rick Baker, Jim Mitchell and Hoyt Yeatman. Lost to '' What Dreams May Come''. * 2006 Academy Awards-'' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'', shared with Charles Gibson, Hal Hickel and John Knoll. Won. Selected filmography *'' 300: Rise of an Empire'' (2014) *'' Man of Steel'' (2013) *'' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' (2007) *'' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' (2006) *'' Terminator 3: Rise of the Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
79th Academy Awards
The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2006 and took place February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Laura Ziskin and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actress Ellen DeGeneres hosted for the first time. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on February 10, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Maggie Gyllenhaal. ''The Departed'' won four awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included ''Pan's Labyrinth'' with three awards, ''Dreamgirls'', ''An Inconvenient Truth'', and '' Little Miss Sunshine'' with two, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of The King
''The Return of the King'' is the third and final volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'', following ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' and ''The Two Towers''. It was published in 1955. The story begins in the kingdom of Gondor, which is soon to be attacked by the Dark Lord Sauron. Title and publication Tolkien conceived of ''The Lord of the Rings'' as a single work comprising six "books" plus extensive appendices. In 1953, he proposed titles for the six books to his publisher, Rayner Unwin; Book Five was to be ''The War of the Ring'', while Book Six was to be ''The End of the Third Age''. These titles were eventually used in the (2000) ''Millennium edition''. Rayner Unwin however split the work into three volumes, publishing the fifth and sixth books with the appendices into the final volume with the title ''The Return of the King''. Tolkien felt the chosen title revealed too much of the story, and indicated that he preferred ''The War of the Ring'' as a title for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Knoll
John Knoll (born October 6, 1962) is an American visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer (CCO) at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop (along with his brother, Thomas Knoll), he has also worked as visual effects supervisor on the ''Star Wars'' prequels and the 1997 special editions of the original trilogy. He also served as ILM's visual effects supervisor for ''Star Trek Generations'' and '' Star Trek: First Contact'', as well as the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series. Along with Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall, Knoll and the trio's work on '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' earned them the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Knoll has been praised by directors James Cameron, Gore Verbinski, Guillermo del Toro, and Brad Bird. Del Toro, who worked with Knoll for the first time on ''Pacific Rim'', stated "He basically has the heart of a kid and the mind of a scientist, and that's a great combinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Hickel
Hal T. Hickel is a visual effects animator for Industrial Light & Magic. At the age of 12, Hickel wrote a letter to Lucasfilm, outlining his ideas for a sequel to the original ''Star Wars'' movie (now known as '' Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope''), and received a polite rejection letter from producer Gary Kurtz. The letter now hangs on the wall of Hickel's office at ILM. Twenty years later, Hickel found himself working on ''Star Wars'' after all, as a lead animator on '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace''. A native of Bailey, Colorado, Hickel joined the Film Graphics Program at CalArts in 1982. He worked at An-FX from 1982 until 1988, and then joined Will Vinton Studios, working in stop-motion and motion control. Hickel began his animation career at Pixar in 1994, where he worked on ''Toy Story'' and the THX promos, as well as some of Pixar's short films. Hearing that a new ''Star Wars'' trilogy was in pre-production, Hickel applied for a transfer to ILM on the chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Frazee
Terry Frazee is an American special effects artist. He was nominated at the 76th Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects for his work on '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl''. He shared his nomination with Charles Gibson, Hal Hickel and John Knoll. Selected filmography *''Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson'' (1976) *''1941'' (1979) *''The Legend of the Lone Ranger'' (1981) *''Blade Runner'' (1982) *''The Blob'' (1988) *''Return of the Living Dead Part II'' (1988) *''Ghost'' (1990) *''Lord of the Flies'' (1990) *'' Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' (1991) *'' Hocus Pocus'' (1993) *''Star Trek Generations'' (1994) *''Heat'' (1995) *'' Strange Days'' (1995) *''Tall Tale'' *'' Star Trek: First Contact'' (1996) *''Air Force One'' (1997) *''The Postman'' (1997) *'' Star Trek: Insurrection'' (1998) *''Mystery Men'' (1999) *''The One The ONE is a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
76th Academy Awards
The 76th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2003 and took place on February 29, 2004, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Joe Roth and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted for the eighth time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 72nd ceremony held in 2000. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, California held on February 14, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jennifer Garner. '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' won a record-tying eleven awards including Best Director for Peter Jackson and Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches. As of April 2020, the organization was estimated to consist of around 9,921 motion picture professionals. The Academy is an international organization and membership is open to qualified filmmakers around the world. The Academy is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, now officially and popularly known as "The Oscars". In addition, the Academy holds the Governors Awards annually for lifetime achievement in film; presents Scientific and Technical Awards annually; gives Student Academy Awards annually to filmmakers at the undergraduate and graduate level; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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