Erik Nash is a three time Oscar nominated visual effects artist. In addition he has won two Emmys for his work on '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''.

Oscar history

All three are in the category of Best Visual Effects * 77th Academy Awards-Nominated for ''

I, Robot ''I, Robot'' is a fixup (compilation) novel of science fiction short stories or essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines ''Super Science Stories'' and ''Astounding Science Fiction'' betw ...

'', nomination shared with

Andrew R. Jones Andrew R. Jones is a visual effects artist most known for being part of the Oscar-winning team that did the visuals to ''Avatar'' and ''The Jungle Book''. Jones directed a segment of ''The Animatrix'', "The Final Flight of the Osiris". Oscars Bo ...

Joe Letteri Joseph Bruce Letteri (born 1957) is a senior American visual effects artist, winner of four Academy Awards, four BAFTA awards and four VES awards. He is the current director of the Academy Award-winning Weta Digital, having joined the company ...

and John Nelson. Lost to ''

Spider-Man 2 ''Spider-Man 2'' is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon. Based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name, it is the ...

''. * 84th Academy Awards-Nominated for ''

Real Steel ''Real Steel'' is a 2011 American science fiction sports drama film starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo and co-produced and directed by Shawn Levy for DreamWorks Pictures. The film is based on the short story "Steel", written by Richard Mathe ...

'', nomination shared with

Swen Gillberg Swen Gillberg is an American Visual effects, visual effects artist, best known for his work with Digital Domain. He was nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award in the category Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Best Visual Effects for ...

Danny Gordon Taylor Danny Gordon Taylor (May 21, 1950 – July 10, 2019) was an Animation Supervisor in the Visual Effects industry. He started his career at Industrial Light and Magic in 1994 working on "The Mask" and animated or supervised on several ground breakin ...

and

John Rosengrant John Rosengrant is an American make-up and special effects artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film ''Real Steel''. Rosengrant has also won three Primetime Emmy Awards in the category Outs ...

. Lost to ''

Hugo Hugo or HUGO may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese * Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback * Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on a ...

''. *

86th Academy Awards The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. ...

-Nominated for ''

Iron Man 3 ''Iron Man 3'' (titled onscreen as ''Iron Man Three'') is a 2013 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to ''Ir ...

'', nomination shared with

Dan Sudick Dan Sudick is a special effects supervisor. Sudick and his fellow visual effects artists were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'', ''War of the Worlds'', '' Iron Man'', ''I ...

Christopher Townsend Christopher Townsend is a visual effects supervisor. He has worked in the visual effects industry for over 20 years. For over a decade, he was an artist and supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic, and in 2007 became a freelance visual effects s ...

and Guy Williams. Lost to ''

Gravity In physics, gravity () is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things with mass or energy. Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 1038 times weaker than the stro ...

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