John Grower is a

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 wor ...

s pioneer who was the post-production art director on '' Tron'' for Walt Disney Pictures. Later, he was the supervisor of special effects at

Robert Abel and Associates Robert Abel and Associates (RA&A) was an American pioneering production company specializing in television commercials made with computer graphics. Robert Abel's company, RA&A was especially known for their art direction and won many Clio Awards. ...

, and director of production at Wavefront Technologies (which later merged to form

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). He then formed his own special effects studio, Santa Barbara Studios, in 1990.

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