Richard Bluff is an English

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. Known for his works in

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's visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) as a digital matte artist and visual effects supervisor in acclaimed films such as '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' (2005), '' The Island'' (2005), ''

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'' (2007-11), ''

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'' (2008), '' Star Trek'' (2009), ''

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'' (2009), '' The Avengers'' (2012), ''

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'' (2012) '' Pacific Rim'' (2013), ''

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'' (2015) and '' Doctor Strange'' (2016), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects nomination at the 89th Academy Awards. He previously worked at

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as digital artist.

Awards and nomination

* Nominated: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects - '' Doctor Strange'' * Nominated:

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- '' Doctor Strange'' * Nominated:

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- '' Doctor Strange'' * Nominated: Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture - '' Doctor Strange''

References

External links

Richard Bluff
at ILM * Living people Industrial Light & Magic people Special effects people Primetime Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-bio-stub