Roger Guyett is an English

visual effects supervisor In the context of film and television production, a visual effects supervisor is responsible for achieving the creative aims of the director or producers through the use of visual effects. While it is a creative role, most supervisors possess a st ...

and second unit director. Guyett and his fellow

visual effects Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production. The integration of live-action footage and other live-action foota ...

artists were nominated for an

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for the 2015 film '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. He started his career working in London doing Computer Animation work on commercials, pop videos and TV idents in the mid-1980s. Following a move to the United States in 1993, he began working on various film projects. He initially worked at Pacific Data Images (PDI - the largest Computer Graphics company at that time, known for the Michael Jackson video 'Black or White') before moving in 1995 to

Industrial Light & Magic Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American motion picture visual effects company that was founded on May 26, 1975 by George Lucas. It is a division of the film production company Lucasfilm, which Lucas founded, and was created when he began pro ...

– one of the longest-standing and most successful visual effects companies in the world. During his 27 year tenure at ILM he has worked on over 30 films. Guyett has been nominated for six Academy Awards: he was also nominated for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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,'' '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' and ''

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''. Additionnally, he has won two

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for Best Special Visual Effects and been nominated a further six times. Guyett returned to supervise the visual effects for the final/episodic film of the ''Skywalker Saga'', '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,'' which was released on 20 December 2019.

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