Joel Hynek is a visual effects artist who has worked on over 30 films since 1980.

Recognition

Oscar-nominations in the category of Best Visual Effects *

60th Academy Awards The 60th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on April 11, 1988, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PDT. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented ...

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Predator Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...

''. Nomination shared with Richard Greenberg, Robert M. Greenberg and Stan Winston. Lost to ''

Innerspace ''Innerspace'' is a 1987 American science fiction comedy film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Michael Finnell. Steven Spielberg served as executive producer. It was inspired by the 1966 science fiction film ''Fantastic Voyage''. It sta ...

''. *

71st Academy Awards The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 1998 in film and took place on March 21, 1999, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p ...

-'' What Dreams May Come''. Shared with Nicholas Brooks,

Kevin Mack James Kevin Mack (born August 9, 1962) is a former professional American football player who played fullback. Early life Mack was born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. He began playing football as a youth in Pop Warner football games, but ...

and Stuart Robertson. Won. Oscar award in the category of Scientific and Engineering * 1987. Shared with Robert M. Greenberg ( R/Greenberg Associates, Inc.), Eugene Mamut (R/Greenberg Associates, Inc.), Alfred Thumim (Oxberry Division of Richmark Camera Service, Inc.), Elan Lipshitz (Oxberry Division of Richmark Camera Service, Inc.), Darryl A. Armour (Oxberry Division of Richmark Camera Service, Inc.) For the design and development of the RGA/Oxberry Compu-Quad Special Effects Optical Printer.

Popular culture

Joel is portrayed as a child on the

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Project Blue Book Project Blue Book was the code name for the systematic study of unidentified flying objects by the United States Air Force from March 1952 to its termination on December 17, 1969. The project, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, O ...

'' show, which depicts the work and research of his father Dr. J. Allen Hynek.

References

External links

* Living people Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners Special effects people Year of birth missing (living people) {{film-bio-stub