Jon Farhat is a motion picture visual effects supervisor and second unit director who was nominated at the

67th Academy Awards The 67th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 27, 1995, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the cer ...

for the film '' The Mask'', in the category of

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. His nomination was shared with Tom Bertino,

Scott Squires Scott Squires (born 1956) is a visual effects supervisor and director. His first film project was ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', where he developed the Cloud Tank Effect. In 1979 Squires, Hoyt Yeatman, Rocco Gioffre, Fred Iguchi, Tom Ho ...

and Steve 'Spaz' Williams. He was nominated for two BAFTA awards for Visual Effects for '' The Mask'' and '' The Nutty Professor'' Prior production roles included art director,

matte painting A matte painting is a painted representation of a landscape, set, or distant location that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that is not present at the filming location. Historically, matte painters and film technician ...

, conceptual illustrator and storyboard artist dating back to 1992. Between 2012-2014, he served briefly as executive vice president of

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. A commercial helicopter pilot, Farhat pioneered research and developed systems and flight planning interfaces for

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controlle ...

s, specializing in fully autonomous flight systems.

Selected filmography as Visual Effects Supervisor

*'' Coming 2 America'' (2021) *'' Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters'' (2013) *'' The Book of Eli'' (2010) *'' Wanted'' (2008) *''

The Interpreter ''The Interpreter'' is a 2005 political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, and Jesper Christensen. It was the first film shot inside the United Nations Headquarters, as well as the fina ...

'' (2005) *'' Doom'' (2005) *''

Blue Crush ''Blue Crush'' is a 2002 sports film directed by John Stockwell and based on Susan Orlean's 1998 ''Outside'' magazine article "Life's Swell". It stars Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake and Mika Boorem. The film tells the story ...

'' (2002) *'' Nutty Professor II: The Klumps'' (2000) *''

Doctor Dolittle Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 ''The Story of Doctor Dolittle''. He is a physician who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in the ...

'' (1998) *'' The Nutty Professor'' (1996) *''

Dead Man ''Dead Man'' is a 1995 American acid western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It stars Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Billy Bob Thornton, Iggy Pop, Crispin Glover, John Hurt, Michael Wincott, Lance Henriksen, Gabriel Byrne, Mili Avital ...

'' (1995) *'' The Mask'' (1994)

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