John Richardson (special effects designer)

John Richardson (born 1946 in England) is a British special effects supervisor. He is best known for his work on the James Bond film series (at least Casino Royale, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and Die Another Day), all the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Aliens (1986). For that latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 1987 ceremony.^[1] He won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award at the 2012 ceremony.^[2]^[3]

Filmography

1967: Casino Royale (special effects - uncredited)
1968: Duffy (special effects)
1969: Battle of Britain (special effects assistant - uncredited)
1970: Leo the Last (special effects supervisor)
1970: The Railway Children (special effects)
1971: The Devils (special effects)
1971: Straw Dogs (special effects)
1972: Young Winston (special effects)
1973: The Day of the Jackal (special effects: England)
1974: Mahler (special effects)
1974: Callan (special effects)
1974: Phase IV (special effects)
1974: Juggernaut (special effects)
1974: The Little Prince (special effects)
1975: Rosebud (special effects)
1975: Rollerball (special effects)
1975: Hennessy (special effects)
1975: Royal Flash (special effects)
1975: Lucky Lady (special effects)
1976: The Omen (special effects)
1977: A Bridge Too Far (special effects supervisor)
1977: The People That Time Forgot (special effects supervisor: Spain)
1978: Warlords of Atlantis (special effects supervisor)
1978: Superman (special effects: Canada and New York)
1979: North Sea Hijack (supervisor of special effects and special sequences)
1979: Escape to Athena (special effects)
1979: Moonraker (special effects)
1980: The Watcher in the Woods (special effects)
1980: Raise the Titanic (special effects - uncredited)
1982: Five Days One Summer (special effects supervisor)
1983: Octopussy (special effects supervisor)
1983: Slayground (special effects)
1985: Ladyhawke (special effects supervisor)
1985: A View to a Kill (special effects supervisor)
1986: Aliens (special effects supervisor)
1988: Willow (special effects supervisor)
1990: Treasure Island (special effects supervisor)
1991: Highlander II: The Quickening (special effects designer)
1992: Far and Away (special effects supervisor: Ireland)
1992: Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (special effects supervisor)
1993: Cliffhanger (special effects coordinator)
1993: Ghost in the Machine (special effects consultant)
1994: Love Affair (special effects supervisor)
1995: Bushwhacked (special effects supervisor)
1997: Starship Troopers (special effects supervisor)
1999: Deep Blue Sea (special effects supervisor)
2000: The Family Man (special effects coordinator - uncredited)
2001: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (special effects supervisor)
2002: Men in Black II (creature coordinator)
2002: Enough (special effects coordinator)
2002: Die Another Day (model effects supervisor)
2002: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (special effects supervisor)
2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (special effects supervisor)
2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (special effects supervisor)
2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (special effects supervisor)
2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (special effects supervisor)
2010: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (special effects supervisor)
2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (special effects supervisor)

References

^ "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
^ "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
^ Academy Awards 2012 | Road to the Oscars - IMDb

External links

John Richardson at IMDb

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[1] "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 27, 2012.

[Oscars2012-2] "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

[3] Academy Awards 2012 | Road to the Oscars - IMDb

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v t e Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
1963–1980	Emil Kosa Jr. – Cleopatra (1963) Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, and Hamilton Luske – Mary Poppins (1964) John Stears – Thunderball (1965) Art Cruickshank – Fantastic Voyage (1966) L. B. Abbott – Doctor Dolittle (1967) Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Robie Robertson – Marooned (1969) A. D. Flowers and L. B. Abbott – Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, and Danny Lee – Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers – The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, and Albert Whitlock – Earthquake (1974) Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson – The Hindenburg (1975) Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, and Frank Van der Veer – King Kong (1976) John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, and Robert Blalack – Star Wars (1977) Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic – Superman (1978) H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, and Dennis Ayling – Alien (1979) Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Bruce Nicholson – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1981–2000	Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston – Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Phil Tippett – Return of the Jedi (1983) Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, and David Berry – Cocoon (1985) Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, and Suzanne M. Benson – Aliens (1986) Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, and Kenneth F. Smith - Innerspace (1987) Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, and George Gibbs – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, and Dennis Skotak – The Abyss (1989) Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, and Alex Funke – Total Recall (1990) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Woodruff Jr. – Death Becomes Her (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri – Jurassic Park (1993) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Allen Hall – Forrest Gump (1994) Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, and John Cox – Babe (1995) Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, and Joe Viskocil – Independence Day (1996) Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, and Michael Kanfer – Titanic (1997) Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, and Kevin Mack – What Dreams May Come (1998) John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum – The Matrix (1999) John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, and Rob Harvey – Gladiator (2000)
2001–2020	Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, and Mark Stetson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier – Spider-Man 2 (2004) Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor – King Kong (2005) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood – The Golden Compass (2007) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, and Craig Barron – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones – Avatar (2009) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb – Inception (2010) Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning – Hugo (2011) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott – Life of Pi (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould – Gravity (2013) Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher – Interstellar (2014) Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst – Ex Machina (2015) Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon – The Jungle Book (2016) John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Richard R. Hoover – Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, and J. D. Schwalm – First Man (2018) Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy – 1917 (2019) Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley, and Scott R. Fisher – Tenet (2020)
2021–present	Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer – Dune (2021) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett – Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, and Tatsuji Nojima – Godzilla Minus One (2023)

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