Clay Pinney - Wikipedia

Clay Pinney
Died	11/01/2022
Other names	Clayton Pinney
Occupation	Visual effects artist
Years active	1983-2015

Clay Pinney is an American special effects artist who has won an Academy Award for visual effects as well as an Academy Award for Technical Achievement.

Oscar History[edit]

Both are in the category of Best Visual Effects.

64th Academy Awards-Nominated for Backdraft. Nomination shared with Scott Farrar, Allen Hall and Mikael Salomon. Lost to Terminator 2: Judgment Day.^[1]
69th Academy Awards-Independence Day. Shared with Volker Engel, Douglas Smith and Joe Viskocil. Won.^[2]

In addition, he received the Academy Award for Technical Achievement during the 86th Academy Awards.

Selected filmography[edit]

RoboCop (2014)
Man of Steel (2013)
Pacific Rim (2013)
Star Trek (2009)
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Peter Pan (2003)
Godzilla (1998)
Volcano (1997)
Independence Day (1996)
Backdraft (1991)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
The Man with Two Brains (1983)

References[edit]

^ "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
^ "The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 24, 2014.

External links[edit]

Clay Pinney at IMDb

v t e Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
1963–1980	Emil Kosa Jr. (1963) Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske (1964) John Stears (1965) Art Cruickshank (1966) L. B. Abbott (1967) Stanley Kubrick (1968) Robie Robertson (1969) L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1970) Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett and Danny Lee (1971) L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1972) No Award (1973) Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1974) Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1975) Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer (1976) John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune and Robert Blalack (1977) Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings and Zoran Perisic (1978) H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Dennis Ayling (1979) Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson (1980)
1981–2000	Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson and Joe Johnston (1981) Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren and Kenneth F. Smith (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett (1983) Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs (1984) Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry (1985) Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne M. Benson (1986) Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup and Kenneth F. Smith (1987) Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones and George Gibbs (1988) John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman and Dennis Skotak (1989) Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern and Alex Funke (1990) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak (1991) Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe and Tom Woodruff Jr. (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri (1993) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall (1994) Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan and John Cox (1995) Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joe Viskocil (1996) Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer (1997) Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack (1998) John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum (1999) John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke and Rob Harvey (2000)
2001–2020	Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson (2001) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2002) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2003) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier (2004) Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor (2005) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall (2006) Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood (2007) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones (2009) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb (2010) Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning (2011) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer and Donald R. Elliott (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould (2013) Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott R. Fisher (2014) Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris and Andrew Whitehurst (2015) Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon (2016) John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover (2017) Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm (2018) Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy (2019) Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, David Lee and Andrew Lockley (2020)
2021–present	Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer (2021) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (2022)

v t e Saturn Award for Best Special Effects
1970s	Marcel Vercoutere (1972) Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt (1973) Douglas Knapp, Bill Taylor, John Carpenter, and Dan O'Bannon (1974/75) L. B. Abbott (1976) John Dykstra and John Stears (1977) Colin Chilvers (1978) Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, and Richard Yuricich (1979)
1980s	Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund (1980) Richard Edlund (1981) Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Ken Ralston (1983) Chris Walas (1984) Kevin Pike (1985) Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak (1986) Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, and Rocco Gioffre (1987) George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, and Richard Williams (1988) Ken Ralston (1989/90)
1990s	Stan Winston (1991) Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993) John Bruno (1994) Stan Parks (1995) Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, and Joe Viskocil (1996) Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997) Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, and Clay Pinney (1998) Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires (1999)
2000s	Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, and Stan Parks (2000) Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (2001) Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow (2002) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004) Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, and Brian Van't Hul (2005) John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006) Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, and John Frazier (2007) Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, and Paul J. Franklin (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009)
2010s	Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Paul J. Franklin, and Peter Bebb (2010) Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett (2011) Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013) Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014) Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould (2015) John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould (2016) Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Dan Sudick (2017) Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick (2018/2019) Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy (2019/2020)
2020s	John “D.J.” Des Jardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Andrew Smith, and Mike Meinardus (2021/2022)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.

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