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Visual Effects:

• In Production
• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s

1. Alice in Wonderland (2010) (post-production) (visual effects supervisor)
   
   
2. Beowulf (2007) (visual effects design consultant)
   ... aka Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience (USA: IMAX version)
   ... aka Beowulf: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
3. The Polar Express (2004) (visual effects supervisor)
   ... aka The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience (USA: IMAX version)
4. The Forgotten (2004) (visual effects consultant)
   ... aka Stranger (Philippines: English title: review title)
5. Men in Black II (2002) (senior visual effects supervisor: SPI)
   ... aka MIB 2 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
   ... aka MIIB (USA: promotional abbreviation)
6. America's Sweethearts (2001) (visual effects consultant)
7. Cast Away (2000) (visual effects supervisor)
   
   
8. Patch Adams (1998) (visual effects guru) (uncredited)
9. Contact (1997) (senior visual effects supervisor)
10. Michael (1996) (senior visual effects supervisor: SPI)
11. Phenomenon (1996) (visual effects supervisor: SPI)
12. Jumanji (1995) (visual effects supervisor)
13. The American President (1995) (visual effects supervisor)
14. The Mask (1994) (visual effects consultant)
15. Forrest Gump (1994) (visual effects supervisor)
16. Death Becomes Her (1992) (visual effects supervisor)
17. The Rocketeer (1991) (visual effects supervisor)
    ... aka Rocketeer (UK)
    ... aka The Adventures of the Rocketeer (Australia)
18. Back to the Future Part III (1990) (visual effects supervisor)
19. Dreams (1990) (visual effects supervisor)
    ... aka Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Yume (Japan)
    
    
20. Back to the Future Part II (1989) (visual effects supervisor)
21. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (visual effects supervisor)
22. The Golden Child (1986) (visual effects supervisor)
23. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) (effects supervisor)
24. Back to the Future (1985) (visual effects supervisor: Bafta) (uncredited)
25. Cocoon (1985) (visual effects supervisor)
26. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) (visual effects supervisor) (as Kenneth Ralston)
27. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) (visual effects)
    ... aka Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (USA: video box title)
28. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) (visual effects supervisor)
    ... aka Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (new title)
    ... aka Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - The Director's Edition (USA: director's cut)
29. Dragonslayer (1981) (special visual effects)
30. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (effects cameraman: miniature and optical effects unit)
    ... aka Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (USA: video box title)
    ... aka The Empire Strikes Back (USA: short title)
    
    
31. Star Wars (1977) (assistant cameraman: miniature and optical effects unit) (as Kenneth Ralston)
    ... aka La guerra de las estrellas (USA: Spanish title)
    ... aka Star Wars IV: A New Hope (USA: video box title)
    ... aka Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (USA: reissue title (new title))
    

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:

1. Death Becomes Her (1992) (second unit director)
2. The Rocketeer (1991) (second unit director)
   ... aka Rocketeer (UK)
   ... aka The Adventures of the Rocketeer (Australia)
   

Special Effects:

1. Beowulf (2007) (special effects)
   ... aka Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience (USA: IMAX version)
   ... aka Beowulf: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
   

Actor:

1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (uncredited) .... Judge Doom when he runs away in Toontown
   

Thanks:

• 2000s
• 1990s

1. Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004) (TV) (special thanks)
2. Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddon (2001) (special thanks)
   
   
3. Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji' (1999) (V) (thanks)
4. Patch Adams (1998) (thanks)
   

Self:

• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s

1. Getting Past Impossible: Forrest Gump and the Visual Effects Revolution (2009) (V) .... Himself
2. Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (2005) (V)
3. When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004) (TV) .... Himself
4. Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004) (TV) .... Himself - Visual Effects
5. Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit (2003) (V) .... Himself
   
   
6. From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999) (TV) .... Himself
7. "Movie Magic" .... Himself (3 episodes, 1994-1997)
       - Deep Space Encounters: Is There Anybody Out There? (1997) TV episode .... Himself
       - Live and Archival: Blasts from the Past (1994) TV episode .... Himself
       - Optical Effects: Optical Illusions (1994) TV episode .... Himself
8. Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994) (TV) .... Himself
9. Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air (1991) (TV) .... Himself
   
   
10. Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988) (TV) .... Himself