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Visual Effects | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Special Effects

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Joined Sony Pictures' digital effects division, Imageworks, in 1996 after nearly 20 years at ILM.

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2012 Men in Black 3 (visual effects supervisor)
 
2010/I Alice in Wonderland (senior visual effects supervisor)
 
2007 Beowulf (visual effects design consultant)
 
2004 The Polar Express (visual effects supervisor)
 
2004 The Forgotten (visual effects consultant)
 
2002 Men in Black II (senior visual effects supervisor: SPI)
 
2001 America's Sweethearts (visual effects consultant)
 
2000 Cast Away (visual effects supervisor)
 
1998 Patch Adams (visual effects guru - uncredited)
 
1997 Contact (senior visual effects supervisor)
 
1996 Michael (senior visual effects supervisor: SPI)
 
1996 Phenomenon (visual effects supervisor: SPI)
 
1995 Jumanji (visual effects supervisor)
 
1995 The American President (visual effects supervisor)
 
1994 The Mask (visual effects consultant)
 
1994 Forrest Gump (visual effects supervisor)
 
1992 Death Becomes Her (visual effects supervisor)
 
1991 The Rocketeer (visual effects supervisor)
 
1990 Back to the Future Part III (visual effects supervisor)
 
1990 Dreams (visual effects supervisor)
 
1989 Back to the Future Part II (visual effects supervisor)
 
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (visual effects supervisor)
 
1986 The Golden Child (visual effects supervisor)
 
1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (visual effects supervisor)
 
1985 Back to the Future (supervisor of visual effects: ILM - uncredited)
 
1985 Cocoon (visual effects supervisor)
 
1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (visual effects supervisor - as Kenneth Ralston)
 
1983 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (visual effects)
 
1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (special visual effects supervisor: ILM)
 
1981 Dragonslayer (dragon supervisor: ILM)
 
1980 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (effects cameraman: miniature and optical effects unit)
 
1977 Star Wars (assistant cameraman: miniature and optical effects unit - as Kenneth Ralston)
 
1992 Death Becomes Her (second unit director)
 
1991 The Rocketeer (second unit director)
 
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2007 Beowulf (special effects)
 
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2013 Pondwing (documentary short) (special thanks) (completed)
 
2011 Rape Kit (short) (special thanks)
 
2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2002 The Story of 'The Tortoise & the Hare' (short) (special thanks)
 
2001 Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddon (short) (special thanks)
 
1999 Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji' (video documentary short) (thanks)
 
1998 Patch Adams (thanks)
 
1994 Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
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2011 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (documentary)
Himself
 
2010-2011 Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV series)
Himself
– Creative Team Behind Award Nominated Movies (2011) … Himself
– Creative Team Behind 'Alice in Wonderland' (2010) … Himself
– Visual Effects Supervisors (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland (documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Getting Past Impossible: Forrest Gump and the Visual Effects Revolution (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (video documentary)
 
2004 When Star Wars Ruled the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (TV documentary)
Himself - Visual Effects
 
2003 Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994-1997 Movie Magic (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Deep Space Encounters: Is There Anybody Out There? (1997) … Himself
– Live and Archival: Blasts from the Past (1994) … Himself
– Optical Effects: Optical Illusions (1994) … Himself
 
1995 The 67th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
 
1994 Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (TV documentary)
Himself - Visual Effects Supervisor
 
1993 The 65th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
 
1991 Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The 61st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
 
1988 Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
 
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After the motion capture is done, no one ever appreciates the mountain of effort that goes in on the so-called back end. It isn't really the back end. It's really the main production. The effort required to grasp that material and get it on screen looking the way it does is beyond monumental. See more »

Trivia:

Joined Sony Pictures' digital effects division, Imageworks, in 1996 after nearly 20 years at ILM. See more »