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Pablo Helman

  • Visual Effects
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Actor
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Pablo Helman
A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pablo Helman joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as the Sabre Department Supervisor. Prior to joining the company, Helman was a compositing supervisor on Independence Day for Pacific Ocean Post, a digital compositor on Apollo 13 and Strange Days for Digital Domain, and a compositor on numerous projects for Digital Magic. Helman received a Masters of Arts in Education from Cal Poly Pomona, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Composition from UCLA.

He has been nominated for two Academy Awards® for his work on Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and War of the Worlds, a film that also earned him a Visual Effects Society Award for Best Single Visual Effects of the Year. Helman is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
BornJuly 5, 1959
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BornJuly 5, 1959
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars
    • 4 wins & 38 nominations total

Known for:

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci in The Irishman (2019)
The Irishman
7.8
  • Visual Effects
  • 2019
Maailmojen sota (2005)
Maailmojen sota
6.5
  • Visual Effects(ILM)
  • 2005
Independence Day - Maailmojen sota (1996)
Independence Day - Maailmojen sota
7.0
  • Visual Effects(POP)
  • 1996
Liam Neeson in Silence (2016)
Silence
7.2
  • Visual Effects(ILM)
  • 2016

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Visual Effects

  • Wicked: Part One
    • visual effects supervisor
    • Post-production
    • 2024
  • Wicked: Part Two
    • visual effects supervisor
    • Pre-production
    • 2025
  • Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
    Killers of the Flower Moon
    • visual effects supervisor: ILM
    • 2023
  • Steven Spielberg, Judd Hirsch, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Keeley Karsten, Tony Kushner, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sophia Kopera, Mateo Zoryan, Gabriel LaBelle, Chloe East, and Julia Butters in The Fabelmans (2022)
    The Fabelmans
    • visual effects supervisor: ILM
    • 2022
  • Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
    Obi-Wan Kenobi
    • visual effects supervisor
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Gary Oldman in Mank (2020)
    Mank
    • visual effects supervisor: ILM
    • 2020
  • Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci in The Irishman (2019)
    The Irishman
    • production visual effects supervisor
    • 2019
  • Bob Dylan in Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
    Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
    • visual effects supervisor: ILM
    • 2019
  • The Mummy (2017)
    The Mummy
    • visual effects supervisor: ILM
    • 2017
  • Liam Neeson in Silence (2016)
    Silence
    • visual effects supervisor: ILM
    • 2016
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
    • production visual effects supervisor
    • 2016
  • William Fichtner, Will Arnett, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Johnny Knoxville, Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, and Pete Ploszek in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    • visual effects supervisor: ILM
    • 2014
  • Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie in Pain & Gain (2013)
    Pain & Gain
    • visual effects supervisor: ILM
    • 2013
  • Battleship (2012)
    Battleship
    • visual effects supervisor
    • 2012
  • Noah Ringer in The Last Airbender (2010)
    The Last Airbender
    • production visual effects supervisor
    • 2010
  • Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, and Ray Winstone in Indiana Jones ja kristallikallon valtakunta (2008)
    Indiana Jones ja kristallikallon valtakunta
    • production visual effects supervisor
    • 2008
  • Freddie Highmore in Spiderwickin kronikat (2008)
    Spiderwickin kronikat
    • visual effects supervisor: ILM
    • 2008

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
    • second unit director
    • 2016
  • William Fichtner, Will Arnett, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Johnny Knoxville, Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, and Pete Ploszek in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    • second unit director
    • 2014
  • Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, and Ray Winstone in Indiana Jones ja kristallikallon valtakunta (2008)
    Indiana Jones ja kristallikallon valtakunta
    • unit director: aerial unit
    • 2008

Actor

  • Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Frank Oz, Kenny Baker, Hayden Christensen, and Temuera Morrison in Star Wars: Episodi II - Kloonien hyökkäys (2002)
    Star Wars: Episodi II - Kloonien hyökkäys
    • Pablo-Jill (uncredited)
    • 2002

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    • July 5, 1959
    • Buenos Aires, Argentina

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    He used to play drums in the Argentinian band "Los Moros" in the late seventies.

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