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Ken Ralston(I)

  • Visual Effects
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Special Effects
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Ken Ralston
Ken Ralston was born in 1954 in the USA. He is an assistant director, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Contact (1997) and Forrest Gump (1994).
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Born1954
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    • Won 4 Oscars
      • 23 wins & 17 nominations total

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    Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    8.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 1983
    Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey in Contact (1997)
    Contact
    7.5
    • Visual Effects
    • 1997
    Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)
    Forrest Gump
    8.8
    • Visual Effects
    • 1994
    Johnny Depp in Alice in Wonderland (2010)
    Alice in Wonderland
    6.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 2010

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    Visual Effects



    • Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Matt Lucas, and Mia Wasikowska in Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
      Alice Through the Looking Glass
      6.2
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2016
    • Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and Josh Brolin in Men in Black³ (2012)
      Men in Black³
      6.8
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2012
    • Johnny Depp in Alice in Wonderland (2010)
      Alice in Wonderland
      6.4
      • senior visual effects supervisor
      • 2010
    • Ray Winstone in Beowulf (2007)
      Beowulf
      6.3
      • visual effects design consultant
      • 2007
    • Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, and Josh Hutcherson in The Polar Express (2004)
      The Polar Express
      6.6
      • senior visual effects supervisor
      • 2004
    • Julianne Moore and Gary Sinise in The Forgotten (2004)
      The Forgotten
      5.8
      • visual effects consultant
      • 2004
    • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black II (2002)
      Men in Black II
      6.2
      • senior visual effects supervisor: SPI
      • 2002
    • John Cusack, Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in America's Sweethearts (2001)
      America's Sweethearts
      5.7
      • visual effects consultant
      • 2001
    • Tom Hanks in Cast Away (2000)
      Cast Away
      7.8
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2000
    • Robin Williams in Patch Adams (1998)
      Patch Adams
      6.8
      • visual effects guru: SPI (uncredited)
      • 1998
    • Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey in Contact (1997)
      Contact
      7.5
      • senior visual effects supervisor
      • 1997
    • John Travolta in Michael (1996)
      Michael
      5.7
      • senior visual effects supervisor: SPI
      • 1996
    • John Travolta and Kyra Sedgwick in Phenomenon (1996)
      Phenomenon
      6.4
      • visual effects supervisor: SPI
      • 1996
    • Harrison Ford in Sabrina (1995)
      Sabrina
      6.3
      • visual effects supervisor: ILM (uncredited)
      • 1995
    • Jumanji (1995)
      Jumanji
      7.1
      • production visual effects supervisor
      • 1995

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Death Becomes Her (1992)
      Death Becomes Her
      6.7
      • second unit director
      • 1992
    • Billy Campbell in The Rocketeer (1991)
      The Rocketeer
      6.6
      • second unit director
      • 1991

    Special Effects



    • Ray Winstone in Beowulf (2007)
      Beowulf
      6.3
      • special effects
      • 2007

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Kenneth Ralston
    • Born
      • 1954
      • USA

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      President of Sony Pictures Imageworks
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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.

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