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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 Jedin paluu (1983), Ensimmäinen yhteys (1997) and Forrest Gump (1994).
Born1954
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Born1954
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  • Won 4 Oscars
    • 23 wins & 17 nominations total

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Ken Ralston and Paul Mandell in The Primevals (2023)

Known for:

Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Jedin paluu (1983)
Jedin paluu
8.3
  • Visual Effects
  • 1983
Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey in Ensimmäinen yhteys (1997)
Ensimmäinen yhteys
7.5
  • Visual Effects
  • 1997
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump
8.8
  • Visual Effects
  • 1994
Kuolema pukee häntä (1992)
Kuolema pukee häntä
6.6
  • Visual Effects
  • 1992

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Matt Lucas, and Mia Wasikowska in Liisan seikkailut peilimaailmassa (2016)
    Liisan seikkailut peilimaailmassa
    6.2
    • visual effects supervisor
    • 2016
  • Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and Josh Brolin in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Men in Black 3
    6.8
    • visual effects supervisor
    • 2012
  • Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman in Liisa Ihmemaassa (2010)
    Liisa Ihmemaassa
    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 Napapiirin pikajuna (2004)
    Napapiirin pikajuna
    6.6
    • senior visual effects supervisor
    • 2004
  • Julianne Moore and Gary Sinise in Unohdetut (2004)
    Unohdetut
    5.8
    • visual effects consultant
    • 2004
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in MIIB - Miehet mustissa 2 (2002)
    MIIB - Miehet mustissa 2
    6.2
    • senior visual effects supervisor: SPI
    • 2002
  • John Cusack, Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Valkokankaan lemmikit (2001)
    Valkokankaan lemmikit
    5.7
    • visual effects consultant
    • 2001
  • Tom Hanks in Cast Away - Tuuliajolla (2000)
    Cast Away - Tuuliajolla
    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 Ensimmäinen yhteys (1997)
    Ensimmäinen yhteys
    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 Ihmeiden aika (1996)
    Ihmeiden aika
    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

  • Kuolema pukee häntä (1992)
    Kuolema pukee häntä
    6.6
    • 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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