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John Richardson(II)

  • Special Effects
  • Production Manager
  • Visual Effects
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John Richardson in Inside 'A View to a Kill' (2000)
John Richardson was born on 10 June 1946 in Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK. He is a production manager, known for Aliens (1986), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) and Moonraker (1979).
BornJune 10, 1946
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 8 wins & 46 nominations total

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John Richardson

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Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)
Aliens
8.4
  • Special Effects
  • 1986
Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
8.1
  • Special Effects
  • 2011
Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, and Richard Kiel in Moonraker (1979)
Moonraker
6.2
  • Special Effects
  • 1979
Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Billy Barty, Warwick Davis, Kevin Pollak, Kate Greenfield, Ruth Greenfield, Jean Marsh, Rick Overton, and Pat Roach in Willow (1988)
Willow
7.2
  • Special Effects
  • 1988

Credits

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Special Effects

  • Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    • special effects supervisor
    • 2011
  • Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
    • special effects supervisor
    • 2010
  • Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    • production special effects supervisor
    • 2009
  • Rupert Grint, Matthew Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Bonnie Wright, and Evanna Lynch in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    • special effects supervisor
    • 2007
  • Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Clémence Poésy, Robert Pattinson, and Stanislav Yanevski in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    • special effects supervisor
    • 2005
  • Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    • production special effects supervisor
    • 2004
  • Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry in Die Another Day (2002)
    Die Another Day
    • model effects supervisor
    • 2002
  • Rupert Grint, Toby Jones, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    • special effects supervisor
    • 2002
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black II (2002)
    Men in Black II
    • creature coordinator
    • 2002
  • Jennifer Lopez in Enough (2002)
    Enough
    • special effects coordinator
    • 2002
  • Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Harris, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    • special effects supervisor
    • 2001
  • Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Jake Milkovich, Ryan Milkovich, and Makenzie Vega in The Family Man (2000)
    The Family Man
    • special effects coordinator (uncredited)
    • 2000
  • Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards, and Robert Carlyle in The World Is Not Enough (1999)
    The World Is Not Enough
    • miniatures
    • 1999
  • Saffron Burrows in Deep Blue Sea (1999)
    Deep Blue Sea
    • special effects supervisor
    • 1999
  • Pierce Brosnan, Teri Hatcher, Jonathan Pryce, and Michelle Yeoh in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    • miniatures
    • 1997

Production Manager

  • Screen One (1985)
    Screen One
    • production operatives supervisor
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • Portrait of a Marriage (1990)
    Portrait of a Marriage
    • production operatives supervisor
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1990

Visual Effects

  • Carey Lowell, Talisa Soto, and Timothy Dalton in Licence to Kill (1989)
    Licence to Kill
    • special visual effects
    • 1989
  • Timothy Dalton and Maryam d'Abo in The Living Daylights (1987)
    The Living Daylights
    • special visual effects
    • 1987

Personal details

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  • Born
    • June 10, 1946
    • Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    On Friday, August 13, 1976 he was driving through Holland with his assistant Liz Moore, where he was working on the film A Bridge Too Far (1977). The car he was driving got into a major accident and Liz was killed. She was cut in half when the vehicle's front wheel sliced through the chassis and into the passenger seat.

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