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Ken Ralston(I)

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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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  • Won 4 Oscars

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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
Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, and Meryl Streep in Death Becomes Her (1992)
Death Becomes Her
6.6
  • Visual Effects
  • 1992

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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
  • Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and Josh Brolin in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Men in Black 3
  • Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman in Alice in Wonderland (2010)
    Alice in Wonderland
  • Ray Winstone in Beowulf (2007)
    Beowulf
  • Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, and Josh Hutcherson in The Polar Express (2004)
    The Polar Express
  • Julianne Moore and Gary Sinise in The Forgotten (2004)
    The Forgotten
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black II (2002)
    Men in Black II
  • John Cusack, Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in America's Sweethearts (2001)
    America's Sweethearts
  • Tom Hanks in Cast Away (2000)
    Cast Away
  • Robin Williams in Patch Adams (1998)
    Patch Adams
    • (uncredited)
  • Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey in Contact (1997)
    Contact
  • John Travolta in Michael (1996)
    Michael
  • John Travolta and Kyra Sedgwick in Phenomenon (1996)
    Phenomenon
  • Harrison Ford in Sabrina (1995)
    Sabrina
    • (uncredited)
  • Jumanji (1995)
    Jumanji

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, and Meryl Streep in Death Becomes Her (1992)
    Death Becomes Her
  • Billy Campbell in The Rocketeer (1991)
    The Rocketeer

Special Effects

  • Ray Winstone in Beowulf (2007)
    Beowulf

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    • 1954
    • USA

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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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