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Durant Schoon

  • Visual Effects
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Durant Schoon was born on 1 February 1972 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is known for Super 8 (2011), Jurassic Park III (2001) and Avatar (2009).
BornFebruary 1, 1972
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    Known for

    Super 8 (2011)
    Super 8
    7.0
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 2011
    Jurassic Park III (2001)
    Jurassic Park III
    5.9
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 2001
    Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
    Avatar
    7.9
    • Visual Effects(as B. Durant Schoon, Weta Digital)
    • 2009
    Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Kenny Baker, Ahmed Best, Keira Knightley, Ray Park, and Peter Serafinowicz in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
    6.5
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 1999

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    • Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
      The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
      7.8
      • visual effects lighting td: Weta FX (as B. Durant Schoon)
      • 2012
    • Super 8 (2011)
      Super 8
      7.0
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2011
    • Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Ian Abercrombie, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Gil Birmingham, James Ward Byrkit, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, and Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)
      Rango
      7.3
      • lighting technical director: Industrial Light & Magic
      • 2011
    • Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
      Avatar
      7.9
      • lighting technical director: Weta Digital (as B. Durant Schoon)
      • 2009
    • Flushed Away (2006)
      Flushed Away
      6.6
      • lighting technical director
      • 2006
    • Over the Hedge (2006)
      Over the Hedge
      6.7
      • lighting technical director
      • 2006
    • Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, and Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 2 (2004)
      Spider-Man 2
      7.5
      • color & lighting td: SPI (as B. Durant Schoon)
      • 2004
    • Keanu Reeves in The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
      The Matrix Revolutions
      6.7
      • digital artist
      • 2003
    • Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
      Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
      8.1
      • digital cloth simulation: ILM
      • 2003
    • Hulk (2003)
      Hulk
      5.6
      • digital artist
      • 2003
    • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black II (2002)
      Men in Black II
      6.2
      • computer graphics artist: ILM
      • 2002
    • Jurassic Park III (2001)
      Jurassic Park III
      5.9
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2001
    • Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Oded Fehr, Dwayne Johnson, Patricia Velasquez, and Arnold Vosloo in The Mummy Returns (2001)
      The Mummy Returns
      6.4
      • digital artist
      • 2001
    • The Perfect Storm (2000)
      The Perfect Storm
      6.5
      • digital artist
      • 2000
    • Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Kenny Baker, Ahmed Best, Keira Knightley, Ray Park, and Peter Serafinowicz in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
      Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
      6.5
      • digital effects artist: ILM
      • 1999

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • B. Durant Schoon
    • Born
      • February 1, 1972
      • San Francisco, California, USA

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