Harold Weed
Howie Weed | |
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Born | Harold S. Weed December 23, 1962 San Francisco, California |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Visual/special effects artist |
Known for | Special effects artist |
Harold "Howie" S. Weed (born December 23, 1962) is an American visual and
Star Wars
Weed has gained a cult following for his involvement with the
In the 1997 Special Edition re-release of
Also in the re-release, Weed appeared as the
Weed worked on Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace as a digital model development and construction artist and then Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith as a digital modeler.
Weed has been interviewed for the Star Wars: Insider magazine[4] and Jedi News.[1]
In literature
Weed appears in:
- 17th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques[5]
- Cinefex issues 69-72[6]
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning[7]
- The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies by R.G. Young[3]
- Star Wars: The Making of Episode I, The Phantom Menace by Laurent Bouzereau and Jody Duncan[8]
Filmography
Year | Film | Credit |
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2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Digital Artist |
2013 | Pacific Rim | Digital artist |
G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Senior digital artist | |
2012 | Battleship | Digital artist |
2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Digital artist |
Super 8 | Digital artist | |
I Am Number Four | Digital artist | |
2009 | Star Trek | Digital models and simultaneous |
2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Digital modeler and simulator |
2007 | Transformers | Character modeler |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Technical director: Light | |
2006 | Eragon | Digital modeler |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Digital modeler | |
Poseidon | Computer graphics modeler | |
2005 | War of the Worlds | Modeler and texture artist |
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Digital Modeler | |
xXx: State of the Union |
Digital artist | |
The Island | Digital models | |
2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Digital modeler |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Digital modeler | |
Dreamcatcher | Digital modeler | |
2002 | Minority Report | Digital modeler |
The Time Machine | Lead digital modeler | |
2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Digital model development |
1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Digital model development & construction artist |
1997 | Men in Black | Model maker: saucer crash miniature & blue screen unit |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Digital effects artist | |
1996 | Dragonheart | Sculptor |
1995 | Congo | Chief model maker: miniatures unit |
1994 | Star Trek Generations | Model maker |
The Flintstones | Model maker | |
1993 | Fire in the Sky | Creature technician |
1991 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Model maker |
Naked Lunch | Anamatonics technician | |
1990 | Bird on a Wire | CWI special makeup effects |
Look Who's Talking Too | Animatronics | |
Arachnophobia | Animatronic engineer (creature effects) | |
RoboCop 2 | Chris Walas Inc crew member | |
1989 | Ghostbusters II | Character performer |
1988 | The Blob | Designer |
1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Creature construction |
1986 | Nutcracker: The Motion Picture | Sculptor |
House |
Creature effects | |
The Fly | Fly creature effects | |
1985 | Enemy Mine | Special creature effects technician |
1984 | Gremlins | Creature crew |
1980/1997 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition |
Chief creature maker |
Incomplete lists of Weed's visual effects works appear on the websites
References
- ^ a b "Howie Weed Interview". Jedi News. Retrieved 2 Jan 2014.
- ^ a b "Harold Weed - Filmography". Cinema. Retrieved 2 Jan 2014.
- ^ ISBN 1557832692.
- ^ "Star Wars Insider: Vol. 118". Titan Magazines. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2 Jan 2014.
- ^ SIGGRAPH (1990). Course Notes: SIGGRAPH 1990, 17th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques: Dallas Convention Center, August 6th-10th. 17: 177.
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(help) - ^ Shay, Don (1997). Cinefex, Issues 69-72. D. Shay. pp. 25, 37, 101.
- ISBN 9780786462018.
- ISBN 9780345431110.
- ^ "Harold Weed". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 3 Jan 2014.
- ^ "Harold Weed". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 3 Jan 2014.