John Richardson (special effects designer)

John Richardson
John Richardson
Born	June 10, 1946 (age 77); Brentford, Middlesex, England
Occupation	Special effects supervisor
Awards	Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (1987); BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects (2011);

John Richardson (born June 10, 1946 in

James Bond film series (at least Casino Royale, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and Die Another Day), all the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Aliens (1986). For the latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 1987 ceremony.^[1] He won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award at the 2012 ceremony.^[2]^[3]

In 2019, he published the book "Making Movie Magic" which detailed his career in film.

Filmography

1967: Casino Royale (special effects - uncredited)
1968: Duffy (special effects)
1969: Battle of Britain (special effects assistant - uncredited)
1970: Leo the Last (special effects supervisor)
1970: The Railway Children (special effects)
1971: The Devils (special effects)
1971: Straw Dogs (special effects)
1972: Young Winston (special effects)
1973: The Day of the Jackal (special effects: England)
1974: Mahler (special effects)
1974: Callan (special effects)
1974: Phase IV (special effects)
1974: Juggernaut (special effects)
1974: The Little Prince (special effects)
1975: Rosebud (special effects)
1975: Rollerball (special effects)
1975: Hennessy (special effects)
1975: Royal Flash (special effects)
1975: Lucky Lady (special effects)
1976: The Omen (special effects)
1977: A Bridge Too Far (special effects supervisor)
1977: The People That Time Forgot (special effects supervisor: Spain)
1978: Warlords of Atlantis (special effects supervisor)
1978: Superman (special effects: Canada and New York)
1979: North Sea Hijack (supervisor of special effects and special sequences)
1979: Escape to Athena (special effects)
1979: Moonraker (special effects)
1980: The Watcher in the Woods (special effects)
1980: Raise the Titanic (special effects - uncredited)
1982: Five Days One Summer (special effects supervisor)
1983: Octopussy (special effects supervisor)
1983: Slayground (special effects)
1985: Ladyhawke (special effects supervisor)
1985: A View to a Kill (special effects supervisor)
1986: Aliens (special effects supervisor)
1987: The Living Daylights
(special visual effects)
1988: Willow (special effects supervisor)
1989: Licence to Kill
(special visual effects)
1990: Treasure Island (special effects supervisor)
1991: Highlander II: The Quickening (special effects designer)
1992: Far and Away (special effects supervisor: Ireland)
1992: Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (special effects supervisor)
1993: Cliffhanger (special effects coordinator)
1993: Ghost in the Machine (special effects consultant)
1994: Love Affair (special effects supervisor)
1995: Bushwhacked (special effects supervisor)
1997: Starship Troopers (special effects supervisor)
1999: Deep Blue Sea (special effects supervisor)
2000: The Family Man (special effects coordinator - uncredited)
2001: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (special effects supervisor)
2002: Men in Black II (creature coordinator)
2002: Enough (special effects coordinator)
2002: Die Another Day (model effects supervisor)
2002: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (special effects supervisor)
2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (special effects supervisor)
2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (special effects supervisor)
2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (special effects supervisor)
2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (special effects supervisor)
2010: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (special effects supervisor)
2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (special effects supervisor)

References

^ "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
^ "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
^ Academy Awards 2012 | Road to the Oscars - IMDb

External links

John Richardson at

IMDb

[1] "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 27, 2012.

[Oscars2012-2] "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

[3] Academy Awards 2012 | Road to the Oscars - IMDb

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