Neil Corbould
Neil Corbould (born December 24, 1962 in England ) is a British VFX supervisor who received the Oscar for best visual effects twice (2001 and 2014) .
Life
He grew up in England with two brothers, Chris Corbould and Paul Corbould, who also work as special effects artists. At the age of 15 he got his first job as a special effects errand boy in Superman through his uncle Colin Chilvers, who worked for the film as a VFX supervisor . In 1980 he worked in The Elephant Man as a technician for Martin Gutteridge. In the following years, films like Superman II - Alone Against All , Superman III - The Steel Lightning and James Bond 007 - License to Kill followed as special effects technician .
In 1997 he first worked as the head of special effects at Das Fifth Element . In 2000, he founded Neil Corbould Special Effects Limited , a special effects company headquartered in Pinewood Studios .
For Gladiator he received the 2001 Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects . He received further nominations in 2007 for Superman Returns and 2013 for Snow White and the Huntsman . In 2014, he and Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence and Dave Shirk received another Oscar for his work on the science fiction film Gravity .
Filmography
- 1978: Superman
- 1980: The Elephant Man (The Elephant Man)
- 1980: Saturn City (Saturn 3)
- 1980: Cries of the Lost (The Watcher in the Woods)
- 1980: Superman II - Alone Against All (Superman II)
- 1980: Hawk - Guardian of the Magical Sword (Hawk the Slayer)
- 1980: Silver Dream Racer
- 1981: American Werewolf (An American Werewolf in London)
- 1981: Memoirs of a Survivor
- 1982: Victor / Victoria (Victor Victoria)
- 1982: Pink Floyd The Wall
- 1983: Superman III - The Steel Lightning (Superman III)
- 1984: Amadeus
- 1984: The Razor's Edge (The Razor's Edge)
- 1984: Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
- 1985: James Bond 007 - A View to a Kill
- 1986: Absolute Beginners - Junge Helden (Absolute Beginners)
- 1986: Delta Force (The Delta Force)
- 1986: The Little Shop of Horrors
- 1986: Link - The Butler (Link)
- 1987: James Bond 007 - The Living Daylights
- 1988: Willow
- 1989: James Bond 007 - License to Kill
- 1990: Air America
- 1990: The Old Man and the Sea (The Old Man and the Sea)
- 1991: Highlander II: The Quickening
- 1991: The Crucifer of Blood
- 1992: Far and Away (Far and Away)
- 1992: City of Joy
- 1993: Cliffhanger - Only the strong survive (Cliffhanger)
- 1994: Léon - The Professional (Léon)
- 1994: MacGyver - Endstation Hell (MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday)
- 1994: MacGyver : Lost Treasure of Atlantis
- 1995: The Pirate Bride (Cutthroat Island)
- 1997: The Fifth Element (The Fifth Element)
- 1997: Event Horizon - On the Edge of the Universe (Event Horizon)
- 1998: Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
- 1999: Entrapment (Entrapment)
- 2000: Gladiator
- 2000: Vertical Limit
- 2001: Black Hawk Down
- 2001: The Mummy Returns (The Mummy Returns)
- 2002: The Four Feathers (The Four Feathers)
- 2003: Beyond Borders (Beyond Borders)
- 2003: timeline
- 2003: Two Thousand Acres of Sky (1 episode)
- 2004: King Arthur
- 2004: The Day After Tomorrow
- 2005: Kingdom of Heaven (Kingdom of Heaven)
- 2006: Blood Diamond
- 2006: Superman Returns
- 2007: The Legacy of the Secret Book (National Treasure: Book of Secrets)
- 2007: The Santa Claus Brothers (Fred Claus)
- 2008: Unyielding (Defiance)
- 2010: Clash of the Titans (Clash of the Titans)
- 2011: Companions (War Horse)
- 2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- 2011: The Devil's Double
- 2012: Snow White and the Huntsman
- 2012: Zero Dark Thirty
- 2012: Wrath of the Titans (Wrath of the Titans)
- 2013: World War Z
- 2013: RED 2
- 2013: Gravity
Web links
- Neil Corbould in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Credits & Resume (for Neil Corbould). Neil Corbould Special Effects Limited. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 11, 2013 ; accessed on February 10, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ JAMES BOND BAFTA NO001. Mirror.co.uk. January 13, 2007, accessed February 10, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Interview with ... Neil Corbould. September 14, 2010, accessed February 10, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Corbould, Neil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British special effects artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |