Scott E. Anderson

Scott E. Anderson (born April 1, 1964 in Cortland , New York ) is an American special effects artist .

Life

Anderson began his career in the late 1980s and made his feature film debut in 1989 with James Cameron's science fiction film Abyss . In 1996 , he won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for the comedy A Pig Called Babe, along with Charles Gibson , Neal Scanlan and John Cox . They were also nominated for the film together with Chris Chitty for the BAFTA Film Award in the category Best Visual Effects , but the award this year went to Ron Howard's Apollo 13 .

Anderson was nominated for two more Academy Awards, in 1998 for Paul Verhoevens Starship Troopers and in 2001 for Verhoevens Hollow Man . While he missed out on both Oscars, he received the Saturn Award for the best special effects for each of the films .

Filmography (selection)

• 1989: Abyss - The Abyss
• 1990: The Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)
• 1991: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• 1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• 1995: A pig named Babe (Babe)
• 1995: Die Hard with a Vengeance
• 1997: Starship Troopers
• 2000: Hollow Man - Invisible Danger (Hollow Man)
• 2004: I, Robot
• 2005: King Kong
• 2006: Superman Returns
• 2009: In my Heaven (The Lovely Bones)
• 2011: The Adventures of Tintin (The Adventures of Tintin)
• 2015: Point Break

Awards (selection)

• 1996: BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Visual Effects for A Pig Called Babe
• 1996 : Oscar for Best Visual Effects for A Pig Called Babe
• 1998 : Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects for Starship Troopers
• 2001 : Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects for Hollow Man - Invisible Peril

Web links

• Scott E. Anderson in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oscars 1996 (English)
2. ↑ BAFTA Awards 1996 (English)
3. ↑ Oscars 1998 (English)
4. ↑ Oscars 2001 (English)