Allen Hall
Allen Hall (born May 4, 1946 in Salt Lake City , Utah) is an American special effects artist , who was awarded an Oscar for his work on the films Forrest Gump and Pirates of the Caribbean . Hall was also honored with two BAFTA Awards and nominated for 10 other film awards.
biography
Allen Hall was born in Utah , but his family moved to Burbank, California in the 1960s . There he came into contact with the film industry while still a student at Burbank High School . His family then moved to Thousand Oaks , where he graduated from high school in 1964. Hall then studied at Brigham Young University in Utha and earned a bachelor's degree in zoology . In 1973, Hall met Glen Robinson , whom he asked for a chance for six months until he was granted an assistant role for the 1975 film Die Hindenburg . Hall later met special effects artist Joe Lombardi , who got him a job on the production of Apocalypse Now . For this film, Hall developed and produced the burned and disfigured bodies of the dead soldiers. From 1979 onwards, major engagements followed, through which he was also nominated for film awards from 1990 onwards.
Allen Hall has appeared in a number of documentaries , including "Creating the Kraken" from 2006 and "The Making of 'Road to Perdition'".
Allen Hall is the uncle of the actor Matt Lutz .
Filmography (selection)
- 1979: love at first bite
- 1980: Popeye
- 1981: Zorro: The Gay Blade
- 1982: Cat People
- 1983: The man with two brains
- 1984: Runaway - Spinning Death
- 1986: Top Gun - You fear neither death nor the devil
- 1987: The black widow
- 1987: The Untouchables - The incorruptible
- 1988: The ghosts I called ...
- 1989: The Dead Poets Club
- 1991: Backdraft - Men Who Go Through Fire
- 1994: Forrest Gump
- 1997: Contact
- 1998: Piggy Babe in the big city
- 1998: My great friend Joe
- 2000: U-571
- 2000: The Grinch
- 2002: Road to Perdition
- 2003: Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines
- 2005: Constantine
- 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean 2
- 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
- 2013: Man of Steel
- 2014: 300: Rise of an Empire
- 2016: The Great Wall
Film awards
- Won
- 1995 for Forrest Gump :
- " BAFTA Film Award " the Best Special Visual Effects by , along with Ken Ralston , George Murphy , Stephen Rosenbaum and Doug Chiang .
- " Best Visual Effects " the Oscar ceremony in 1995 , along with Ken Ralston, George Murphy and Stephen Rosenbaum.
- 2007 for Pirates of the Caribbean - Pirates of the Caribbean 2
- " Best Visual Effects " at the 2007 Academy Awards , with John Knoll , Hal T. Hickel and Charles Gibson .
- BAFTA Film Award for Best Special Visual Effects , together with John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel and Charles Gibson.
- Saturn Award for "Best Specia Effects" from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, together with John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel and Charles Gibson.
- " Gold Derby Award ", with John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel and Charles Gibson.
- Nominations (selection)
- 1992: " BAFTA Film Award " for Best Special Visual Effects for Backdraft - Men Who Go Through Fire
- 1999: "Saturn Award" from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for my great friend Joe
- 2004: "Golden Satellite Award" of the Satellite Awards for Terminator 3 - Rebellion of the Machines , together with Pablo Helman , Danny Gordon Taylor and John Rosengrant
Web links
- Allen Hall in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ imdb.com/nm0355292/bio , biography of Allen Hall in the Internet Movie Database . Retrieved February 4, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hall, Allen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American special effects artist, Oscar winner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salt Lake City , United States |