Brian Jennings
Brian Jennings (born August 21, 1958 in Queens ; † September 3, 2015 in Chennai , India) was an American visual effects supervisor and animator.
Life
Jennings began his film career with the animated short Technological Threat , where he served as technical director, helped design and wrote the script. For the film, Jennings and director and producer Bill Kroyer received an Oscar nomination in 1989 for the best animated short film category . Since then, numerous feature films have followed in which Jennings was responsible for the visual or digital effects, including Senseless (1998), Scary Movie (2000) and Mann unter Feuer (2004). Occasionally he also took on minor roles in films.
Filmography
- 1988: Technological Threat
- 1989: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)
- 1990: Jetsons : The Movie
- 1993: Super Mario Bros.
- 1993: The Coneheads (Coneheads)
- 1993: Superman Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)
- 1994: Color of Night
- 1994: Wagons East
- 1995: Vampires in Brooklyn
- 1995: Tales from the Hood
- 1995: Mortal Kombat
- 1995: One and One Makes Four (It Takes Two)
- 1995: A Gift from Heaven - Father of the Bride Part II
- 1995: The Third Spring (Grumpier Old Men)
- 1996: The Lawnmower Man 2 - Beyond Cyberspace (Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace)
- 1996: The Arrival
- 1996: Deadly Christmas (The Long Kiss Goodnight)
- 1996: Crossworlds - Dimension of Infinity (Crossworlds)
- 1996: Leprechaun 4 - Space Platoon (Leprechaun 4: In Space)
- 1997: Mimic - attack of the killer insects (Mimic)
- 1997: Switchback - Merciless Escape (Switchback)
- 1998: Phantoms
- 1998: Senseless
- 1998: Halloween H20 - 20 Years Later (Halloween H20: 20 Years Later)
- 1998: Faculty - Don't trust a teacher (The Faculty)
- 2000: Scary Movie
- 2000: Sex or Die (Cherry Falls)
- 2001: Driven
- 2004: If Only
- 2004: Mindhunters
- 2004: Man on Fire (Man on Fire)
- 2004: Exorcist: The Beginning (Exorcist: The Beginning)
- 2005: Harsh Times - Life on the Limit (Harsh Times)
- 2008: Dasavatharam
- 2010: Illangyan
Awards
- 1989: Oscar nomination, Best Animated Short , for Technological Threat
literature
- Jennings, Brian. In: Jeff Lenburg: Who's who in animated cartoons . Applause, New York 2006, p. 161.
Web links
- Brian Jennings in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jennings, Brian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American visual effects supervisor and animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Queens |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd September 2015 |
| Place of death | Chennai |