Chuck Gaspar
Charles "Chuck" Gaspar (born January 5, 1938 - January 15, 2009 ) was an American special effects artist .
Life
Gaspar began his career in the early 1960s and made his feature film debut in 1963 with Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Birds . Between 1977 and 1988 he worked on 10 films with Clint Eastwood in the lead role, who also directed six of the films; starting with The Man Who Never Gives Up to The Death Game . In addition to Hitchcock and Eastwood, Gaspar also worked under the directors Stanley Kramer , Woody Allen and John Sturges, among others .
1985 he was for Ivan Reitman's comedy Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters together with Richard Edlund , John Bruno and Mark Vargo for the Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects nominated, but the award went this year to Steven Spielberg's adventure film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom . In 2014 , Gaspar was posthumously awarded the Oscar for Technical Merit for developing a pneumatic device that could cause cars to roll over . The award was shared with John Frazier and Clay Pinney .
Filmography (selection)
- 1963: The Birds (The Birds)
- 1971: Valdez (Valdez Is Coming)
- 1972: What You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask (Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask)
- 1975: You Don't Die Underwater (The Drowning Pool)
- 1977: The Man Who Never Gives Up (The Gauntlet)
- 1978: The Man from San Fernando (Every Which Way But Loose)
- 1979 Escape from Alcatraz (Escape from Alcatraz)
- 1980: Full throttle to San Fernando (Any Which Way You Can)
- 1982: Firefox
- 1984: Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters)
- 1985: Pale Rider - The nameless rider (Pale Rider)
- 1986: Heartbreak Ridge
- 1988: Bird
- 1989: Ghostbusters II
- 1992: Batman Returns (Batman Returns)
- 1995: Waterworld
- 1996: Twister
- 1998: Armageddon - The Last Judgment (Armageddon)
Awards (selection)
- 1985 : Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects for Ghostbusters
- 2014 : Oscar for technical merits for the development of Pneumatic Car Flipper technology
Web links
- Chuck Gaspar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oscars 1985 (English)
- ↑ Technical Achievement Awards 2014 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gaspar, Chuck |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gaspar, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American special effects artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1938 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 2009 |