Craig Hammack

Craig Hammack (* in Plano , Texas ) is an American special effects artist .

Life

Hammack studied at Texas A&M University and in 1996 was employed as Technical Director at Industrial Light & Magic . He made his feature film debut in 1997 with Jan de Bont's thriller Speed ​​2 - Cruise Control . He also acted in several films of the Star Wars - Franchise with, including Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith . 2017 he worked for Peter Berg's disaster movie Deepwater Horizon together with Jason Snell , Jason Billington and Burt Dalton for the Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects nomination. In the same year he was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Filmography (selection)

• 1997: Speed ​​2 - Cruise Control (Speed ​​2: Cruise Control)
• 1997: Titanic
• 1998: Game on Time (Snake Eyes)
• 2001: Pearl Harbor
• 2002: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
• 2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
• 2005: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
• 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest
• 2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• 2009: Star Trek
• 2010: The Legend of Aang (The Last Airbender)
• 2012: Battleship
• 2013: The Unbelievable - Now You See Me (Now You See Me)
• 2016: Deepwater Horizon
• 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Awards (selection)

• 2017 : Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects for Deepwater Horizon

Web links

• Craig Hammack in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Short biography at Industrial Light & Magic (English)
2. ↑ Oscars 2017 (English)
3. ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .