Dean Wright

Dean Wright (born May 15, 1962 in Michigan ) is an American director and VFX producer .

Life

Dean Wright grew up in Scottsdale and attended Chaparral High School. He then attended the University of Arizona Film School in Tucson . When he finished his studies in 1986, he tried unsuccessfully as an actor before making his debut as a production assistant with the film Desperado (1987) for the US television station NBC . As a production assistant he worked for James Cameron on Terminator 2 - Reckoning Day (1991). James Cameron also hired him for the first time in 1997 as a VFX producer for Titanic . One of his greatest successes is his work on The King of Narnia , for which he was nominated for an Oscar in 2006. His work on The Return of the King won a VES Award . He was also nominated for the Saturn Award in 2006 and 2009 .

In 2009 he began work on his directorial debut, For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada , a film about the Guerra Cristera , which he shot on location in Mexico with the help of local filmmakers. The film was released in US cinemas in 2012. In 2012 he joined the independent film label Get Real USA as a consultant.

Filmography (selection)

As a VFX producer

• 1997: Titanic
• 1998: My great friend Joe (Mighty Joe Young)
• 1998: Beyond the Horizon (What Dreams May Come)
• 1999: The Bicentennial Man
• 2000: Gone in 60 Seconds (Gone in Sixty Seconds)
• 2000: Unbreakable - Unbreakable (Unbreakable)
• 2002: Reign of Fire (Reign of Fire)
• 2002: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
• 2003: The Return of the King (: The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings)
• 2005: The King of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
• 2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)

Director

• 2012: For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada

Web links

• Dean Wright in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official biography on the For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joseph Airdo: was Dean Wright aims to entertain, inspire with drama: 'For Greater Glory'. Examiner.com, May 30, 2012, accessed January 8, 2013 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Kay Shackleton: Director Dean Wright at live Q&A at the Cinémas Palme D'Or (Photos). Examiner.com, June 6, 2012, accessed January 8, 2013 . 
3. ^ Academy Award nominee Dean Wright Joins Get Real USA, Inc. Advisory Board. (No longer available online.) Yahoo.com on July 19, 2012, archived from the original on May 10, 2013 ; Retrieved January 8, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.