Douglas Smith (special effects artist)
Douglas "Doug" Smith ( California ) is a VFX supervisor , who for Independence Day the Oscar was awarded.
Life
The son of military personnel, he grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area , but was also in Morocco and Puerto Rico in his childhood . At the beginning of his career he was employed by the company Industrial Light & Magic , which was newly founded by George Lucas . There he worked as a camera and production assistant for the film Star Wars . He then worked at Apogee Productions until 1992 , initially for the pilot episode of Kampfstern Galactica , then for films such as Star Trek: The Movie , Firefox and Spaceballs . True Lies followed in 1994 for the special effects company Digital Domain .
In 1997 he received the Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects for Roland Emmerich's science fiction film Independence Day together with Volker Engel , Clay Pinney and Joe Viskocil . Since 1998 he has been working for the Rhythm & Hues Studios, for which he works as a VFX supervisor . He was involved in the films The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas , Dr. Dolittle 2 and Evan Almighty involved.
He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , the Visual Effects Society, and the Directors Guild of America .
Filmography
- 1977: Star Wars (Star Wars)
- 1978: Battlestar Galactica (Battlestar Galactica) (episode 1x01)
- 1979: Star Trek: The Movie (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
- 1982: Firefox
- 1983: Never Say Never (Never Say Never Again)
- 1985: Lifeforce - The Deadly Menace (Lifeforce)
- 1987: Spaceballs
- 1988: My Stepmother Is an Alien (My Stepmother Is an Alien)
- 1988: Blue Jean Cop (Shakedown)
- 1992: From Time to Time
- 1992: Timescape
- 1994: True Lies (True Lies)
- 1996: Independence Day
- 1997: Flubber
- 1999: Liberty Heights
- 1999: Sleepless in New York (The Out-of-Towners)
- 2000: The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (The Flintstones in Viva rock Vegas)
- 2001: Dr. Dolittle 2
- 2003: A hangover makes theater (Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat)
- 2003: Love with Risk - Gigli (Gigli)
- 2005: Game Without Rules (The Longest Yard)
- 2006: Garfield 2 (Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties)
- 2007: Evan Almighty (Evan Almighty)
- 2008: Metamorphosis
- 2009: The Noobs - Small But Mean (2009) (Aliens in the Attic)
- 2009: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
- 2011: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Web links
- Douglas Smith in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Biography of Douglas Smith at Rhythm & Hues Studios. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 1, 2012 ; accessed on January 12, 2013 . 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.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, Douglas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, Doug (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American effects artist, VFX supervisor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | California |