Eric Reynolds

Eric C. Reynolds (* in Montana , USA ) is an American VFX supervisor who was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects in 2014 for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug .

Life

He grew up in Montana and went to Choteau High School , which he graduated in 1985. He then studied mathematics and computer science at Concordia College in Moorhead . After graduating in 1989, he accepted a job at Norwest Bank in Minneapolis . The Lion King inspired him to learn computer graphics in night school. His first job led him to Mainframe Entertainment in Vancouver , where he worked as an animator for television cartoons. The next station he worked for seven years for Tippett Studios , for which he worked on films such as Hollow Man - Invisible Peril , Evolution and Hellboy .

In 2005 he moved to Weta Digital and moved to New Zealand with his wife . There he worked on films such as King Kong , Avatar - Departure for Pandora and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey . In 2014 he was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects , along with Joe Letteri , Eric Saindon and David Clayton for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug .

Since his wife and two children moved back to the USA in Bozeman in 2013 , he is currently commuting between New Zealand and the USA.

Filmography (special effects)

• 1999: The Haunting (The Haunting)
• 2000: Hollow Man - Invisible Danger (Hollow Man)
• 2001: evolution
• 2002: Santa Clause 2 - An even nicer mess (The Santa Clause 2)
• 2003: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
• 2004: Catwoman
• 2004: Hellboy
• 2005: King Kong
• 2007: 30 Days of Night
• 2007: Bridge to Terabithia (Bridge to Terabithia)
• 2007: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (4: Rise of the Silver Surfer)
• 2008: Jumper
• 2009: Avatar - Departure for Pandora (Avatar)
• 2009: District 9
• 2011: Planet of the Apes: Prevolution (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
• 2012: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• 2013: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

Web links

• Eric Reynolds in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 'Avatar' creatures carry Choteau, Montana animator Eric Reynolds into Oscars' glow. March 7, 2010, accessed January 6, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Movie magic from Montana. February 8, 2014, accessed January 6, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Winding Path to the Oscars. Concordia College. (No longer available online.) February 25, 2014, archived from the original on March 28, 2014 ; accessed on January 6, 2015 . 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.  
4. ^ U of L Hosts Academy Award Nominated Designers from Weta. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 5, 2014 ; accessed on January 6, 2015 . 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.