George Gibbs
George Gibbs is a VFX Supervisor who won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects for both Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Wrong Game with Roger Rabbit .
Life
At the age of 16 he began working as a theater electrician at The Hackney Empire theater in east London. At the age of 21, he got a job at Pinewood Film Studios, where he was involved in several films on minor special effects. From 1964 he worked for Gerry Anderson as a special effects assistant on the Thunderbirds puppet series . As a VFX Supervisor he worked for Captain Nemo for the first time , followed by films such as The Bridge of Arnhem , Flash Gordon and Conan the Barbarian .
In 1985 he received his first Oscar for Best Visual Effects for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, along with Dennis Muren , Michael J. McAlister and Lorne Peterson . He received a second Oscar in the same category in 1989 for Wrong Game with Roger Rabbit along with Ken Ralston , Richard Williams and Ed Jones . He received a third nomination in 1993 for Alien 3 , but the prize was awarded that year, Death suits her well .
Filmography
- 1969: Kapitän Nemo (Captain Nemo and the Underwater City)
- 1976: The Omen (The Omen)
- 1977: The Arnhem Bridge (A Bridge Too Far)
- 1978: Superman
- 1978: Warlords of Atlantis
- 1979: Under the Spell of the Caliph (Arabian Adventure)
- 1980: Flash Gordon
- 1981: The needle (Eye of the Needle)
- 1981: Ragtime
- 1981: The Appointment
- 1982: Conan the Barbarian (Conan the Barbarian)
- 1982: The Pink Panther is hunted (Trail of the Pink Panther)
- 1982: Britannia Hospital
- 1983: Curse of the Pink Panther (Curse of the Pink Panther)
- 1983: The Meaning of Life (The Meaning of Life)
- 1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- 1985: Brazil
- 1985: Shadey
- 1986: The Journey into the Labyrinth (Labyrinth)
- 1987: Ishtar
- 1988: A Fish Called Wanda (A Fish Called Wanda)
- 1988: Wrong Game with Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
- 1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- 1990: Air America
- 1992: Alien 3 (Alien³)
- 1992: The Patriot Games
- 1992: Year of the Comet
- 1993: Splitting Heirs
- 1995: First Knight (First Knight)
- 1996: 101 Dalmatians (101 Dalmatians)
- 1997: Agent Null Null Nix (The Man Who Knew Too Little)
- 1997: The Man Without a Name (The Saint)
- 1998: The Man in the Iron Mask (The Man in the Iron Mask)
- 1998: Elizabeth
- 2000: Dungeons & Dragons
- 2000: Hotel Splendide
- 2001: From Hell
- 2002: I Spy
- 2003: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
- 2005: Doom - The Movie (Doom)
Web links
- George Gibbs in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Gibbs interview. TheRaider.net. January 22, 2002, accessed January 5, 2014 .
- ^ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Press Kit. Retrieved January 5, 2014 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gibbs, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American effects artist, VFX supervisor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |