Hal T. Hickel
Hal T. Hickel is an American film technician who specializes in visual effects and works for Industrial Light & Magic .
Life
At the age of twelve, Hickel wrote a letter to Lucasfilm with sketches of ideas for a sequel to A New Hope , for which he received a polite refusal from producer Gary Kurtz . Today the letter hangs on the wall of Hickel's office at ILM . 20 years later, Hickel found himself working on Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as the lead animator. Hickel began his career at Pixar Animation in 1994 , where he worked on Toy Story and several other Pixar short films. When he heard that a new Star Wars trilogy was in preproduction, he switched to Industrial Light & Magic and from then on he worked on Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and finally on Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones where he was responsible for moving the droidekas.
His other films include: AI - Artificial Intelligence , Space Cowboys , Dreamcatcher and Van Helsing . In 2007, Hickel won the BAFTA Award and the Oscar for Best Visual Effects along with John Knoll , Charles Gibson and Allen Hall for Pirates of the Caribbean 2 .
Filmography (selection)
Visual effects:
- 1997: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
- 1999: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)
- 2001: AI - Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- 2002: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- 2003: Dreamcatcher
- 2003: Pirates of the Caribbean (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
- 2004: Van Helsing
- 2005: are we there yet? (Are We There Yet?)
- 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest
- 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End
- 2008: Iron Man
- 2011: Rango
- 2011: Super 8
Animation:
- 1988: Meet the Raisins! (TV movie)
- 1990: Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II (TV movie)
- 1992: Brain Donors
- 1992: Claymation Easter (TV movie)
- 1993: Cowgirl Blues (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues)
- 1995: Toy Story
- 2000: Space Cowboys
- 2011: Rango
Awards
- 2004: BAFTA Award : Nomination in the category Best Visual Effects for Pirates of the Caribbean
- 2004: Oscar : Nomination for Best Visual Effects for Pirates of the Caribbean
- 2006: Satellite Award : Award in the Best Visual Effects category for Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Caribbean 2
- 2007: BAFTA Award : Award in the category Best Visual Effects for Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Caribbean 2
- 2007: Oscar : Best Visual Effects Award for Pirates of the Caribbean - Pirates of the Caribbean 2
- 2008: BAFTA Award : Nomination in the Best Visual Effects category for Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
- 2008: Oscar : Nomination for Best Visual Effects for Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
- 2009: BAFTA Award : Nomination for Best Visual Effects for Iron Man
Web links
- Hal Hickel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ovguide.com ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
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| SURNAME | Hickel, Hal T. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |