Henry LaBounta

Henry LaBounta is a special effects artist .

Life

LaBounta began his career in New York , creating animation for commercials . In 1994 he made his film debut with the comedy Juniors Free Day , followed shortly afterwards by the science fiction film Star Trek: Gathering of Generations and the ghost film Casper . Over the course of his career, LaBounta has worked for directors such as John Woo , Walter Hill , Jan de Bont and Steven Spielberg . Outside of the film industry, LaBounta has worked for Zynga , Electronic Arts and Microsoft Studios , among others .

1997 he was responsible for the disaster movie Twister together with Stefen catch Meier , John Frazier and Habib Zargarpour for the Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects nominated, but the award this year went to Roland Emmerich's science fiction film Independence Day . At the BAFTA Film Awards , however, LaBounta won the category Best Visual Effects . He received another BAFTA Film Award nomination for Minority Report in 2003 , but came away empty-handed that year.

Filmography (selection)

• 1994: Juniors day off (Baby's Day Out)
• 1994: Star Trek Generations (Star Trek Generations)
• 1995: Casper
• 1996: Twister
• 1998: The Prince of Egypt (The Prince of Egypt)
• 1999: Forces of Nature (Forces of Nature)
• 2000: Mission: Impossible II
• 2000: Supernova
• 2001: AI - Artificial Intelligence (AI - Artificial Intelligence)
• 2002: In the Inner Circle (People I Know)
• 2002: Minority Report

Awards (selection)

• 1997 : Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects for Twister
• 1997: BAFTA Film Award for Best Visual Effects for Twister
• 2003: BAFTA Film Award nomination in the Best Visual Effects category for Minority Report

Web links

• Henry LaBounta in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Visual Effects Society (English)
2. ↑ Oscars 1997 (English)
3. ↑ BAFTA Awards 1997 (English)
4. ↑ BAFTA Awards 2003 (English)