Janek Sirrs

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Janek Sirrs (born October 20, 1965 ) is a specialist in visual effects . For his work, he was nominated three times for an Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects , including an Oscar in 2000 for the film Matrix .

Life

Sirrs' first work on a film was in 1988 on The Fruit Machine - Rendezvous with a Killer for director Philip Saville . In the early 1990s he worked on a variety of films, including 1492 - Conquering Paradise by Ridley Scott , for which he later worked in White Squall . The first Hollywood blockbusters followed, such as B. in 1993 Last Action Hero or the two films Braveheart and Waterworld from 1995. In the 1990s, Sirrs worked on several films a year, in which he covered a wide variety of genres from action films to comedies. He worked several times for some directors. B. Ron Underwood ( 4 Heavenly Friends , My Great Friend Joe ), Tom Shadyac ( The Mad Professor , The Stupid Chatterer ) or Danny DeVito ( Matilda , Gattaca ). With In a Small Town and Dolores he was also involved in two film adaptations of novels by the author Stephen King .

Later he worked several times for the brothers Ethan and Joel Coen . He was responsible for the visual effects in the films Hudsucker - The Big Jump , The Big Lebowski , The Man Who Wasn't There and Ladykillers . From around 2000, Sirrs limited himself to one or two films per year, but most of them were equipped with elaborate visual effects.

A highlight in Sirrs' career is working on the first two films in the Matrix trilogy. For the first part of the series from 1999 he won at the Academy Awards 2000 together with John Gaeta u. a. the Oscar for Best Visual Effects . He also received the BAFTA Award for the film and was also nominated for the Saturn Award .

In 2005 and 2006 he made the visual effects in the films Batman Begins and Prestige - The Masters of Magic by Christopher Nolan . For the former, he again received nominations for best special effects at the BAFTA Awards and the Saturn Awards.

In 2011 , Sirrs was nominated for an Oscar for the second time for the film Iron Man 2 , but could not win it in the end. For Marvel's The Avengers , he received another nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 2013 Academy Awards .

Filmography (selection)

Awards and nominations

Oscar

Saturn Award

BAFTA Award

Satellite Award

VES Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Sirrs, Janek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Specialist in visual effects
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1965