Joel Hynek

Joel Hynek is a VFX Supervisor , the 1999 Beyond the horizon the Oscar in the category visual effects best received.

Life

He is the son of astronomer J. Allen Hynek and has two siblings. From 1971 to 1974 he studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . In the year he worked for the film Xanadu for the first time in the field of special effects. This was followed by films such as Zelig , Der Tag des Falken and Predator for the special effects company R / Greenberg Associates , for which he was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects in 1988 together with Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg and Stan Winston . In the following years worked for companies like Manex, Mass Illusions, R / Greenberg Associates and The Trumbull Company on feature films like Ghost Dad , Medicine Man - The Last Days of Eden and Event Horizon - On the Edge of the Universe . In 1999 he received the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for Behind the Horizon .

In 2000 he moved to Digital Domain as head of visual effects , for which he worked on xXx - Triple X and The Italian Job - Hunt for Millions in the following years . Since 2009 he has been with the Los Angeles office of the Indian special effects company Tata Elxsi.

He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Visual Effects Society .

Filmography

• 1980: Xanadu
• 1983: Zelig
• 1985: The Day of the Hawk (Ladyhawke)
• 1985: LISA - The bright madness (Weird Science)
• 1987: Predator
• 1989: New York Stories (New York Stories)
• 1990: Ghost Dad (Ghost Dad)
• 1990: Predator 2
• 1991: McBain
• 1992: Medicine Man - The Last Days of Eden (Medicine Man)
• 1993: In Search of the Obelisk
• 1995: Judge Dredd
• 1995: Die Hard: With a Vengeance
• 1996: Eraser
• 1997: Event Horizon - On the Edge of the Universe (Event Horizon)
• 1998: Beyond the Horizon (What Dreams May Come)
• 1999: The 13th Warrior (The 13th Warrior)
• 2000: The Prophecy (Bless the Child)
• 2002: Frida
• 2002: Rollerball
• 2002: xXx - Triple X (xXx)
• 2003: The Italian Job - The Hunt for Millions (The Italian Job)
• 2003: The Missing
• 2005: Stealth - Under the Radar (Stealth)
• 2008: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor)
• 2008: Jumper
• 2010: Order Vengeance (Edge of Darkness)
• 2011: Luck (TV series, episode 1x01)
• 2013: Wind Song

Web links

• Joel Hynek in theInternet Movie Database(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joel Hynek at Yatedo. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 2, 2014 ; accessed on January 1, 2014 (English). 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.  
2. ^ Biography of Joal Hynek. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on January 1, 2014 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ Tata Elxsi's Visual Computing Labs Expands Hollywood presence. Tata.com. December 1, 2009, accessed January 1, 2014 .