Jon Farhat
Jon Farhat is an American project manager for feature or commercial productions .
Life
Farhat began his career in 1991 as a special effects artist at the Disney group- owned Dream Quest Images (DQI) animation studio , where he first worked on the comedy film Rendezvous in the Afterlife . From 1994 he worked as a VFX supervisor; for his first film, The Mask , he was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA Film Award in 1995 . He received a second BAFTA Film Award nomination in 1997 for The Crazy Professor . Farhat worked on several Eddie Murphy films and was involved in two Jim Carrey comedies. With Snow White and Hansel and Gretel: Witches Hunters , he worked on two fairy tale films based on Grimm's fairy tales . During the post-production of the feature film Wanted in 2008 he fell seriously ill and had to be replaced by Stefen Fangmeier .
Filmography (selection)
- 1991: Rendezvous in the afterlife (Defending your life)
- 1991: Grand Canyon - In the Heart of the City (Grand Canyon)
- 1992: Freejack - Hostage of the Future (Freejack)
- 1994 The Mask (The Mask)
- 1995: Dead Man
- 1996: The Nutty Professor (The Nutty Professor)
- 1996: A President Just in Case (My Fellow Americans)
- 1997: Liar Liar (Liar Liar)
- 1997: Snow White (Snow White: A Tale of Terror)
- 1998: Dr. Dolittle
- 2000: The Klumps Family and the Mad Professor (Nutty Professor II: The Klumps)
- 2002: Blue Crush
- 2002: Under the sign of the dragonfly (Dragonfly)
- 2003: American Pie - American Wedding
- 2005: The Interpreter (The Interpreter)
- 2005: Doom - The Movie (Doom)
- 2008: Wanted
- 2010: The Book of Eli
- 2013: Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters)
Awards
- 1995: Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects for The Mask
- 1995: BAFTA Film Award nomination in Best Visual Effects for The Mask
- 1997: BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Visual Effects for The Crazy Professor
Web links
- Jon Farhat in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jon Farhat in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Farhat, Jon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American visual effects artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |