Jon Thum
Jonathan Richard Alexandre Thum (* 1962 ) is a British VFX supervisor who won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects in 2000 for Matrix along with John Gaeta , Janek Sirrs and Steve Courtley .
Life
He earned a master's degree in computer graphics before working in London as a 3D animator and flame artist on commercials in the early 1990s. He then moved to Australia and was employed by the special effects company DFILM Services , where he was involved in films such as Dark City and Matrix , for which he also received an Oscar for Best Visual Effects .
He returned to the UK in 1999 and has worked for Framestore in such films as Sleepy Hollow , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and The Matrix Reloaded . In 2007 he was nominated for the second time in the Best Visual Effects category for Superman Returns, along with Mark Stetson , Richard R. Hoover and Neil Corbould . In 2012 he changed his employer again and started at the special effects company Prime Focus World as a VFX supervisor .
Filmography (special effects)
- 1988: Harold Swerg
- 1998: Dark City
- 1999: The Bone Collector (The Bone Collector)
- 1999: Matrix (The Matrix)
- 1999: Sleepy Hollow
- 1999: Two Hands
- 2000: Chicken Run (Chicken Run)
- 2000: Mission: Impossible II
- 2000: Pitch Black - Planet of Darkness (Pitch Black)
- 2000: What Lies Beneath (What Lies Beneath)
- 2000: The Beach
- 2002: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 2002: Pluto Nash - In the fight against the moon mafia (The Adventures of Pluto Nash)
- 2003: Matrix Reloaded (The Matrix Reloaded)
- 2004: Troy (Troy)
- 2005: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- 2005: Kingdom of Heaven (Kingdom of Heaven)
- 2006: Superman Returns
- 2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)
- 2008: James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace
- 2009: GI Joe - Secret Mission Cobra (GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra)
- 2012: Dredd
- 2013: It's all a question of time (About Time)
Web links
- Jon Thum in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ DREDD: Jon Thum - VFX Supervisor - Prime Focus World. October 16, 2012, accessed January 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Biography at Prime Focus World. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 20, 2015 ; accessed on January 17, 2015 . 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.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thum, Jon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thum, Jonathan Richard Alexandre (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film technician for visual effects |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |