Kit West
Christopher John "Kit" West (born 1936 in London ; † April 16, 2016 ) was a British special effects artist who received the Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects in 1982 for Raiders of the Lost Ark .
Life
Kit West went to King's College in London. He then worked as a camera assistant at Realist Film Unit , a military documentary film company. After two years in the army, he returned to the Realist Film Unit , albeit in TV advertising. From 1963 he first worked in special effects on films such as The Vampire's Kiss , Bandits on the Moon and Inspector Clouseau, the “best” man at Interpol .
In 1982, when he first worked with Steven Spielberg for Raiders of the Lost Ark, he received the Oscar for Best Visual Effects . He received two other nominations in 1986 for The Secret of the Hidden Temple and 1997 for Dragonheart , both of which he was VFX Supervisor .
Filmography
- 1963: The Kiss of the Vampire (The Kiss of the Vampire)
- 1963: House of Horror (Paranoiac)
- 1963: You Are Damned (The Damned)
- 1964: First Men in the Moon (First Men in the Moon)
- 1965: The Final Battle (Battle of the Bulge)
- 1965: ruler of the desert (She)
- 1966: They Fear Neither Death nor the Devil (Lost Command)
- 1967: The Green Blood of Demons (Quatermass and the Pit)
- 1967: Hot Cats (Deadlier Than the Male)
- 1967: The Billion Dollar Brain
- 1968: Salt and Pepper (Salt and Pepper)
- 1969: Bandits on the Moon (Moon Zero Two)
- 1969: Play Dirty (Play Dirty)
- 1969: Some Girls Do
- 1970: El Condor
- 1971: Catlow - Life to Die (Catlow)
- 1971: Doc
- 1973: Under the Deadly Sun (Charley One-Eye)
- 1974: Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
- 1975: The Last Night of Boris Gruschenko (Love and Death)
- 1975: The Wilby Conspiracy (The Wilby Conspiracy)
- 1975: Bradbury (Paper Tiger)
- 1976: Inspector Clouseau, the "best" man at Interpol (The Pink Panther Strikes Again)
- 1977: Equus - blind horses (Equus)
- 1978: The Wild Geese (The Wild Geese)
- 1979: Avalanche Express (Avalanche Express)
- 1979: Meetings with Remarkable Men
- 1980: The Sea Wolves (The Sea Wolves)
- 1980: The Big Red One (The Big Red One: The Reconstruction)
- 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
- 1981: Omar Mukhtar - Lion of the Desert
- 1983: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi)
- 1984: The Desert Planet (Dune)
- 1985: The Secret of the Hidden Temple (Young Sherlock Holmes)
- 1985: Eleni
- 1985: King David (King David)
- 1986: Tai-Pan (James Clavell's Tai-Pan)
- 1987: Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun)
- 1987: Rent-a-Cop
- 1988: A Man Like Taffin (Taffin)
- 1989: The Casualties of War
- 1991: Todo por la pasta
- 1992: 1492 - The Conquest of Paradise (1492: Conquest of Paradise)
- 1992: Shadow of the Wolf (Shadow of the Wolf)
- 1992: Universal Soldier
- 1996: Daylight
- 1996: Dragonheart
- 1997: Kull the Conqueror (Kull the Conqueror)
- 1998: Black Dog
- 2001: Duell - Enemy at the Gates (Enemy at the Gates)
- 2004: The Bourne Supremacy (The Bourne Supremacy)
- 2004: In 80 days around the world (Around the World in 80 Days)
- 2005: Doom - The Movie (Doom)
- 2008: City of Ember (City of Ember)
Web links
- Kit West in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Kit West 1936-2016. In: kit-west-spfx.com. Retrieved April 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Overleden Special Effects maestro Kit West. In: starwarsawakens.nl. Retrieved April 20, 2016 .
- ^ Kit West Interview. Retrieved February 23, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | West, kit |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | West, Christopher John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British special effects technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London Borough of Wandsworth , London , United Kingdom |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 2016 |