Mark A. Lasoff
Mark A. Lasoff (born before 1984) is a special effects artist who won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects in 1998 for Titanic .
Life
He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1984 and computer and information science from the University of Delaware in 1995 . He then completed a master's degree in computer science at the University of Maryland , which he graduated in 1988.
He began his career in the field of visual effects as a software developer for Total Recall . From 1992 he worked for Sony Pictures Imageworks on films such as Last Action Hero and In the Line of Fire - The Second Chance . From 1993 he worked for Digital Domain on films such as Interview with a Vampire , Apollo 13 and Titanic , for which he received the Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects . In 1998 he switched to Station X Studios . After further positions at Electronic Arts and Alias Custom Development Center , he joined Pacific Title & Art in 2008 .
Filmography
- 1990: Total Recall (Total Recall)
- 1992–1993: Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 1993: In the Line of Fire - The Second Chance (In the Line of Fire)
- 1993: Last Action Hero
- 1994: Color of Night
- 1994: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
- 1995: Apollo 13
- 1997: Titanic
- 2000: Hollow Man - Invisible Danger (Hollow Man)
- 2002: The Scorpion King
- 2007: Mummies 3-D - Secrets of the Pharaohs (Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs)
- 2008: Flowers and Weeds
- 2008: My Heavenly Fiancée (Over Her Dead Body)
- 2009: Hardwired
- 2009: Hired Gun
- 2010: Sanctuary - Wächter der Kreaturen (Sanctuary) (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2011: Neverland - Journey to the Land of Adventure (Neverland)
- 2013: Raptor Ranch
Web links
- Mark A. Lasoff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ News from the Alumni Association - 12 UD alums honored with Presidential Citations. Retrieved January 31, 2015 .
- ↑ The University of Maryland from A to Z. Retrieved January 31, 2015 .
- ↑ Oscar-winning f / x maven joins house. September 24, 1998, accessed January 31, 2015 .
- ↑ Mark Lasoff Joins Alias Custom Development Center as Entertainment Consulting Manager. (No longer available online.) April 19, 2005, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on January 31, 2015 (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.
- ↑ VFX Supervisor Mark Lasoff Joins Pacific Title & Art. June 16, 2008, accessed on January 31, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lasoff, Mark A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Special effects artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1984 |