Mohen Leo

Mohen Leo (* before 1992 in Berlin , Germany ) is a special effects artist who was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects in 2017 .

Life

Leo grew up in Berlin and studied physics and computer science at the Technical University of Berlin from 1992 . During his studies, he changed his main subject to industrial design and graduated in 1995.

In 1996 he started working for Industrial Light & Magic as a technical manager and animator of effects. In 2002 he switched to Esc Entertainment to work on feature films such as Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions . Since 2009 he has been working as a VFX supervisor in the studio of Industrial Light & Magic in Singapore .

At the 2017 Academy Awards , along with John Knoll , Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects for his work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story .

Mohen Leo currently lives in London.

Filmography (selection)

• 1997: Speed ​​2 - Cruise Control
• 1998: Small Soldiers
• 1999: The Haunting (The Haunting)
• 1999: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)
• 2000: The Storm (The Perfect Storm)
• 2000: Work in Progress
• 2001: Pearl Harbor
• 2002: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
• 2003: Matrix Reloaded
• 2003: Matrix Revolutions
• 2004: Ladykillers (The Ladykillers)
• 2005: The Pacifier (The Pacifier)
• 2006: Poseidon
• 2008: Speed ​​Racer
• 2009: 2012
• 2010: Iron Man 2
• 2011: Mission: Impossible - Phantom Protocol (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol)
• 2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• 2013: RED 2 (RED 2)
• 2014: Transformers : Age of Extinction
• 2015: Ant-Man
• 2015: The Martian - Save Mark Watney (The Martian)
• 2016: Deepwater Horizon
• 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Web links

• Mohen Leo in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CGSociety: Artist Profile ( English ) August 31, 2010. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. 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. Retrieved January 4, 2018. 
2. ↑ Alumni US . Retrieved January 4, 2018.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Mohen Leo - Industrial Light & Magic ( English ) Retrieved January 5, 2018.