Neal Scanlan
Neal Scanlan (* 1961 in Manchester ) is a British make- up artist and special effects artist .
Life
Scanlan began his career in 1981 as a stop-motion animator at the British animation studio Cosgrove Hall Films in Manchester , where he worked on The Wind in the Willows , which appeared in 1983 . From 1984 he worked in London on the Disney production Oz - Eine fantastische Welt . Subsequently, he was chief designer of the mechanical effects for the two Oscar-nominated comedy The Little Horror Shop by Frank Oz . Scanlan was one of the co-founders of the Jim Henson Creature Shop alongside the namesake Jim Henson . For his special effects for A Pig Called Babe , he received the 1996 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects .
He then founded his own effects studio in 1996, the first big project of which was the sequel Piggy Babe in the Big City . Scanlan closed his studio in 2011 and was working on Prometheus - Dark Characters in Hollywood . He was then hired for the Star Wars film series as head of special effects in the Special Creature Effects division . In 2016 he was nominated for a second Oscar for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He did so again in 2018 and 2019 for his work on Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Solo: A Star Wars Story , and received his third and fourth Oscar nominations.
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: Oz - A Fantastic World (Return to Oz)
- 1986: The Little Shop of Horrors
- 1986: The Journey into the Labyrinth (Labyrinth)
- 1990: Witches (The Witches)
- 1991: Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze)
- 1995: A pig named Babe (Babe)
- 1996: 101 Dalmatians (101 Dalmatians)
- 1996: The English Patient (The English Patient)
- 1998: Babe: Pig in the City (Babe: Pig in the City)
- 2000: 102 Dalmatians (102 Dalmatians)
- 2003: Kangaroo Jack
- 2005: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- 2007: The Golden Compass (The Golden Compass)
- 2007: Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- 2012: Prometheus - Dark Signs (Prometheus)
- 2015: Star Wars : The Force Awakens
- 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- 2017: Star Wars : The Last Jedi
- 2018: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
- 2018: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Awards
- 1996: Oscar for Best Visual Effects for A Pig Called Babe
- 1996: BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Visual Effects for A Pig Called Babe
- 1999: BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Visual Effects for Piggy Babe in the Big City
- 2016: Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- 2016: BAFTA Film Award in the Best Visual Effects category for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- 2019: Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects for Solo: A Star Wars Story
Web links
- Neal Scanlan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scanlan on findmypast.co
- ↑ Scanlan on bfi.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scanlan, Neal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British makeup artist and special effects artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester , UK |