Paul Norris (special effects artist)

Paul Norris is a special effects artist .

Life

Norris began his career in the late 1990s and made his feature film debut with David Nutter's horror film We'll get you too! starring James Marsden and Katie Holmes . He subsequently also worked for television and worked on five episodes of the miniseries The Tenth Kingdom and three episodes of the miniseries Dinotopia . He worked as a special effects artist on major film productions, including Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings , which Marvel - superhero films Thor - The Dark Kingdom and Avengers: Age of Ultron and the James Bond film James Bond 007 - Die Another Day .

In 2016 he won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for Alex Garland's science fiction film Ex Machina, along with Andrew Whitehurst , Mark Williams Ardington and Sara Bennett . In the same year they were also nominated for the BAFTA Film Award in the category Best Visual Effects .

Filmography (selection)

• 1998: We'll get you too! (Disturbing Behavior)
• 2001: Hannibal
• 2002: James Bond 007 - Die Another Day
• 2003: On the Way to Cold Mountain (Cold Mountain)
• 2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• 2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• 2008: 10,000 BC (10,000 BC)
• 2009: Illuminati (Angels and Demons)
• 2010: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
• 2011: Ironclad - Until the Last Warrior (Ironclad)
• 2011: The Tree of Life
• 2013: Thor - The Dark Kingdom (Thor: The Dark World)
• 2014: Exodus : Gods and Kings
• 2015: Ex Machina
• 2015: Avengers: Age of Ultron

Awards (selection)

• 2016 : Oscar for Best Visual Effects for Ex Machina
• 2016: BAFTA Film Award nomination in the Best Visual Effects category for Ex Machina

Web links

• Paul Norris at the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oscars 2016 (English)
2. ↑ BAFTA Awards 2016 (English)