Stuart Ziff (special effects artist)
Stuart Irwin Ziff (born February 28, 1949 in Los Angeles ) is an American special effects technician .
Life
Soon after completing his technical training, Ziff had focused on creating technical and visual special effects and joined George Lucas' Star Wars team in 1976 . For the first film, Star Wars , the 27-year-old Californian was involved in the creation of miniatures and optical special effects; for the second film in the hugely popular series, Ziff was responsible for the same area as coordinator. In between, in 1978, Ziff was hired for the electronic effects for the meltdown thriller The China Syndrome .
Science fiction material remained Ziff's specialty: In the 1980s, for example, he was involved in the special effects for the Entertainment Effects Group for the genre classics Ghostbusters and 2010: The year in which we make contact and, after a detour as an engineer the Tippett Studios at Jurassic Park , in the 1990s for the Boss Film Studios on the films Air Force One , Starship Troopers and Desperate Measures , for which he mainly developed miniature models. Before the turn of the millennium, Stuart Ziff, who together with Dennis Muren received an Oscar for technical merits in 1982 , ended his active film career.
Another Stuart Ziff (* 1953) is a musician and plays the guitar.
Filmography
- 1977: Star Wars (Star Wars)
- 1979: The China Syndrome (The China Syndrome)
- 1980: The Empire Strikes Back (The Empire Strikes Back)
- 1981: The Dragon Slayer (Dragonslayer)
- 1982: Amityville III (Amityville 3-D)
- 1983: 2010: The Year We Make Contact
- 1984: Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters)
- 1986: Quatermain II - In Search of the Mysterious City (Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold)
- 1987: Masters of the Universe
- 1989: Total Recall (Total Recall)
- 1990: F / X 2 - The Deadly Illusion (F / X 2)
- 1992: Jurassic Park
- 1996: Starship Troopers
- 1997: Air Force One
- 1997: Desperate Measures
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuart Ziff on californiabirthindex.org
Web links
- Stuart point in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ziff, Stuart |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ziff, Stuart Irwin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American special effects technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |