Tim Alexander (special effects artist)
Tim Alexander (born before 1993) is a VFX supervisor who was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects in 2014 with Lone Ranger .
Life
He studied electrical engineering , theater lighting and set design at Cornell University . In the summer of 1992, he interned with the special effects division of Disney's Buena Vista . From 1993, after graduating, he worked there on films such as Operation Dumbo , The Phantom and James and the Giant Peach .
In 1996 he moved to Industrial Light & Magic , where he worked on Star Trek: First Contact as the first film . Films like Contact , Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire followed in the following years . In 2014, along with Gary Brozenich , Edson Williams and John Frazier, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects for the film Lone Ranger .
Filmography (special effects)
- 1995: Operation Dumbo (Operation Dumbo Drop)
- 1996: The Phantom (The Phantom)
- 1996: James and the Giant Peach
- 1996: Star Trek: First Contact
- 1997: Contact
- 1997: Titanic
- 1997: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
- 1998: Octalus - Death from the Deep (Deep Rising)
- 1999: Deep Blue Sea
- 1999: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)
- 2000: The Storm (The Perfect Storm)
- 2002: Punch-Drunk Love
- 2003: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
- 2003: Dreamcatcher
- 2004: Hidalgo - 3000 miles to fame (Hidalgo)
- 2004: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- 2004: The Village - The Village (The Village)
- 2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 2008: The Spiderwick Chronicles (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
- 2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- 2011: Rango
- 2011: Super 8
- 2013: Lone Ranger (The Lone Ranger)
Web links
- Tim Alexander in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Tim Alexander on Innovative VFX and The Spiderwick Chronicles. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 4, 2015 ; accessed on January 4, 2015 . 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.
- ↑ Vincent Frei: THE LONE RANGER: Tim Alexander - VFX Supervisor - ILM. September 17, 2013, accessed January 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Barbara Robertson: VFX Supervisor Tim Alexander on The Lone Ranger. February 10, 2014, accessed January 4, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alexander, Tim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | VFX supervisor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1993 |