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Craig Barron
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn April 6, 1961 (64 years)
Craig Barron (born April 6, 1961) is an American visual effects artist and creative director at Magnopus. This media company produces visual development and virtual production services for motion pictures, television, museums and multimedia platforms.
Working at Industrial Light & Magic, Barron contributed to the visual effects of such films as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. At his VFX studio, Matte World Digital, he produced visual effects on Zodiac, Alice in Wonderland and Hugo. Over the course of his VFX career, Barron contributed to the visual effects of more than 100 films. He is an Emmy Award recipient for By Dawn's Early Light, and he received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects on Batman Returns. In 2009, he won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Barron is a film historian, museum exhibit curator, and educator focusing on the history of visual effects in classic films before and after the digital age. He hosts presentations and lectures on the visual effects of Hollywood's studio age. He produces short documentaries that reveal the formerly secret history of how visual effects pioneers created seamless visuals using matte paintings, miniatures and optical effects.
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Working at Industrial Light & Magic, Barron contributed to the visual effects of such films as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. At his VFX studio, Matte World Digital, he produced visual effects on Zodiac, Alice in Wonderland and Hugo. Over the course of his VFX career, Barron contributed to the visual effects of more than 100 films. He is an Emmy Award recipient for By Dawn's Early Light, and he received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects on Batman Returns. In 2009, he won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Barron is a film historian, museum exhibit curator, and educator focusing on the history of visual effects in classic films before and after the digital age. He hosts presentations and lectures on the visual effects of Hollywood's studio age. He produces short documentaries that reveal the formerly secret history of how visual effects pioneers created seamless visuals using matte paintings, miniatures and optical effects.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Craig Barron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Craig Barron Filmography
| 2018 | Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future · as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2013 | The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz · as Self |
| 2009 | The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button · as Self |
| 2009 | The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2005 |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2011 | Hugo · as Visual Effects |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2011 | Battle Los Angeles · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2004 | Catwoman · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2004 | The Alamo · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2003 | Down with Love · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2002 | The Ring · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2001 | The Majestic · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2001 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2001 | Cats & Dogs · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2000 | X-Men · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible II · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1999 | The Green Mile · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1999 | The Insider · as Matte Painter |
| 1998 | Soldier · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1998 | Armageddon · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1998 | The Truman Show · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1997 | Titanic · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1996 | The Evening Star · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1996 | Star Trek: First Contact · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1995 | Casino · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1994 | Clear and Present Danger · as Matte Painter |
| 1993 | Demolition Man · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1993 | Hocus Pocus · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1993 | A Far Off Place · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1992 | Batman Returns · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1990 | Darkman · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1986 | The Money Pit · as Visual Effects |