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Ken Ralston
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn January 1, 1954 (71 years)
Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, Dennis Muren hired him at Industrial Light & Magic to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained at ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis.
Ralston has won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Academy Award for the visual effects in Return of the Jedi (1983), and regular awards for his work on Cocoon (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was nominated three more times for Dragonslayer (1981), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Alice in Wonderland (2010).
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Ralston has won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Academy Award for the visual effects in Return of the Jedi (1983), and regular awards for his work on Cocoon (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was nominated three more times for Dragonslayer (1981), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Alice in Wonderland (2010).
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Filmography
| 2022 | LIGHT & MAGIC (TV Series) · as Self - Camera Department |
| 2022 | Icons Unearthed (TV Series) · as Self - Miniature & Optical Effects Unit |
| 2021 | The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made Us (TV Series) · as Self - Superior Of Vfx At Ilm |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Greatest Moments · as Self |
| 2011 | Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan · as Self |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Empire of Dreams · as Self - Visual Effects |
| 2004 | When Star Wars Ruled the World · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 1999 | |
| 1995 | The 67th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1994 | Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump · as Self |
| 1994 | Movie Magic (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | The 65th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1991 | Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air · as Self |
| 1989 | The 61st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1988 | |
| 1986 | The 58th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1984 | The 56th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1964 | Horizon (TV Series) · as Self - Visual Effects |