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Roger Guyett
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Roger Guyett is an English visual effects supervisor and second unit director. Guyett and his fellow visual effects artists were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
He started his career in London, working in Computer Animation on commercials, pop videos, and TV idents in the mid-1980s. Following a move to the United States in 1993, he began working on various film projects. He initially worked at Pacific Data Images (PDI - the largest Computer Graphics company at that time, known for the Michael Jackson video 'Black or White') before moving in 1995 to Industrial Light & Magic – one of the longest-standing and most successful visual effects companies in the world. During his 27-year tenure at ILM, he has worked on over 30 films.
Guyett has been nominated for six Academy Awards: he was also nominated for Ready Player One, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Additionally, he has won two British Academy Film Awards for Best Special Visual Effects and been nominated a further six times.
Guyett returned to supervise the visual effects for the final/episodic film of the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which was released on 20 December 2019.
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He started his career in London, working in Computer Animation on commercials, pop videos, and TV idents in the mid-1980s. Following a move to the United States in 1993, he began working on various film projects. He initially worked at Pacific Data Images (PDI - the largest Computer Graphics company at that time, known for the Michael Jackson video 'Black or White') before moving in 1995 to Industrial Light & Magic – one of the longest-standing and most successful visual effects companies in the world. During his 27-year tenure at ILM, he has worked on over 30 films.
Guyett has been nominated for six Academy Awards: he was also nominated for Ready Player One, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Additionally, he has won two British Academy Film Awards for Best Special Visual Effects and been nominated a further six times.
Guyett returned to supervise the visual effects for the final/episodic film of the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which was released on 20 December 2019.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Guyett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Roger Guyett Filmography
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith · as Opera House Patron (uncredited) |
| 2022 | LIGHT & MAGIC (TV Series) · as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2020 | The Skywalker Legacy · as Self |
| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2014 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness: Brawl by the Bay · as Self - Vfx Supervisor |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness: The Klingon Home World · as Self - Vfx Supervisor |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness: Ship to Ship · as Self - Vfx Supervisor |
| 2010 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | Conjuring a Scene · as Self |
| 2004 | Journey Through 'Timeline' · as Self |
| 2000 | Click (2000) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | The Bubble · as Visual Effects Designer |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2018 | Ready Player One · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · as Second Unit Director |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens · as Second Unit Director |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2009 | Star Trek · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban · as Visual Effects Supervisor |