Motion Picture Director, Special Effects Guru, Inventor. He first came to prominence as the special effects supervisor for the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" in 1968. He subsequently worked on the special effects for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979), "Blade Runner" (1982), and "The Tree of Life" (2011). He made his directorial debut with "Silent Running" (1972) and later directed "Brainstorm" (1983). In 1993 he shared an Academy Scientific and Engineering Award for the concept of the CP-65 Showscan Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography, the first modern 65mm camera developed in 25 years. In 2012 he won the Academy's Gordon E. Sawyer Award, which is a special Oscar presented to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry."
Motion Picture Director, Special Effects Guru, Inventor. He first came to prominence as the special effects supervisor for the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" in 1968. He subsequently worked on the special effects for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979), "Blade Runner" (1982), and "The Tree of Life" (2011). He made his directorial debut with "Silent Running" (1972) and later directed "Brainstorm" (1983). In 1993 he shared an Academy Scientific and Engineering Award for the concept of the CP-65 Showscan Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography, the first modern 65mm camera developed in 25 years. In 2012 he won the Academy's Gordon E. Sawyer Award, which is a special Oscar presented to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry."
Bio by: Chris Mills
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