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Bruce Nicholson is a
special effects artist who received the
Special Achievement Academy Award in
1980 for the visual effects of the film
The Empire Strikes Back, which he shared with
Brian Johnson,
Richard Edlund and
Dennis Muren.
[1] He won his first competitive Oscar for
Raiders of the Lost Ark at the
1981 in the category of
Best Visual Effects, where he shared his award with
Richard Edlund,
Kit West and
Joe Johnston.
[2] He got one more Oscar nomination, for the 1982 for the film Poltergeist, which lost to
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
[3]
He has worked on nearly 50 films since 1977.
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L. B. Abbott,
A. D. Flowers (1972)
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Frank Brendel,
Glen Robinson,
Albert Whitlock (1974)
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Peter Berkos /
Albert Whitlock,
Glen Robinson (1975)
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Carlo Rambaldi,
Glen Robinson,
Frank Van der Veer /
L. B. Abbott,
Glen Robinson,
Matthew Yuricich (1976)
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Ben Burtt /
Frank Warner (1977)
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Les Bowie,
Colin Chilvers,
Denys Coop,
Roy Field,
Derek Meddings,
Zoran Perisic (1978)
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Alan Splet (1979)
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Brian Johnson,
Richard Edlund,
Dennis Muren,
Bruce Nicholson (1980)
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Ben Burtt,
Richard L. Anderson (1981)
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Richard Edlund,
Dennis Muren,
Ken Ralston,
Phil Tippett (1983)
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Kay Rose (1984)
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Stephen Hunter Flick,
John Pospisil (1987)
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Richard Williams (1988)
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Eric Brevig,
Rob Bottin,
Tim McGovern,
Alex Funke (1990)
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John Lasseter (1995)
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Alejandro González Iñárritu (2017)
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1963–1980 |
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Emil Kosa Jr. –
Cleopatra (1963)
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Peter Ellenshaw,
Eustace Lycett, and
Hamilton Luske –
Mary Poppins (1964)
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John Stears –
Thunderball (1965)
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Art Cruickshank –
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
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L. B. Abbott –
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
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Stanley Kubrick –
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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Robie Robertson –
Marooned (1969)
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A. D. Flowers and
L. B. Abbott –
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
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Alan Maley,
Eustace Lycett, and
Danny Lee –
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
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L. B. Abbott and
A. D. Flowers –
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
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Frank Brendel,
Glen Robinson, and
Albert Whitlock –
Earthquake (1974)
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Albert Whitlock and
Glen Robinson –
The Hindenburg (1975)
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Carlo Rambaldi,
Glen Robinson, and
Frank Van der Veer –
King Kong (1976)
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John Stears,
John Dykstra,
Richard Edlund,
Grant McCune, and
Robert Blalack –
Star Wars (1977)
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Les Bowie,
Colin Chilvers,
Denys Coop,
Roy Field,
Derek Meddings, and
Zoran Perisic –
Superman (1978)
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H. R. Giger,
Carlo Rambaldi,
Brian Johnson,
Nick Allder, and
Dennis Ayling –
Alien (1979)
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Brian Johnson,
Richard Edlund,
Dennis Muren, and
Bruce Nicholson –
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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1981–2000 |
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Richard Edlund,
Kit West,
Bruce Nicholson, and
Joe Johnston –
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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Carlo Rambaldi,
Dennis Muren, and
Kenneth F. Smith –
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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Richard Edlund,
Dennis Muren,
Ken Ralston, and
Phil Tippett –
Return of the Jedi (1983)
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Dennis Muren,
Michael J. McAlister,
Lorne Peterson, and
George Gibbs –
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
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Ken Ralston,
Ralph McQuarrie,
Scott Farrar, and
David Berry –
Cocoon (1985)
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Robert Skotak,
Stan Winston,
John Richardson, and
Suzanne M. Benson –
Aliens (1986)
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Dennis Muren,
Bill George,
Harley Jessup, and
Kenneth F. Smith -
Innerspace (1987)
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Ken Ralston,
Richard Williams,
Edward Jones, and
George Gibbs –
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
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John Bruno,
Dennis Muren,
Hoyt Yeatman, and
Dennis Skotak –
The Abyss (1989)
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Eric Brevig,
Rob Bottin,
Tim McGovern, and
Alex Funke –
Total Recall (1990)
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Dennis Muren,
Stan Winston,
Gene Warren Jr., and
Robert Skotak –
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
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Ken Ralston,
Doug Chiang,
Douglas Smythe, and
Tom Woodruff Jr. –
Death Becomes Her (1992)
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Dennis Muren,
Stan Winston,
Phil Tippett, and
Michael Lantieri –
Jurassic Park (1993)
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Ken Ralston,
George Murphy,
Stephen Rosenbaum, and
Allen Hall –
Forrest Gump (1994)
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Scott E. Anderson,
Charles Gibson,
Neal Scanlan, and
John Cox –
Babe (1995)
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Volker Engel,
Douglas Smith,
Clay Pinney, and
Joe Viskocil –
Independence Day (1996)
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Robert Legato,
Mark Lasoff,
Thomas L. Fisher, and
Michael Kanfer –
Titanic (1997)
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Joel Hynek,
Nicholas Brooks,
Stuart Robertson, and
Kevin Mack –
What Dreams May Come (1998)
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John Gaeta,
Janek Sirrs,
Steve Courtley, and
Jon Thum –
The Matrix (1999)
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John Nelson,
Neil Corbould,
Tim Burke, and
Rob Harvey –
Gladiator (2000)
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2001–2020 |
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Jim Rygiel,
Randall William Cook,
Richard Taylor, and
Mark Stetson –
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
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Jim Rygiel,
Joe Letteri,
Randall William Cook, and
Alex Funke –
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
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Jim Rygiel,
Joe Letteri,
Randall William Cook, and
Alex Funke –
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
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John Dykstra,
Scott Stokdyk,
Anthony LaMolinara, and
John Frazier –
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
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Joe Letteri,
Brian Van't Hul,
Christian Rivers, and
Richard Taylor –
King Kong (2005)
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John Knoll,
Hal Hickel,
Charles Gibson, and
Allen Hall –
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
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Michael L. Fink,
Bill Westenhofer,
Ben Morris, and
Trevor Wood –
The Golden Compass (2007)
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Eric Barba,
Steve Preeg,
Burt Dalton, and
Craig Barron –
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
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Joe Letteri,
Stephen Rosenbaum,
Richard Baneham, and
Andrew R. Jones –
Avatar (2009)
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Paul Franklin,
Chris Corbould,
Andrew Lockley, and
Peter Bebb –
Inception (2010)
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Robert Legato,
Joss Williams,
Ben Grossmann, and
Alex Henning –
Hugo (2011)
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Bill Westenhofer,
Guillaume Rocheron,
Erik-Jan de Boer, and
Donald R. Elliott –
Life of Pi (2012)
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Tim Webber,
Chris Lawrence,
Dave Shirk, and
Neil Corbould –
Gravity (2013)
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Paul Franklin,
Andrew Lockley,
Ian Hunter, and
Scott R. Fisher –
Interstellar (2014)
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Mark Williams Ardington,
Sara Bennett,
Paul Norris, and
Andrew Whitehurst –
Ex Machina (2015)
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Robert Legato,
Adam Valdez,
Andrew R. Jones, and
Dan Lemmon –
The Jungle Book (2016)
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John Nelson,
Gerd Nefzer,
Paul Lambert, and
Richard R. Hoover –
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
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Paul Lambert,
Ian Hunter,
Tristan Myles, and
J. D. Schwalm –
First Man (2018)
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Guillaume Rocheron,
Greg Butler, and
Dominic Tuohy –
1917 (2019)
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Andrew Jackson,
David Lee,
Andrew Lockley, and
Scott R. Fisher –
Tenet (2020)
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