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Les Bowie (November 10, 1913 – January 27, 1979
[1]) was a
Canadian-born
special effects artist working mainly in
Britain.
Bowie began his career as a
matte painter in 1946.
[2] His work found places in classic films such as
Great Expectations,
Oliver Twist and
The Red Shoes.
[3]
He created his own company in 1951 and worked freelance on projects for relatively low-budget studios such as
Hammer Films and Oakmont Productions. His films for Hammer included
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955),
Dracula (1958) and
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963). His Oakmont films were
Attack on the Iron Coast,
Submarine X-1 and
Mosquito Squadron. Bowie worked with
Ray Harryhausen on
Jason and the Argonauts,
First Men in the Moon,
One Million Years B.C. and
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.
[4]
Notable non-Hammer films included
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961),
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Casino Royale (1967) and
The Assassination Bureau (1969).
He was also one of a team to win an
Oscar for his work on the 1978 film
Superman, specialising in
mattes and
composites.
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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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2021–present | |
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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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