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British special effects artist
Roy Field (19 August 1932 – 23 May 2002) was a British special effects artist in the film industry. He worked on the first seven
James Bond films before joining the team of 1978's
Superman . He experimented with using animation to depict the flight of Superman and also used
optical printing techniques to depict bullets bouncing off his body. The team shared the 1978
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the 1978 Michael Balcon award for
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema . Field received two BAFTA nominations for visual effects on the
Jim Henson films
The Dark Crystal (1982) and
Labyrinth (1986).
Earlier works
Lead actors
George Lazenby and
Diana Rigg on the set of On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Field was born on 19 August 1932 and was British.
[1]
[2] As a visual effects artist he worked on
seven successive James Bond films for
Eon Productions , starting with the first
Dr. No (1962) and continuing with
From Russia with Love (1963),
Goldfinger (1964),
Thunderball (1965),
You Only Live Twice (1967),
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and
Diamonds Are Forever (1971).
[2] He later returned for an eighth film (he missed 1973's
Live and Let Die ):
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
[2]
[3] Field also worked on
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965),
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) and
The Omen (1976).
[2]
Superman
Field was part of the special effects team for
Superman (1978). The team under supervisors
Les Bowie and
Derek Meddings included
Colin Chilvers ,
Denys Coop and
Zoran Perisic .
[2]
[4] The size of the team reflected the difficulty in depicting realistic flying sequences for the title character.
[5] At one stage Field trialled the use of animation for this purpose but rejected it as not being photo-realistic enough.
[6] Another of Field's contributions to the film was to use
optical printing techniques to superimpose sparks on Superman's body to depict bullets bouncing off.
[7] The special effects team members named previously shared the 1978
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects .
[2]
[4] Bowie died in January 1979 before he could collect his Oscar.
[8] Field described him as fantastically inventive with "an ability to make do with string when other people used rope".
[9] The team also shared the
Michael Balcon award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema at the
1978 British Academy Film Awards .
[4]
Later films
Field also worked with director
Jim Henson on
The Dark Crystal (1982) and
Labyrinth (1986), both of which received
BAFTA nominations for visual effects. He received the inaugural
British Society of Cinematographers Charles D. Staffell Award for Visual Effects in 2001. Field's last credit was for
Mutiny (2002), an episode in the television film series
Hornblower . He died on 23 May 2002.
[2]
References
^ Adeyemi, Taiwo (1998).
The Aesthetic Value of Special Effects Cinematography in Nigeria . Jofel Books. p. 70.
ISBN
978-978-32418-9-3 .
^
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g
"Roy Field BSC" . British Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 17 December 2021 .
^ Caplen, Robert A. (2010).
Shaken & Stirred: The Feminism of James Bond . Robert Caplen. p. 26.
ISBN
978-1-4535-1282-1 .
^
a
b
c Gunden, Kenneth Von (15 September 2001).
Flights of Fancy: The Great Fantasy Films . McFarland. p. 265.
ISBN
978-0-7864-1214-3 .
^
Theatre Crafts . Theatre Crafts Associates. 1986. p. 75.
^ Burke, Liam (31 March 2015).
The Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood's Leading Genre . Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 50, 279.
ISBN
978-1-62674-518-6 .
^ Chilvers, Colin; Lam, Aaron.
Believing a Man Can Fly: Memories of a Life in Special Effects and Film . BearManor Media. p. 126.
^ Fryer, Ian (20 April 2017).
The Worlds of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson: The Story Behind International Rescue . Fonthill Media. p. 55.
^ Maxford, Howard (8 November 2019).
Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company . McFarland. p. 67.
ISBN
978-1-4766-2914-8 .
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1963–1980
Emil Kosa Jr. –
Cleopatra (1963)
Peter Ellenshaw ,
Eustace Lycett , and
Hamilton Luske –
Mary Poppins (1964)
John Stears –
Thunderball (1965)
Art Cruickshank –
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
L. B. Abbott –
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Stanley Kubrick –
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Robie Robertson –
Marooned (1969)
A. D. Flowers and
L. B. Abbott –
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Alan Maley ,
Eustace Lycett , and
Danny Lee –
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
L. B. Abbott and
A. D. Flowers –
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Frank Brendel ,
Glen Robinson , and
Albert Whitlock –
Earthquake (1974)
Albert Whitlock and
Glen Robinson –
The Hindenburg (1975)
Carlo Rambaldi ,
Glen Robinson , and
Frank Van der Veer –
King Kong (1976)
John Stears ,
John Dykstra ,
Richard Edlund ,
Grant McCune , and
Robert Blalack –
Star Wars (1977)
Les Bowie ,
Colin Chilvers ,
Denys Coop ,
Roy Field ,
Derek Meddings , and
Zoran Perisic –
Superman (1978)
H. R. Giger ,
Carlo Rambaldi ,
Brian Johnson ,
Nick Allder , and
Dennis Ayling –
Alien (1979)
Brian Johnson ,
Richard Edlund ,
Dennis Muren , and
Bruce Nicholson –
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1981–2000
Richard Edlund ,
Kit West ,
Bruce Nicholson , and
Joe Johnston –
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Carlo Rambaldi ,
Dennis Muren , and
Kenneth F. Smith –
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Richard Edlund ,
Dennis Muren ,
Ken Ralston , and
Phil Tippett –
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Dennis Muren ,
Michael J. McAlister ,
Lorne Peterson , and
George Gibbs –
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Ken Ralston ,
Ralph McQuarrie ,
Scott Farrar , and
David Berry –
Cocoon (1985)
Robert Skotak ,
Stan Winston ,
John Richardson , and
Suzanne M. Benson –
Aliens (1986)
Dennis Muren ,
Bill George ,
Harley Jessup , and
Kenneth F. Smith -
Innerspace (1987)
Ken Ralston ,
Richard Williams ,
Edward Jones , and
George Gibbs –
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
John Bruno ,
Dennis Muren ,
Hoyt Yeatman , and
Dennis Skotak –
The Abyss (1989)
Eric Brevig ,
Rob Bottin ,
Tim McGovern , and
Alex Funke –
Total Recall (1990)
Dennis Muren ,
Stan Winston ,
Gene Warren Jr. , and
Robert Skotak –
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Ken Ralston ,
Doug Chiang ,
Douglas Smythe , and
Tom Woodruff Jr. –
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Dennis Muren ,
Stan Winston ,
Phil Tippett , and
Michael Lantieri –
Jurassic Park (1993)
Ken Ralston ,
George Murphy ,
Stephen Rosenbaum , and
Allen Hall –
Forrest Gump (1994)
Scott E. Anderson ,
Charles Gibson ,
Neal Scanlan , and
John Cox –
Babe (1995)
Volker Engel ,
Douglas Smith ,
Clay Pinney , and
Joe Viskocil –
Independence Day (1996)
Robert Legato ,
Mark Lasoff ,
Thomas L. Fisher , and
Michael Kanfer –
Titanic (1997)
Joel Hynek ,
Nicholas Brooks ,
Stuart Robertson , and
Kevin Mack –
What Dreams May Come (1998)
John Gaeta ,
Janek Sirrs ,
Steve Courtley , and
Jon Thum –
The Matrix (1999)
John Nelson ,
Neil Corbould ,
Tim Burke , and
Rob Harvey –
Gladiator (2000)
2001–2020
Jim Rygiel ,
Randall William Cook ,
Richard Taylor , and
Mark Stetson –
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Jim Rygiel ,
Joe Letteri ,
Randall William Cook , and
Alex Funke –
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Jim Rygiel ,
Joe Letteri ,
Randall William Cook , and
Alex Funke –
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
John Dykstra ,
Scott Stokdyk ,
Anthony LaMolinara , and
John Frazier –
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Joe Letteri ,
Brian Van't Hul ,
Christian Rivers , and
Richard Taylor –
King Kong (2005)
John Knoll ,
Hal Hickel ,
Charles Gibson , and
Allen Hall –
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Michael L. Fink ,
Bill Westenhofer ,
Ben Morris , and
Trevor Wood –
The Golden Compass (2007)
Eric Barba ,
Steve Preeg ,
Burt Dalton , and
Craig Barron –
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Joe Letteri ,
Stephen Rosenbaum ,
Richard Baneham , and
Andrew R. Jones –
Avatar (2009)
Paul Franklin ,
Chris Corbould ,
Andrew Lockley , and
Peter Bebb –
Inception (2010)
Robert Legato ,
Joss Williams ,
Ben Grossmann , and
Alex Henning –
Hugo (2011)
Bill Westenhofer ,
Guillaume Rocheron ,
Erik-Jan de Boer , and
Donald R. Elliott –
Life of Pi (2012)
Tim Webber ,
Chris Lawrence ,
Dave Shirk , and
Neil Corbould –
Gravity (2013)
Paul Franklin ,
Andrew Lockley ,
Ian Hunter , and
Scott R. Fisher –
Interstellar (2014)
Mark Williams Ardington ,
Sara Bennett ,
Paul Norris , and
Andrew Whitehurst –
Ex Machina (2015)
Robert Legato ,
Adam Valdez ,
Andrew R. Jones , and
Dan Lemmon –
The Jungle Book (2016)
John Nelson ,
Gerd Nefzer ,
Paul Lambert , and
Richard R. Hoover –
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Paul Lambert ,
Ian Hunter ,
Tristan Myles , and
J. D. Schwalm –
First Man (2018)
Guillaume Rocheron ,
Greg Butler , and
Dominic Tuohy –
1917 (2019)
Andrew Jackson ,
David Lee ,
Andrew Lockley , and
Scott R. Fisher –
Tenet (2020)
2021–present
L. B. Abbott ,
A. D. Flowers (1972)
Frank Brendel ,
Glen Robinson ,
Albert Whitlock (1974)
Peter Berkos /
Albert Whitlock ,
Glen Robinson (1975)
Carlo Rambaldi ,
Glen Robinson ,
Frank Van der Veer /
L. B. Abbott ,
Glen Robinson ,
Matthew Yuricich (1976)
Ben Burtt /
Frank Warner (1977)
Les Bowie ,
Colin Chilvers ,
Denys Coop ,
Roy Field ,
Derek Meddings ,
Zoran Perisic (1978)
Alan Splet (1979)
Brian Johnson ,
Richard Edlund ,
Dennis Muren ,
Bruce Nicholson (1980)
Ben Burtt ,
Richard L. Anderson (1981)
Richard Edlund ,
Dennis Muren ,
Ken Ralston ,
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Kay Rose (1984)
Stephen Hunter Flick ,
John Pospisil (1987)
Richard Williams (1988)
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Alejandro González Iñárritu (2017)