Craig Barron
Craig Barron (born April 6, 1961) is an American visual effects artist and creative director at Magnopus. This media company produces visual development and virtual production services for motion pictures, television, museums and multimedia platforms. Working at Industrial Light & Magic, Barron contributed to the visual effects of such films as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. At his VFX studio, Matte World Digital, he produced visual effects on Zodiac, Alice in Wonderland and Hugo. Over the course of his VFX career, Barron contributed to the visual effects of more than 100 films. He is an Emmy Award recipient for By Dawn's Early Light, and he received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects on Batman Returns. In 2009, he won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Barron is a film historian, museum exhibit curator, and educator focusing on the history of visual effects in classic films before and after the digital age. He hosts presentations and lectures on the visual effects of Hollywood's studio age. He produces short documentaries that reveal the formerly secret history of how visual effects pioneers created seamless visuals using matte paintings, miniatures and optical effects. Description above from the Wikipedia article Craig Barron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (34)
The Wolf of Wall Street
Captain America: The First Avenger
Hugo
Battle: Los Angeles
Alice in Wonderland
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Catwoman
The Ring
Jurassic Park III
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
The Mummy Returns
Cats & Dogs
The Majestic
X-Men
Mission: Impossible II
The Green Mile
The Insider
The Truman Show
Armageddon
Soldier
Titanic
Star Trek: First Contact
Dunston Checks In
Casino
Clear and Present Danger
Demolition Man
Hocus Pocus
Batman Returns
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Flight of the Intruder
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Darkman
