Independence Day: Creating Reality

A look into the making of the state of the art special effects for the film Independence Day (1996). This crew spent a long time creating these 400 plus effects shots, and ended up winning an Academy Award for their work. Very interesting to see how hard these people worked in order to make the battles etc. seem so realistic.

Documentary Science Fiction Action

Roland Emmerich

(Himself - Director (as Roland Emmrich))

Dean Devlin

(Himself - Producer)

Patrick Tatopoulos

(Himself - Production Designer)

Michael R. Joyce

(Himself - Model Shop Supervisor)

Bob Hurrie

(Himself - VFX Production Supervisor)

Joe Viskocil

(Himself - Miniature Pyrotechnics / Mechanical Effects Supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil))

Volker Engel

(Himself - VFX Supervisor)

James Balsam

(Himself - Motion Control Camera Operator)

Tricia Henry Ashford

(Herself - Digital Effects Supervisor / Producer (as Tricia Ashford))

Tara Handy Turner

(Herself - Computer Graphic Supervisor)

Hartmut Engel

(Himself - Unit Digital Animation Supervisor)

Rob Bredow

(Himself - Technical Supervisor: Vision Art)

Josh Rose

(Himself - Digital Producer: Vision Art)

Andrea D'Amico

(Herself - Digital VFX Supervisor: P.O.P.)

Lawrence Littleton

(Himself - Digital Compositor: P.O.P.)

Pablo Helman

(Himself - Digital Compositing Supervisor: P.O.P.)