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.
Visual Effects in Foreign Correspondent
(Self)
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
(Self)
Safety Last!: Locations and Effects
(Self)
A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
(Self)
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
(Self)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(Self - Interviewee)
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
(Self)
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
(Self)
Hocus Pocus
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
The Truman Show
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
The Alamo
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Battle: Los Angeles
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Armageddon
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Captain America: The First Avenger
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Demolition Man
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Darkman
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Alice in Wonderland
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Titanic
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
The Green Mile
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Hugo
(Visual Effects)
The Wolf of Wall Street
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Catwoman
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Clear and Present Danger
(Matte Painter)
Soldier
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
The Ring
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Jurassic Park III
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Mission: Impossible II
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
A Far Off Place
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
The Money Pit
(Visual Effects)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
X-Men
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Casino
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
The Mummy Returns
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Star Trek: First Contact
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
The Insider
(Matte Painter)
Cats & Dogs
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Batman Returns
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
The Evening Star
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Down with Love
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
The Majestic
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
The Road Virus Heads North
(Producer)
Flight of the Intruder
(Visual Effects Supervisor)