John Richardson (born 1946 in England) is a British special effects supervisor. He is best known for his work on the James Bond film series (at least Casino Royale, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and Die Another Day), all the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Aliens (1986). For the latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 1987 ceremony.[1] He won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award at the 2012 ceremony. In 2019, he published the book "Making Movie Magic" which detailed his career in film.
Licence to Kill
(Visual Effects)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(Special Effects Supervisor)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
(Special Effects Supervisor)
Warlords of Atlantis
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
A Bridge Too Far
(Special Effects Supervisor)
North Sea Hijack
(Special Effects Supervisor)
Superman
(Special Effects)
The Devils
(Special Effects)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(Special Effects Supervisor)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Special Effects Supervisor)
Scorpio
(Special Effects)