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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Berkeley, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 39

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Titanic
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Titanic

(1997) Visual Effects Supervisor
The Wolf of Wall Street
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8

The Wolf of Wall Street

(2013) Visual Effects Supervisor
The Green Mile
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9

The Green Mile

(1999) Visual Effects Supervisor
Alice in Wonderland
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7

Alice in Wonderland

(2010) Visual Effects Supervisor
The Mummy Returns
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6

The Mummy Returns

(2001) Visual Effects Supervisor
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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8

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

(1991) Visual Effects Supervisor
Captain America: The First Avenger
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7

Captain America: The First Avenger

(2011) Visual Effects Supervisor
Armageddon
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7

Armageddon

(1998) Visual Effects Supervisor

Acting

Visual Effects

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Visual Effects Supervisor
2011 Visual Effects
Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
2010 Visual Effects Supervisor
2008 Visual Effects Supervisor
2004 Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
2003 Visual Effects Supervisor
2002 Visual Effects Supervisor
2001 Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
2000 Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
1999 Visual Effects Supervisor
1998 Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
1997 Visual Effects Supervisor
1996 Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
1995 Visual Effects Supervisor
1994 Matte Painter
1993 Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
1992 Visual Effects Supervisor
1991 Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
1990 Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
1986 Visual Effects
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Production

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Year Role Movie/Tv

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