Bill Neil (visual effects artist)
Bill Neil | |
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| Born | William Herbert Neil September 24, 1939 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Visual effects artist |
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Bill Neil (born William Herbert Neil, September 24, 1939) is an American visual effects artist.[1][2][3] He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Poltergeist II: The Other Side.[4] He is the younger brother of documentary filmmaker Eleanor Coppola.[5]
Selected filmography
[edit]- The Rain People (1969; camera operator)
- He Is My Brother (1975; camera operator)
- Apocalypse Now (1979; camera operator)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Poltergeist (1982)
- Return of the Jedi (1983)
- The Right Stuff (1983)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986; Oscar co-nominated with Richard Edlund, John Bruno and Garry Waller)
- Die Hard (1988)
- Dick Tracy (1990)
- Ghost (1990)
- Edward Scissorhands (1990)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- Judge Dredd (1995)
- Matilda (1996)
- The Fifth Element (1997)
- Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
- I, Robot (2004)
- Superman Returns (2006)
References
[edit]- ^ Bonnie Rogers, Pauline (1999). The Art of Visual Effects. Focal Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780240803753 – via Google Books.
- ^ Muir, John (September 15, 2015). The Films of John Carpenter. McFarland. p. 127. ISBN 9780786493487 – via Google Books.
- ^ Baer, Brian (March 10, 2017). How He-Man Mastered the Universe: Toy to Television to the Big Screen. McFarland. p. 197. ISBN 9781476627069 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ Barnes, Mike (12 April 2024). "Eleanor Coppola, Emmy-Winning Director of 'Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse,' Dies at 87". The Hollywood Reporter.
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