Dan Lemmon

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Dan Lemmon
Education Brigham Young University
Occupation Visual effects artist
Years active1997–present

Dan Lemmon is a New Zealand visual effects supervisor. In 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes . This was in the category of Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, his nomination was shared with Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and R. Christopher White. [1]

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His second nomination was at the 87th Academy Awards for the film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes . His nomination was shared with Letteri, Barrett, and Erik Winquist. [2] He received his third nomination (and first win) at the 89th Academy Awards for The Jungle Book , together with Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, and Andrew R. Jones. [3] His fourth nomination was at the 90th Academy Awards for the film War for the Planet of the Apes , together with Letteri, Barrett, and Joel Whist. His fifth nomination was at the 95th Academy Awards for the superhero film, The Batman , with Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy.[ citation needed ]

Early career

Lemmon graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) and was one of the early students in the BYU Center for Animation. [4] One of Lemmon's earliest credits was for modeling, coloring, lighting, and compositing work on Titanic. [5]

Filmography

Awards and honors

Academy Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2012 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Nominated [6]
2015 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Nominated [7]
2017 The Jungle Book Won [8]
2018 War for the Planet of the Apes Nominated [9]
2023 The Batman Nominated [10]

References

  1. ↑ "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees". oscars.org. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "87th Academy Awards" . Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Merry, Stephanie (24 January 2017). "Oscar nominations 2017: Complete list of nominees; 'La La Land's' 14 ties record". The Washington Post . Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Carter, Edward L. "Software paves way for Y. artists", Deseret News , 10 February 1998. Retrieved on 12 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Tripp, Stephanie. "From Poor Art Student to Employable Graduate", Y Magazine , Spring 1998. Retrieved on 12 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "The 84th Academy Awards | 2012". 7 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "The 87th Academy Awards | 2015". 10 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "The 89th Academy Awards | 2017". 18 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "The 90th Academy Awards | 2018". 15 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "The 95th Academy Awards | 2023". 15 April 2019.


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