Ged Wright

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Ged Wright
Occupation(s) Visual effects artist
Director
Years active2003-present

Ged Wright is a visual effects artist and director. He was nominated at the 83rd Academy Awards for his work on the film Iron Man 2 . This was in the category of Best Visual Effects. For which his nomination was shared with Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow and Dan Sudick. It lost to Inception . [1] He has also directed an episode of the Paramount+ miniseries Knuckles.

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Filmography

Visual Effects

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Digital ArtistUncredited
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Lead 3D Artist
Dreamkeeper Digital ArtistTelevision film
2004 The Chronicles of Riddick Digital Artist
2005 Batman Begins Digital Artist
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Visual Effects
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Lead Visual Effects Artist
2008 10,000 CQ Sequence Supervisor
Quantum of Solace Visual Effects Supervisor
2010 Iron Man 2 Visual Effects Supervisor
2011 Attack the Block Visual Effects Supervisor
The Tree of Life Digital Artist
2012 John Carter Digital ArtistUncredited
2013 Man of Steel Visual Effects Supervisor
The VaticanVisual Effects SupervisorTelevision film
2014 Muppets Most Wanted Visual Effects Supervisor
Godzilla Visual Effects Supervisor
2015 Insurgent Visual Effects Supervisor
2016 Assassin's Creed Visual Effects Supervisor
2018 22 July Visual Effects Supervisor
2020 Sonic the Hedgehog Production Visual Effects Supervisor
2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Visual Effects Supervisor

Director

YearTitleNotes
2024 Knuckles Miniseries
Episode "Don’t Ever Say I Wasn’t There For You"

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References

  1. "The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2014.