John Nelson (visual effects artist)

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John Nelson (born July 21, 1953) is an American visual effects supervisor. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, for his work on the film Gladiator (2000) [1] and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). [2] He has also been nominated for I, Robot (2004) [3] and Iron Man (2008). [4]

He also won the 2018 British Academy of Film and Television Arts for the Special Visual Effects in Blade Runner 2049 [5]

After graduating with high distinction from the University of Michigan in 1976, he worked as a cameraman, technical director and a director at the pioneering computer animation and commercial production company Robert Abel and Associates, where he won two Clio awards and earned six additional Clio nominations. Early in his career while at ILM, Nelson modeled, animated, lit and composited several shots for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), including the iconic scene in which the shotgunned head of the chrome terminator splits open and reseals. [6] He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Visual Effects Society, the International Cinematographers Guild and the Directors Guild of America.

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References

  1. ↑ "73rd Academy Awards Winners Oscar Legacy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. March 25, 2001. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ "The 90th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  3. ↑ "77th Academy Awards Winners Oscar Legacy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. February 27, 2005. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  4. ↑ "81st Academy Awards Winners Oscar Legacy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. February 22, 2009. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  5. ↑ "SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS - BLADE RUNNER 2049". bafta.org. November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  6. ↑ Robertson, Barbara (September 27, 2018), VFX Supervisor John Nelson: Looking Through the Lens for Perfection, VFX Voice, retrieved October 22, 2018


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