Allen Hall (special effects artist)

American special effects artist (born 1946)

Allen Hall

Born|  (1946-05-04) May 4, 1946 (age 79)

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Occupation| Visual effects artist
Years active| 1979–present

Allen Hall (born May 4, 1946) is an American special effects artist who has won two Academy Awards and two BAFTA awards.

As of 2014[update], he has 65 film credits since he began his career in 1979.

## Oscar history

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(In the category Best Visual Effects)

* 1991 Academy Awards-Backdraft, nomination shared with Scott Farrar, Clay Pinney and Mikael Salomon. Lost to Terminator 2: Judgment Day.[1]
* 1994 Academy Awards-Forrest Gump, shared with George Murphy, Ken Ralston and Stephen Rosenbaum. Won.[2]
* 1998 Academy Awards-Mighty Joe Young, nomination shared with Rick Baker, Jim Mitchell and Hoyt Yeatman. Lost to What Dreams May Come.[3]
* 2006 Academy Awards-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, shared with Charles Gibson, Hal Hickel and John Knoll. Won.[4]

## Selected filmography

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* 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
* Man of Steel (2013)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
* Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
* How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
* U-571 (2000)
* Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
* Contact (1997)
* Forrest Gump (1994)
* Backdraft (1991)
* Top Gun (1986)
* The Man with Two Brains (1983)
* Popeye (1980)

## References

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1. ^ "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
2. ^ "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
3. ^ "The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
4. ^ "The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved March 15, 2014.

## External links

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* Allen Hall at IMDb

Awards for Allen Hall

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Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

1963–1980|

* Emil Kosa Jr. – Cleopatra (1963)
* Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, and Hamilton Luske – Mary Poppins (1964)
* John Stears – Thunderball (1965)
* Art Cruickshank – Fantastic Voyage (1966)
* L. B. Abbott – Doctor Dolittle (1967)
* Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
* Robbie Robertson – Marooned (1969)
* A. D. Flowers and L. B. Abbott – Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
* Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, and Danny Lee – Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
* L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers – The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
* Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, and Albert Whitlock – Earthquake (1974)
* Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson – The Hindenburg (1975)
* Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, and Frank Van der Veer – King Kong (1976)
* John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, and Robert Blalack – Star Wars (1977)
* Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic – Superman (1978)
* H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, and Dennis Ayling – Alien (1979)
* Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Bruce Nicholson – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

1981–2000|

* Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston – Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
* Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
* Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Phil Tippett – Return of the Jedi (1983)
* Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
* Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, and David Berry – Cocoon (1985)
* Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, and Suzanne M. Benson – Aliens (1986)
* Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, and Kenneth F. Smith \- Innerspace (1987)
* Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, and George Gibbs – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
* John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, and Dennis Skotak – The Abyss (1989)
* Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, and Alex Funke – Total Recall (1990)
* Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
* Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Woodruff Jr. – Death Becomes Her (1992)
* Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri – Jurassic Park (1993)
* Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Allen Hall – Forrest Gump (1994)
* Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, and John Cox – Babe (1995)
* Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, and Joe Viskocil – Independence Day (1996)
* Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, and Michael Kanfer – Titanic (1997)
* Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, and Kevin Mack – What Dreams May Come (1998)
* John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum – The Matrix (1999)
* John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, and Rob Harvey – Gladiator (2000)

2001–2020|

* Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, and Mark Stetson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
* Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
* Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
* John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier – Spider-Man 2 (2004)
* Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor – King Kong (2005)
* John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
* Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood – The Golden Compass (2007)
* Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, and Craig Barron – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
* Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones – Avatar (2009)
* Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb – Inception (2010)
* Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning – Hugo (2011)
* Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott – Life of Pi (2012)
* Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould – Gravity (2013)
* Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher – Interstellar (2014)
* Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst – Ex Machina (2015)
* Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon – The Jungle Book (2016)
* John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Richard R. Hoover – Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
* Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, and J. D. Schwalm – First Man (2018)
* Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy – 1917 (2019)
* Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley, and Scott R. Fisher – Tenet (2020)

2021–present|

* Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer – Dune (2021)
* Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett – Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
* Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, and Tatsuji Nojima – Godzilla Minus One (2023)
* Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two (2024)

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BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

1982–2000|

* Richard Edlund – Poltergeist (1982)
* Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Kit West – Return of the Jedi (1983)
* Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, and Lorne Peterson – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
* George Gibbs and Richard Conway – Brazil (1985)
* Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, Suzanne M. Benson, John Richardson, and Stan Winston – Aliens (1986)
* Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Edward Jones, and Bruce Walters – The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
* George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, and Edward Jones – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
* Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, and Steve Gawley – Back to the Future Part II (1989)
* The production team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990)
* Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
* Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang, and Douglas Smythe – Death Becomes Her (1992)
* Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri – Jurassic Park (1993)
* Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall – Forrest Gump (1994)
* Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney, and Leslie Ekker – Apollo 13 (1995)
* Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, and Habib Zargarpour – Twister (1996)
* Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould, and Nick Dudman – The Fifth Element (1997)
* Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, and Neil Corbould – Saving Private Ryan (1998)
* John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, and Jon Thum – The Matrix (1999)
* Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, and Tim Alexander – The Perfect Storm (2000)

2001–2020|

* Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook, and Mark Stetson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
* Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
* Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
* Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, and Remo Balcells – The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
* Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul, and Richard Taylor – King Kong (2005)
* John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
* Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood – The Golden Compass (2007)
* Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, and Edson Williams – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
* Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones – Avatar (2009)
* Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb – Inception (2010)
* Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, and David Vickery – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
* Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, and Erik-Jan de Boer – Life of Pi (2012)
* Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould, and Nikki Penny – Gravity (2013)
* Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley, and Ian Hunter – Interstellar (2014)
* Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, and Neal Scanlan \- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
* Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez – The Jungle Book (2016)
* Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, and John Nelson – Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
* Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick – Black Panther (2018)
* Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, and Dominic Tuohy – 1917 (2019)
* Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley – Tenet (2020)

2021–present|

* Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer – Dune (2021)
* Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, and Eric Saindon – Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
* Simon Hughes – Poor Things (2023)
* Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, and Rhys Salcombe – Dune: Part Two (2024)

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Saturn Award for Best Special Effects

1970s|

* Marcel Vercoutere (1972)
* Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt (1973)
* Douglas Knapp, Bill Taylor, John Carpenter, and Dan O'Bannon (1974/75)
* L. B. Abbott (1976)
* John Dykstra and John Stears (1977)
* Colin Chilvers (1978)
* Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, and Richard Yuricich (1979)

1980s|

* Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund (1980)
* Richard Edlund (1981)
* Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren (1982)
* Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Ken Ralston (1983)
* Chris Walas (1984)
* Kevin Pike (1985)
* Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak (1986)
* Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, and Rocco Gioffre (1987)
* George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, and Richard Williams (1988)
* Ken Ralston (1989/90)

1990s|

* Stan Winston (1991)
* Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)
* Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993)
* John Bruno (1994)
* Stan Parks (1995)
* Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, and Joe Viskocil (1996)
* Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997)
* Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, and Clay Pinney (1998)
* Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires (1999)

2000s|

* Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, and Stan Parks (2000)
* Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (2001)
* Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow (2002)
* Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003)
* John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004)
* Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, and Brian Van't Hul (2005)
* John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006)
* Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, and John Frazier (2007)
* Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, and Paul J. Franklin (2008)
* Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009)

2010s|

* Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Paul J. Franklin, and Peter Bebb (2010)
* Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett (2011)
* Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick (2012)
* Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013)
* Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014)
* Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould (2015)
* John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould (2016)
* Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Dan Sudick (2017)
* Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick (2018/19)
* Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20)

2020s|

* John “D.J.” Des Jardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Andrew Smith, and Mike Meinardus (2021/22)
* Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (2022/23)
* Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer (2023/24)

Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.

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