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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Les Bowie (November 10, 1913 – January 27, 1979[1]) was a Canadian-born special effects artist working mainly in Britain.
Bowie began his career as a matte painter in 1946.[2] His work found places in classic films such as Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and The Red Shoes.[3]
He created his own company in 1951 and worked freelance on projects for relatively low-budget studios such as Hammer Films and Oakmont Productions. His films for Hammer included The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), Dracula (1958) and The Kiss of the Vampire (1963). His Oakmont films were Attack on the Iron Coast, Submarine X-1 and Mosquito Squadron. Bowie worked with Ray HarryhausenonJason and the Argonauts, First Men in the Moon, One Million Years B.C. and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.[4]
Notable non-Hammer films included The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), Fahrenheit 451 (1966) Casino Royale (1967) and The Assassination Bureau (1969).
He was also one of a team to win an Oscar for his work on the 1978 film Superman, specialising in mattes and composites.
^ "Galeon - Popular Magazin 2021".
^ p.135 Webber, Roy P. The Dinosaur Films of Ray Harryhausen: Features, Early 16mm Experiments and Unrealized Projects McFarland, 2004
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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)
Robie 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)
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)
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 Williams 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)
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)
Peter Berkos / Albert Whitlock, Glen Robinson (1975)
Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, Frank Van der Veer / L. B. Abbott, Glen Robinson, Matthew Yuricich (1976)
Ben Burtt / Frank Warner (1977)
Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic (1978)
Alan Splet (1979)
Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson (1980)
Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson (1981)
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett (1983)
Kay Rose (1984)
Stephen Hunter Flick, John Pospisil (1987)
Richard Williams (1988)
Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke (1990)
John Lasseter (1995)
Alejandro González Iñárritu (2017)
The Children’s Film Foundation (1980)
Kevin Brownlow (1981)
David Puttnam (1982)
Arthur Wooster (1983)
Colin Young (1984)
Alan Parker & Alan Marshall (1985)
Sydney Samuelson (1986)
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