John Bruno (special effects)

John Bruno
John Bruno
	John Bruno, visual-effects pilot & Jennifer Andrews on location in New York.
Occupation	Visual effects artist
Years active	1971–present

John Bruno is an American visual effects artist and filmmaker known for his prolific collaborations with director James Cameron on films like Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar, and The Abyss, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.^[1]

He has also contributed to other blockbuster films including Ghostbusters, Batman Returns, Cliffhanger, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Kingsman: The Secret Service. He also directed the 1999 science fiction horror film Virus, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland.

He currently holds five Oscar nominations and two BAFTA Award nominations.

Filmography[]

Visual effects[]

Poltergeist (1982) – Animation supervisor: Industrial Light & Magic
Ghostbusters (1984) – Visual effects art director: Boss Film Studios, Entertainment Effects Group
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984) – Visual consultant
Fright Night (1985) – Visual effects art director: Entertainment Effects Group
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) – Visual effects art director: Boss Film Studios
The Abyss (1989) – Visual effects supervisor
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) – Visual effects designer
Batman Returns (1992) – Visual effects supervisor: Boss Film Studios
Cliffhanger (1993) – Visual effects supervisor
True Lies (1994) – Visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain
T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996) – Visual effects supervisor
Titanic (1997) – Visual effects consultant
Alien vs. Predator (2004) – Visual effects supervisor
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) – Visual effects supervisor
Rush Hour 3 (2007) – Visual effects designer/supervisor
Avatar (2009) – Visual effects supervisor
Season of the Witch (2011) – Visual effects consultant: additional photography
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) – Visual effects supervisor
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) – Visual effects supervisor
Movie 43 (2013) – Visual effects producer – Segment "Happy Birthday"
Hercules (2014) – Visual effects supervisor
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) – Additional visual effects supervisor

Directing[]

Heavy Metal (1981) – 1 segment
T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996) – with James Cameron and Stan Winston
Virus (1999)
Star Trek: Voyager (1999–2000) – 2 episodes
Deepsea Challenge 3D (2014)

Oscar history[]

All 6 films were in the category of Best Visual Effects

1984 Academy Awards – Nominated for Ghostbusters, nomination shared with Richard Edlund, Chuck Gaspar and Mark Vargo. Lost to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom^[2]
1986 Academy Awards – Nominated for Poltergeist II: The Other Side, nomination shared with Richard Edlund, and Garry Waller. Lost to Aliens.^[3]
1989 Academy Awards – The Abyss. Shared with Dennis Muren, and Hoyt Yeatman. Won.^[4]
1992 Academy Awards – Nominated for Batman Returns, nomination shared with Craig Barron, and . Lost to Death Becomes Her.^[5]
1993 Academy Awards – Nominated for Cliffhanger, nomination shared with , Neil Krepela and John Richardson. Lost to Jurassic Park.^[6]
1994 Academy Awards – Nominated for True Lies, nomination shared with Thomas L. Fisher, Patrick McClung and Jacques Stroweis. Lost to Forrest Gump.^[7]

References[]

^ "Our interview with the visual effects legend behind 'Ghostbusters,' 'Avatar,' and 'Terminator 2'". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
^ "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ "The 66th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

External links[]

John Bruno at IMDb

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[1] "Our interview with the visual effects legend behind 'Ghostbusters,' 'Avatar,' and 'Terminator 2'". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-12-15.

[Oscars1985-2] "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

[3] "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

[Oscars1990-4] "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

[Oscars1993-5] "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

[Oscars1994-6] "The 66th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

[Oscars1995-7] "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

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1981-2000	Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson and Joe Johnston (1981) Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren and Kenneth F. Smith (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett (1983) Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs (1984) Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry (1985) Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne Benson (1986) Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup and Kenneth F. Smith (1987) Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones and George Gibbs (1988) John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman and Dennis Skotak (1989) Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern and Alex Funke (1990) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak (1991) Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe and Tom Woodruff Jr. (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri (1993) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall (1994) Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan and John Cox (1995) Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joe Viskocil (1996) Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer (1997) Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack (1998) John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum (1999) John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke and Rob Harvey (2000)
2001-present	Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson (2001) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2002) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2003) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier (2004) Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor (2005) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall (2006) Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood (2007) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones (2009) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb (2010) Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning (2011) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer and Donald R. Elliott (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould (2013) Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott R. Fisher (2014) Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris and Andrew Whitehurst (2015) Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon (2016) John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover (2017) Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm (2018) Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy (2019) Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, David Lee and Andrew Lockley (2020)

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