Matt Aitken (special effects artist)

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Matt Aitken
Occupation	Visual effects artist
Years active	1995-present

Matt Aitken is a special effects artist.

He was nominated at the 82nd Academy Awards for his work on the film District 9. His nomination was shared with Robert Habros, Dan Kaufman and Peter Muyzers.^[1] In 2020, he received his second Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects on 2019 film, Avengers: Endgame, at the 92nd Academy Awards. His nomination was shared with Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick.

Selected filmography[]

The Frighteners (1996)
Contact (1997)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
I, Robot (2004)
King Kong (2005)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Avatar (2009)
District 9 (2009)
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)

References[]

^ "The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.

External links[]

Matt Aitken at IMDb

Saturn Award for Best Special Effects

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)
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)
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)
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)
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 (2018/2019)
Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy (2019/2020)

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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