British special effects artist
Roy Field (19 August 1932 – 23 May 2002) was a British special effects artist in the film industry. He worked on the first seven James Bond films before joining the team of 1978's Superman . He experimented with using animation to depict the flight of Superman and also used optical printing techniques to depict bullets bouncing off his body. The team shared the 1978 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the 1978 Michael Balcon award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema . Field received two BAFTA nominations for visual effects on the Jim Henson films The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986).
Earlier works [ ]
Field was born on 19 August 1932 and was British.[1] [2] As a visual effects artist he worked on seven successive James Bond films for Eon Productions , starting with the first Dr. No (1962) and continuing with From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971).[2] He later returned for an eighth film (he missed 1973's Live and Let Die ): The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).[2] [3] Field also worked on Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) and The Omen (1976).[2]
Superman [ ]
Field was part of the special effects team for Superman (1978). The team under supervisors Les Bowie and Derek Meddings included Colin Chilvers , Denys Coop and Zoran Perisic.[2] [4] The size of the team reflected the difficulty in depicting realistic flying sequences for the title character.[5] At one stage Field trialled the use of animation for this purpose but rejected it as not being photo-realistic enough.[6] Another of Field's contributions to the film was to use optical printing techniques to superimpose sparks on Superman's body to depict bullets bouncing off.[7] The special effects team members named previously shared the 1978 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects .[2] [4] Bowie died in January 1979 before he could collect his Oscar.[8] Field described him as fantastically inventive with "an ability to make do with string when other people used rope".[9] The team also shared the Michael Balcon award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema at the 1978 British Academy Film Awards .[4]
Later films [ ]
Field also worked with director Jim Henson on The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986), both of which received BAFTA nominations for visual effects. He received the inaugural British Society of Cinematographers Charles D. Staffell Award for Visual Effects in 2001. Field's last credit was for Mutiny (2002), an episode in the television film series Hornblower . He died on 23 May 2002.[2]
References [ ]
^ Adeyemi, Taiwo (1998). The Aesthetic Value of Special Effects Cinematography in Nigeria . Jofel Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-978-32418-9-3 .
^ a b c d e f g "Roy Field BSC" . British Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 17 December 2021 .
^ Caplen, Robert A. (2010). Shaken & Stirred: The Feminism of James Bond . Robert Caplen. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4535-1282-1 .
^ a b c Gunden, Kenneth Von (15 September 2001). Flights of Fancy: The Great Fantasy Films . McFarland. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-7864-1214-3 .
^ Theatre Crafts . Theatre Crafts Associates. 1986. p. 75.
^ Burke, Liam (31 March 2015). The Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood's Leading Genre . Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 50, 279. ISBN 978-1-62674-518-6 .
^ Chilvers, Colin; Lam, Aaron. Believing a Man Can Fly: Memories of a Life in Special Effects and Film . BearManor Media. p. 126.
^ Fryer, Ian (20 April 2017). The Worlds of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson: The Story Behind International Rescue . Fonthill Media. p. 55.
^ Maxford, Howard (8 November 2019). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company . McFarland. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-4766-2914-8 .
1963-1980
Emil Kosa Jr. (1963)
Peter Ellenshaw , Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske (1964)
John Stears (1965)
Art Cruickshank (1966)
L. B. Abbott (1967)
Stanley Kubrick (1968)
Robbie Robertson (1969)
L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1970)
Alan Maley , Eustace Lycett and Danny Lee (1971)
L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1972)
No Award (1973)
Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1974)
Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1975)
Carlo Rambaldi , Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer (1976)
John Stears , John Dykstra , Richard Edlund , Grant McCune and Robert Blalack (1977)
Les Bowie , Colin Chilvers , Denys Coop , Roy Field , Derek Meddings and Zoran Perisic (1978)
H. R. Giger , Carlo Rambaldi , Brian Johnson , Nick Allder and Dennis Ayling (1979)
Brian Johnson , Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson (1980)
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 , Douglas 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
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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 L. 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)
L. B. Abbott , A. D. Flowers (1972)
Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson , Albert Whitlock (1974)
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)
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