Willis O'Brien

male, deceased (1962)
Willis H. "O'Bie" O'Brien (March 2, 1886 - November 8, 1962) was a pioneering motion picture special effects artist who perfected and specialized...
John Knoll

John Knoll

male
John Knoll is an Academy-award winning motion picture visual effects specialist at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). One of the original creators of...
Adam Savage

Adam Savage

male, 42 years old
Adam John Savage (born July 15, 1967) is an American television co-host on the program "MythBusters" on the Discovery Channel.
Rob Bottin

Rob Bottin

male, 50 years old
Rob Bottin (born 1959) is an American special makeup effects artist. He was born in the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte. From an early age he...

Richard Edlund

male, 69 years old
Richard Edlund (born December 6 1940, Fargo, North Dakota) is a multi-Academy Award-winning US special effects photographer. After first joining...
Jamie Hyneman

Jamie Hyneman

male, 53 years old
James Earl Hyneman (born September 25, 1956), known as Jamie Hyneman, is an American visual effects expert, best known for being the co-host of the...

Georges Méliès

male, deceased (1938)
Georges Méliès, full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earl...
Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji Tsuburaya

male, deceased (1970)
(born Eiichi Tsuburaya on July 7, 1901 - January 25, 1970, in Sukagawa, Fukushima) was the Japanese special effects director responsible for many...
Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson

male
Brian Johnson is a specialist for television and movie special effects. He is best known for his special effects work on "Thunderbirds", "2001: A...
John Gaeta

John Gaeta

male, 44 years old
John Gaeta (born "c." 1965) is a visual effects designer best known for his work on the "Matrix" film trilogy, where he advanced and popularized...