Profession
Visual effects, Assistant director, Actor
Fast Facts
Has received the Visual Effects Society Award for best visual effects
Received a British Academy Award for his work of "Saving Private Ryan․"
The Producer's Guild of America named him one of the "Digital 25: Visionaries, Innovators and Producers" in 2009
Quote: "[On working on large projects] "You just become incredibly preoccupied with the task at hand, just trying to make it the best it can be, and obviously we worked incredibly hard․”"
Has frequently worked with filmmaker J․J․ Abrams
Visual effects supervisor who has worked on many projects produced by animation studio Industrial Light & Magic
In helping to create the lead character in "Casper," he created the first entirely synthetic character to portray a leading role in film history