Craig Barron
Visual Effects
Born 1961-04-06
Berkeley, California, USA
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Craig Barron (born April 6, 1961) is an American visual effects artist and creative director at Magnopus. This media company produces visual development and virtual production services for motion pictures, television, museums and multimedia platforms.
Working at Industrial Light & Magic, Barron contributed to the visual effects of such films as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. At his VFX studio, Matte World Digital, he produced visual effects on Zodiac, Alice in Wonderland and Hugo. Over the course of his VFX career, Barron contributed to the visual effects of more than 100 films. He is an Emmy Award recipient for By Dawn's Early Light, and he received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects on Batman Returns. In 2009, he won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Barron is a film historian, museum exhibit curator, and educator focusing on the history of visual effects in classic films before and after the digital age. He hosts presentations and lectures on the visual effects of Hollywood's studio age. He produces short documentaries that reveal the formerly secret history of how visual effects pioneers created seamless visuals using matte paintings, miniatures and optical effects.
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Filmography
Acting
49 credits
Titanic
The Green Mile
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Truman Show
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Mummy Returns
Captain America: The First Avenger
Alice in Wonderland
Batman Returns
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Armageddon
Demolition Man
Hocus Pocus
The Ring
Casino
Mission: Impossible II
Star Trek: First Contact
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Clear and Present Danger
Hugo
Catwoman
The Money Pit
The Insider
Battle: Los Angeles
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The Majestic
Cats & Dogs
Down with Love
Soldier
Darkman
The Alamo
Dunston Checks In
Flight of the Intruder
The Evening Star
A Far Off Place
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
And the Oscar Goes To...
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
X-Men
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Jurassic Park III
Safety Last!: Locations and Effects
Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50)
Visual Effects in Foreign Correspondent
A Time of Innovation: Visual Effects in the Gold Rush
Michael Jackson´s Black or White
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Producing
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