Craig Barron | |
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| Born | April 6, 1961 Berkeley, California, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Creative director Visual effects supervisor Film historian Lecturer |
| Years active | 1979 – present |
| Awards | Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Emmy, VES Founders Award, Doctorate of Letters |
| Website | Magnopus |
Craig Barron (born April 6, 1961)[1] is an American visual effects artist and creative director at Magnopus, a media company that produces visual development and virtual production services for motion pictures, television, museums and multimedia platforms.[2][3]
Working at Industrial Light & Magic, Barron contributed to the visual effects on such films as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. At his own 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 on 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 with a focus on the history of visual effects in classic films, before and after the digital age. He hosts presentations and lectures on the visual effects from 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.
- ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at MyHeritage
- ^ Craig Barron - Creative Director. Magnopus. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
- ^ What We Do. Magnopus. Retrieved December 22, 2021.