Special effects people

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 129. Chapters: Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, Ub Iwerks, Cecil B. DeMille, Eiji Tsuburaya, Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, Douglas Trumbull, Adam Jones, Stan Winston, Tom Savini, Joe Riley, Masi Oka, Gregory Nicotero, Craig Barron, Adam Savage, Robert Kurtzman, Georges Méliès, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Chesley Bonestell, John Gaeta, Rick Baker, Tomi Putaansuu, Derek Meddings, Chris Watts, Jamie Hyneman, Laurent Touil-Tartour, Shane Mahan, Joe Hahn, Larry Blamire, Tory Belleci, Grant Imahara, Marc Weigert, Mark Rappaport, Randy Fullmer, Mike Tucker, Greg Cannom, Evan Jacobs, Dennis Muren, Carlo Rambaldi, Jordu Schell, Shane Cooper, John Stears, Shinji Higuchi, John Knoll, Todd John Galda, Ken Ralston, John Dykstra, Taso N. Stavrakis, Arthur Widmer, David W. Allen, Craig Tanner, Shero Rauf, A. Arnold Gillespie, Brothers Strause, Richard Taylor, Mike Jittlov, Lydecker brothers, Bruce Jurgens, Giannetto De Rossi, Marcel Delgado, Chris Walas, Rob Bottin, Grant McCune, Warner E. Leighton, Chris Jenkins, Gene Warren, Kazunori Ito, Tony Gardner, Stephen Norrington, Brian Johnson, Mark Shostrom, John P. Fulton, Peter Ellenshaw, Richard Edlund, Koichi Kawakita, Emilio Ruiz del Río, Scott Stewart, Naveen Goud Medaram, John Dods, Charles Gemora, David Sander, Jon Harris, Vanessa Ament, Frank Jonen, Stephen Regelous, Bill Westenhofer, Mauriece Jacks, Jr., Freya Blackwood, Alex Funke, Roy Seawright, Kevin Yagher, Fred Sersen, L. B. Abbott, Donna Tracy, Adam Beckett, Kathleen Beeler, Simon Gosling, Ralph Hammeras, Olaf Ittenbach, Christian Colquhoun, Rigger, Hal Hickel, Jack Foley, Tony Mendez, John C. Kilkenny, John Carl Buechler, Matthew Yuricich, Paolo Verrucci, Eddie Paul, Eric Saindon, Lee Zavitz, Joseph Scholnick, James Basevi, Glenn Hetrick, Greg Jein, Eugene Twombley, Henning Bahs, Babubhai Mistry, Les Bowie, Bob Keen, Willi Geiger, Stu Maschwitz, Kenneth Strickfaden, Al Magliochetti, Zoe Gensel, Noah Kadner, Joshua Meador, Martin Bower, The Chiodo Brothers, Leslie I. Carey, Fred Knoth, Mark A.Z. Dippé, Nugent Slaughter, Leandro Estebecorena, Jordan Harris, John Allison, Bran Ferren, Michael Lantieri, Rick Stratton, John Grower, Scott Wheeler. Excerpt: Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999) was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career. Kubrick was noted for the scrupulous care with which he chose his subjects, his slow method of working, the variety of genres he worked in, his technical perfectionism, and his reclusiveness about his films and personal life. He maintained almost complete artistic control, making movies according to his own whims and time constraints, but with the rare advantage of big-studio financial support for all his endeavors. Kubrick's films are characterized by a formal visual style and meticulous attention to detail-his later films often have elements of surrealism and expressionism that eschews structured linear narrative. His films are repeatedly described as slow and methodical, and are often perceived as a reflection of his obsessive and perfectionist nature. A recurring theme in his films is man's inhumanity to man. While often viewed as expressing an ironic pessimism, a few critics feel his films contain a cautious optimism when viewed more carefully. The film that first brought him attention to many critics was Paths of Glory, the first of three...