Leslie Ekker
American special effects artist
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| Born | Leslie George Ekker (1955-08-15) August 15, 1955 (age 68) Hollywood, California, USA |
| Occupation | Visual effects artist |
| Years active | 1977-present |
Leslie Ekker (born August 15, 1955 in Hollywood, California) is an American special effects artist who was nominated at the 68th Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects. He was nominated for the film Apollo 13, along with Michael Kanfer, Robert Legato and Matt Sweeney.[1]
Selected filmography
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
- Edward Scissorhands (1990)
- Hook (1991)
- True Lies (1994)
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Titanic (1997)
References
- ^ "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
External links
- Leslie Ekker at IMDb
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- Richard Edlund - Poltergeist (1982)
- Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Kit West - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, and Lorne Peterson - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- George Gibbs and Richard Conway - Brazil (1985)
- Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, Suzanne M. Benson, John Richardson, and Stan Winston - Aliens (1986)
- Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Edward Jones, and Bruce Walters - The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
- George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, and Edward Jones - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, and Steve Gawley - Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- The production team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990)
- Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang, and Douglas Smythe - Death Becomes Her (1992)
- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park (1993)
- Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall - Forrest Gump (1994)
- Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney, and Leslie Ekker - Apollo 13 (1995)
- Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, and Habib Zargarpour - Twister (1996)
- Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould, and Nick Dudman - The Fifth Element (1997)
- Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, and Neil Corbould - Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, and Jon Thum - The Matrix (1999)
- Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, and Tim Alexander - The Perfect Storm (2000)
- Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook, and Mark Stetson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, and Remo Balcells - The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
- Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul, and Richard Taylor - King Kong (2005)
- John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass (2007)
- Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, and Edson Williams - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
- Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar (2009)
- Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb - Inception (2010)
- Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, and David Vickery - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
- Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, and Erik-Jan de Boer - Life of Pi (2012)
- Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould, and Nikki Penny - Gravity (2013)
- Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley, and Ian Hunter - Interstellar (2014)
- Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, and Neal Scanlan - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
- Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez - The Jungle Book (2016)
- Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, and John Nelson - Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick - Black Panther (2018)
- Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, and Dominic Tuohy - 1917 (2019)
- Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley - Tenet (2020)
- Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer - Dune (2021)
- Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon - Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Simon Hughes - Poor Things (2023)
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