Craig Barron
Visual Effects
1961-04-06 · Berkeley, California, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Craig Barron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50)
2021 · Movie
Movie Archaeologists: The visual and sound effects of War of The Worlds
2020 · Movie
Visual Effects in Foreign Correspondent
2014 · Movie
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014 · Movie
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013 · Movie
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013 · Movie
Safety Last!: Locations and Effects
2013 · Movie
A Time of Innovation: Visual Effects in the Gold Rush
2012 · Movie
Hugo
2011 · Movie
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 · Movie
Battle: Los Angeles
2011 · Movie
Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Movie
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009 · Movie
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · Movie
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008 · Movie
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008 · Movie
Fantastic Voyage: "Making Of"
2005 · Movie
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Movie
The Road Virus Heads North
2004 · Movie
Catwoman
2004 · Movie
The Alamo
2004 · Movie
Down with Love
2003 · Movie
The Ring
2002 · Movie
The Majestic
2001 · Movie
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001 · Movie
Jurassic Park III
2001 · Movie
Cats & Dogs
2001 · Movie
The Mummy Returns
2001 · Movie
X-Men
2000 · Movie
Mission: Impossible II
2000 · Movie
The Green Mile
1999 · Movie
The Insider
1999 · Movie
Soldier
1998 · Movie
Armageddon
1998 · Movie
The Truman Show
1998 · Movie
Titanic
1997 · Movie
The Evening Star
1996 · Movie
Star Trek: First Contact
1996 · Movie
Dunston Checks In
1996 · Movie
Casino
1995 · Movie
Clear and Present Danger
1994 · Movie
Demolition Man
1993 · Movie
Hocus Pocus
1993 · Movie
A Far Off Place
1993 · Movie
Batman Returns
1992 · Movie
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Movie
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991 · Movie
Flight of the Intruder
1991 · Movie
Darkman
1990 · Movie
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · Movie
The Money Pit
1986 · Movie
A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte
Movie