Craig Barron

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 ET the ExtraTerrestrial 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 Dawns 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 Hollywoods 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia