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Ken Ralston
Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commerci…
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Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, Dennis Muren hired him at Industrial Light & Magic to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained at ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis. Ralston has won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Academy Award for the visual effects in Return of the Jedi (1983), and regular awards for his work on Cocoon (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was nominated three more times for Dragonslayer (1981), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Ralston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV show Self
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2021
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
TV show Self
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2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2015
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Movie Self
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2012
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Movie Self
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2012
Men in Black 3
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2010
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
Movie Himself
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2010
Alice in Wonderland
Movie Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
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2007
Beowulf
Movie Visual Effects Design Consultant
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2004
The Polar Express
Movie VFX Supervisor
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2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Movie Self
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2002
Men in Black II
Movie Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
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2001
America's Sweethearts
Movie Visual Effects Coordinator
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2000
Cast Away
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
- 1999
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1997
Contact
Movie Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
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1996
Phenomenon
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1995
Jumanji
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1995
The American President
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1994
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Movie Self
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1994
Forrest Gump
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1992
Death Becomes Her
Movie Second Unit Director
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1991
The Rocketeer
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1991
Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air
Movie Self
- 1990
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1990
Back to the Future Part III
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1990
Dreams
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1989
Back to the Future Part II
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1988
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Movie Self – Visual Effects Supervisor
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1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1986
The Golden Child
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1985
Cocoon
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1984
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
