Known For
Visual Effects
Born
Apr 06, 1961
Place of Birth
Berkeley, California, USA
Credits
50 titles
Craig Barron
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50)
Self
Visual Effects in Foreign Correspondent
Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee
The Wolf of Wall Street
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Self
Safety Last!: Locations and Effects
Self
A Time of Innovation: Visual Effects in the Gold Rush
Self
Hugo
Visual Effects
Captain America: The First Avenger
Visual Effects Supervisor
Battle: Los Angeles
Visual Effects Supervisor
Alice in Wonderland
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Visual Effects Supervisor
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Self
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
The Road Virus Heads North
Producer
Catwoman
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Alamo
Visual Effects Supervisor
Down with Love
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Ring
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Majestic
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jurassic Park III
Visual Effects Supervisor
Cats & Dogs
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Mummy Returns
Visual Effects Supervisor
X-Men
Visual Effects Supervisor
Mission: Impossible II
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Green Mile
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Insider
Matte Painter
Soldier
Visual Effects Supervisor
Armageddon
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Truman Show
Visual Effects Supervisor
Titanic
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Evening Star
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Trek: First Contact
Visual Effects Supervisor
Dunston Checks In
Visual Effects Supervisor
Casino
Visual Effects Supervisor
Clear and Present Danger
Matte Painter
Demolition Man
Visual Effects Supervisor
Hocus Pocus
Visual Effects Supervisor
A Far Off Place
Visual Effects Supervisor
Batman Returns
Visual Effects Supervisor
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Visual Effects Supervisor
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Visual Effects Supervisor
Flight of the Intruder
Visual Effects Supervisor
Darkman
Visual Effects Supervisor
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Money Pit
Visual Effects
A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte