Craig Barron
- Known for
- Visual Effects
- Born
- April 6, 1961 (age 65)
- Birthplace
- Berkeley, California, USA
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
The Wolf of Wall Street
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Battle: Los Angeles
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Captain America: The First Avenger
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Hugo
Movie · Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
The Alamo
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Catwoman
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Down with Love
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
The Ring
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Jurassic Park III
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
The Mummy Returns
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Cats & Dogs
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
The Majestic
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Mission: Impossible II
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
X-Men
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
The Green Mile
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
The Insider
Movie · Matte Painter
The Truman Show
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Armageddon
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Soldier
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Titanic
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Trek: First Contact
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
The Evening Star
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Dunston Checks In
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Casino
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Clear and Present Danger
Movie · Matte Painter
Hocus Pocus
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Demolition Man
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
A Far Off Place
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Batman Returns
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Flight of the Intruder
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Michael Jackson's Black or White
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Darkman
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
The Money Pit
Movie · Visual Effects