Chuck Gaspar


Ghost Busters (1984)
Son of Hungarian-born special effects coordinator Geza Gaspar (1910-1995). Special effects coordinator and supervisor who entered American film in the early 1960s (THE BIRDS and IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (both 1963, both uncredited). Other notable credits include FATHER GOOSE (1964, uncredited), THE PROFESSIONALS (1966, uncredited), IN COLD BLOOD (1967), HEAD (1968), THE HAPPY ENDING (1969), VALDEZ IS COMING and FOOL'S PARADE (both 1971), NAPOLEON AND SAMANTHA (1972), OKLAHOMA CRUDE (1973), ZANDY'S BRIDE (1974), THE DROWNING POOL and BITE THE BULLET (both 1975), HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK and A STAR IS BORN (both 1976), THE EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC and THE GANTLET (both 1977), EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (1978), ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ (1979), ALTERED STATES, ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN and NINE TO FIVE (all 1980), FIREFOX (1982), SUDDEN IMPACT (1983), PALE RIDER and PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (both 1985), SPACECAMP and TOUGH GUYS (both 1986), LETHAL WEAPON (1987), BEETLEJUICE (1988), GHOSTBUSTERS II and HARLEM NIGHTS (both 1989), BATMAN RETURNS (1992), WATERWORLD (1995), TWISTER (1996), TURBULENCE and ANACONDA (both 1997), ARMAGEDDON (1998) and VIRUS (1999).

 Nominated for Visual Effects 1984: GHOSTBUSTERS (w. Richard Edlund, John Bruno & Mark Vargo)

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