Kenneth F. Smith

Optical printer and camera operator and digital color timing supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic who entered American film in 1980 (THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK). Other notable (non-nominated) visual effects credits include RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and DRAGONSLAYER (both 1981), STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982), RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983), STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK and STARMAN (both 1984), THE GOONIES, COCOON and YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (all 1985), HOWARD THE DUCK (1987), WILLOW and WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (both 1988), INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II and GHOSTBUSTERS II (all 1989), THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, GHOST and BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (all 1990), HUDSON HAWK, STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, THE ROCKETEER and HOOK (all 1991), MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN and DEATH BECOMES HER (both 1992), THE METEOR MAN (1993), THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1995), TWISTER, SPECIAL EFFECTS: ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, DAYLIGHT, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT and 101 DALMATIANS (all 1996), THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, DECONSTRUCTING HARRY, TITANIC and AMISTAD (all 1997), MERCURY RISING, DEEP IMPACT and SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (all 1998), THE MUMMY, STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE, BRINGING OUT THE DEAD and THE GREEN MILE (all 1999), THE PERFECT STORM (2000), HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2001), THE TIME MACHINE, MINORITY REPORT, SIGNS, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS and GANGS OF NEW YORK (all 2002).

 Visual Effects 1982: E.T. -- THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (w. Carlo Rambaldi & Dennis Muren)
 Best Achievement in Visual Effects 1987: INNERSPACE (w. Dennis Muren, William George & Harley Jessup)

2 nominations, 2 Awards