Poltergeist II (1986)

Born in Long Beach, CA. Visual effects supervisor who entered American film as a camera operator HE IS MY BROTHER (1976). Other notable credits at ILM include THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980), RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981), POLTERGEIST (1982), RETURN OF THE JEDI and THE RIGHT STUFF (both 1983), GHOST BUSTERS and 2010 (both 1984), FRIGHT NIGHT (1985), POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA and SOLARBABIES (all 1986), MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (1987), DIE HARD (1988), DICK TRACY, GHOST and EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (all 1990), BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992), MATINEE (1993), TERMINAL VELOCITY (1994), JUDGE DREDD (1995), MATILDA (1996), THE FIFTH ELEMENT and TOMORROW NEVER DIES (both 1997), PAULIE (1998), SUPERNOVA and THOMAS AND THE MAGIC RAILROAD (both 2000), I, ROBOT (2004), and SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006). His sister, Eleanor, is married to Francis Ford Coppola.  Nominated for Visual Effects 1986: POLTERGEIST II (w. Richard Edlund, John Bruno & Garry Waller) 1 nomination