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Born in Detroit, MI; educated at the University of Michigan. John Nelson has worked for Industrial Light and Magic, Mental Images GMBH, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and Dreamworks, among others. He has been nominated for Clio Awards six times, winning twice. He animated key scenes in TERMINATOR 2, most notably where the shotgunned head of the chrome terminator re-seals itself. For Imageworks, he supervised effects for SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER, MY LIFE, THE PELICAN BRIEF, WOLF, JOHNNY MNEMONIC, JUDGE DREDD, THE CABLE GUY, ANACONDA and CITY OF ANGELS. In 1998, he joined Dreamworks to supervise effects on Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR. He worked on EVOLUTION for Ivan Reitman. Subsequent credits include ALI (2001), K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER (2002), THE MATRIX RELOADED and THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (both 2003), I, ROBOT (2004), and IRON MAN (2008). Nelson is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the International Cinematographers Guild Local 600 and the Visual Effects Society.  Best Achievement in Visual Effects 2000: GLADIATOR (w. Neil Corbould, Tim Burke & Rob Harvey)  Nominated for Achievement in Visual Effects 2004: I, ROBOT (w. Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri) 2 nomination, 1 Award