Visual effects supervisor who entered British film as a digital artist for THE FRUIT MACHINE (1988). Other notable vfx credits include MEMPHIS BELLE (1990), 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE, THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL, MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART and EIGHT BALL (all 1992), LAST ACTION HERO and NEEDFUL THINGS (both 1993), THE HUDSUCKER PROXY and IMMORTAL BELOVED (both 1994), THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, DOLORES CLAIBORNE, FRENCH KISS, BRAVEHEART, WATERWORLD and STRANGE DAYS (all 1995), WHITE SQUALL, BEFORE AND AFTER, EXECUTIVE DECISION, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR and MARS ATTACKS! (all 1996), JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE, DANTE'S PEAK, LIAR LIAR, ANACONDA, CON AIR and GATTACA (all 1997), THE BIG LEBOWSKI, THE TRUMAN SHOW, SIX DAYS SEVEN NIGHTS, DOCTOR DOLITTLE, PLEASANTVILLE and MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (all 1998), THE MATRIX (1999), MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE and A MOMENT OF SILENCE (both 2000), THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001), THE MATRIX RELOADED and THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMAN (both 2003), THE LADYKILLERS (2004), BATMAN BEGINS (2005), THE PRESTIGE (2006), and I AM LEGEND (2007).  Best Achievement in Visual Effects 1999: THE MATRIX (w. John Gaeta, Steve Courtley & Jon Thum) 1 nomination, 1 Award