Special effects and pyrotechnics supervisor who entered American film doing miniature explosions for STAR WARS (1977). Other notable sfx credits include THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980), THE TERMINATOR (1984), BAT*21 (1988), THE ABYSS (1989), TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991), BATMAN RETURNS and TOYS (both 1992), MATINEE (1993), TRUE LIES (1994), APOLLO 13 (1995), INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996), ALIEN: RESURRCTION (1997), ARMAGEDDON and JANE AUSTEN'S MAFIA! (1998), ARLINGTON ROAD (1999), BATTLEFIELD EARTH: A SAGA OF THE YEAR 3000 (2000), PANIC ROOM and STAR TREK: NEMESIS (both 2002), TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (2004), SLIP (2006), and LUCIFER and AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (both 2007).  Best Achievement in Visual Effects 1996: INDEPENDENCE DAY (w. Volker Engel, Douglas Smith & Clay Pinney) 1 nomination, 1 Award

Independence Day (1996)