John Knoll

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John Knoll is an Academy-award winning motion picture visual effects specialist at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop (along with his brother, Thomas), he is recently best known for his work as Visual Effects Supervisor on the Star Wars prequels and the 1997 special editions of the original trilogy. He also served as ILM's visual effects supervisor for Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact, as well as the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

Knoll was also the Computer Graphics Project Designer on The Abyss, an achievement which earned ILM its tenth Academy Award for Visual Effects.

Knoll also worked on two Star Trek episodes - Star Trek: The Next Generation's pilot episode ("Encounter at Farpoint") and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Explorers". In the latter episode, he created the award winning and popular Bajoran solar sail ship.

Contents 1 Feature Films 2 Commercials 3 Books 4 External links

[edit] Feature Films

• 2007 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN "At Worlds End" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 2006 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN "Dead Man's Chest" - Visual Effects Supervisor. (Academy Award Winner - Best Achievement in Visual Effects)

• 2005 STAR WARS: EPISODE III "Revenge of the Sith" - Visual Effects Supervisor.

• 2003 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN "The Curse of the Black Pearl" - Visual Effects Supervisor. (Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects)

• 2002 STAR WARS: EPISODE II "Attack of the Clones" - Visual Effects Supervisor. (Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects)

• 2000 MISSION TO MARS - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1999 DEEP BLUE SEA - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1999 STAR WARS: EPISODE I "The Phantom Menace" - Visual Effects Supervisor (Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects, British Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects)

• 1996 STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1996 STAR WARS SPECIAL EDITION - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1996 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1994 STAR TREK GENERATIONS - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1994 BABY'S DAY OUT - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1992 PHOENIX WATER PARK (Simulator Ride) - Director

• 1991 HUDSON HAWK - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1991 HOOK - Associate Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1990 THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER - Associate Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1989 THE ABYSS - Computer Graphics Project Designer

• 1988 WILLOW - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1987 INNERSPACE - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1987 EMPIRE OF THE SUN - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1987 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1987 STAR TOURS (Simulator Ride for Disneyland) - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1986 STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1986 CAPTAIN EO - Motion Control Camera Operator*

[edit] Commercials

• 1991 INTEL "Computer Inside" - Director

• 1991 DODGE DAYTONA "Starting Price" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1990 PANASONIC "Broadcast Simulator" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1990 NEC "Turbo Grafix" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1990 CHEVRON "High Performance" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1990 CRYSTAL LIGHT "Shade" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1989 FDA "Radon" (PSA) - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1989 US AIR "Ballet" - Director

• 1988 PACIFIC BELL "Smart Yellow Pages" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1987 LUCASFILM LTD "THX" (Trailer) - Motion Control Camera Operator*

[edit] Books

• John Knoll, J. W. Rinzler: Creating the Worlds of Star Wars: 365 Days with CDROM; Book about the Making of the Star Wars Saga; ISBN 0-8109-5936-4

[edit] External links

• John Knoll at the Internet Movie Database
• John Knoll article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.