John C. Kilkenny
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John Kilkenny is head of the Visual Effects department at Twentieth Century Fox, where he is Executive Vice Presidenth. This is the dicvision responsible for l the visual effects on feature films made by the studio’s production units, TCF, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic.
Kilkenny oversaw the effects on Night at the Museum, X-Men: The Last Stand, Live Free or Die Hard, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and many other Fox “event” movies.
Previously, he was an associate producer/visual effects producer on Garfield and on I, Robot, which earned an Academy Award® nomination for best achievement in visual effects. Before that, he was a freelance visual effects producer on the films Dr. Dolittle 2, Daredevil, Gone in 60 Seconds and Star Trek Insurrection.
Kilkenny began his career in motion picture visual effects at the renowned effects house Digital Domain, where he became head producer in the company’s commercial division. He has also worked as a freelance commercials producer (for clients Budweiser, Toyota, Chevrolet, and many others) and sportscaster at the NBC affiliate in El Paso, Texas. Kilkenny studied Radio/Television at the University of Arizona,, nterned at the NBC affiliate in Tucson, and was a sports producer at the local ABC station.
