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Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, currently the Visual Effect Supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company, Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. [1]
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director. Special Effects. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Ken Ralston was born in 1954 in the USA. He is an assistant director, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Contact (1997) and Forrest Gump (1994). More at IMDbPro.
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- ILM was built from the ground up, including the cameras used for Star Wars. “I realized I was going to have to start a company and put together a whole group of people that would just be specifically for making Star Wars,” said George Lucas in 1979.
- The original Star Wars effects crew shared a common movie in their origin story: The 7 Voyage of Sinbad. The 1958 adventure film by Ray Harryhausen featured mind-blowing stop motion animation.
- George Lucas envisioned the rebel fleet as hotrods. The original X-wing, Y-wing, and TIE fighter designs were incredible, but looked clean and manufactured.
- Joe Johnston was inspired by dirty dishes when designing the Millennium Falcon. Johnston was also tasked with redesigning the Falcon when the original design was deemed too similar to another ship on television.
May 6, 2020 · Ken Ralston: The Effects Magic of Star Trek, Back to the Future and Return of the Jedi - Talking Bay 94. May 6, 2020. | In talking bay 94, Interview, Star Wars, podcast. | By Brandon Wainerdi. What hasn’t Ken Ralston done?
Multi-oscar winning visual FX supervisor and creature creator, Ken Ralston chats with Tom about Klaatu from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi™ and so much more! ...
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Ken Ralston is known as an Visual Effects Supervisor, Actor, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Design Consultant, Thanks, VFX Supervisor, and Second Unit Director. Some of their work includes Forrest Gump, Alice in Wonderland, Back to the Future Part II, Cast Away, Jumanji, Back to the Future Part III, Men in Black 3, and Men in ...
Full name, Kenneth Ralston; born 1954. Addresses: Office: Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc., 9050 West Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.; Agent: Paul Hook ...
