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Lorne Peterson is a Canadian special effects artist most known for the Indiana Jones and Star Wars films. He won for Best Visual Effects at the 57th Academy Awards for his work on the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He shared his Oscar with George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister and Dennis Muren. [1]
- 1977-present
- Special effects artist
Light & Magic (2022) 1 Video. 4 Photos. Lorne Peterson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is known for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Jurassic Park (1993) and Star Trek: Generations (1994). More at IMDbPro.
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Apr 6, 2024 · 1 waiting Premieres Apr 6, 2024. Join us for an exclusive interview with the legendary model maker Lorne Peterson, as we dive into his illustrious career and groundbreaking work in the film...
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Lorne Peterson is a visual effects artist who worked as a modeler for Industrial Light & Magic on the six Star Wars films. In addition, he is the author of the 2006 book, Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop. He was one of two modelmakers to design Boba Fett's Slave I.
He earned a Bachelor's degree in Art from California State University, Long Beach. Since being hired by George Lucas in 1975, he has worked on many of Lucas's films, as well as several of Steven Spielberg's. In 1984, Peterson received an Academy Award and a British Academy Award for Visual Effects for his work on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In 1988, Peterson was chief modelmaker for another Lucas yet totally Star Wars unrelated film Willow.
Specific contributions
This is a list of some of the models that Lorne Peterson has worked on for the Star Wars films. ••Class-6 escape pod •Sandcrawler (Special Edition) •Star Destroyer •T-65B X-wing starfighter •TIE/LN starfighter •BTL Y-wing starfighter ••Cloud City ••Hoth snow •••Star Destroyer •••Star Destroyer ••Jedi Temple •Mos Espa Grand Arena ••Jedi Temple ••Jedi Temple •Mustafar lava river
•Lorne Peterson at the Internet Movie Database
•Lorne Peterson (Visual Effects) by Dennis Pellegrom on Star Wars Interviews (December, 2019) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on February 5, 2023)
•An Interview With Former Star Wars Modeler Lorne Peterson on the Adam Savage’s Tested YouTube channel (backup link)
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Dec 30, 2023 · Adam Savage interviews Academy Award-winning special effects artist Lorne Peterson, whose work includes Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Last Ark, Star Wars and E.T.
