Colin Chilvers

English film director and special effects coordinator

Colin Chilvers (born 1945) is an English film director and special effects coordinator. He is known for his work on The Rocky Horror Picture Show[1] (1975), Superman (1978), Condorman (1981), and X-Men[2] (2000).

Chilvers directed the "Smooth Criminal" segment from Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.[3] When working with Michael Jackson, Chilvers told Rolling Stone, "I showed Michael a movie that I felt would fit the theme of the piece, The Third Man. He loved the look of it, that sort of film-noir look, so we used that to get the camera man to light it in a similar way."[4]

Chilvers won a Special Achievement Academy Award in 1979 for Superman.[5]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "America's Film Legacy". google.com.
  2. ^ "Special effects magician Colin Chilvers". CHCH - Your Superstation.
  3. ^ Variety Staff. "Moonwalker". Variety.
  4. ^ "5. "Smooth Criminal" (1988)". Rolling Stone.
  5. ^ "Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic Academy Awards Acceptance Speech". oscars.org. Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
  6. ^ "1979 Film Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema - BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Colin Chilvers". GRAMMY.com. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

External links

  • Official website
  • Colin Chilvers at IMDb
  • Colin Chilvers technician videography - Music Video DataBase
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