Nathan McGuinness

Nathan McGuinness
Born	Nathan Paul McGuinness
Occupation(s)	Creative director Visual effects supervisor
Years active	1998–present
Website	nathanmcguinness.com

Nathan Paul McGuinness is a creative director and visual effects supervisor. He was nominated for an Oscar for his work on the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and won a BAFTA Award for his work on the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).^[1]^[2]

Selected filmography

Black Hawk Down (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Bad Boys II (2003)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
X2: X-Men United (2003)
National Treasure (2004)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
King Kong (2005)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Transformers (2007)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
Unstoppable (2010)
Battleship (2012)
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Transcendence (2014)

References

^ "Oscars 2004: The winners". BBC News. March 1, 2004. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
^ "Bafta Film Awards 2009: The winners". BBC News. February 8, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2020.

External links

Nathan McGuinness at IMDb

Awards for Nathan McGuinness
v t e BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
1982–2000	Richard Edlund - Poltergeist (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Kit West - Return of the Jedi (1983) Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, and Lorne Peterson - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) George Gibbs and Richard Conway - Brazil (1985) Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, Suzanne M. Benson, John Richardson, and Stan Winston - Aliens (1986) Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Edward Jones, and Bruce Walters - The Witches of Eastwick (1987) George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, and Edward Jones - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, and Steve Gawley - Back to the Future Part II (1989) The production team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990) Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang, and Douglas Smythe - Death Becomes Her (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park (1993) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall - Forrest Gump (1994) Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney, and Leslie Ekker - Apollo 13 (1995) Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, and Habib Zargarpour - Twister (1996) Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould, and Nick Dudman - The Fifth Element (1997) Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, and Neil Corbould - Saving Private Ryan (1998) John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, and Jon Thum - The Matrix (1999) Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, and Tim Alexander - The Perfect Storm (2000)
2001–present	Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook, and Mark Stetson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, and Remo Balcells - The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul, and Richard Taylor - King Kong (2005) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass (2007) Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, and Edson Williams - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar (2009) Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb - Inception (2010) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, and David Vickery - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, and Erik-Jan de Boer - Life of Pi (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould, and Nikki Penny - Gravity (2013) Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley, and Ian Hunter - Interstellar (2014) Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, and Neal Scanlan - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez - The Jungle Book (2016) Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, and John Nelson - Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick - Black Panther (2018) Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, and Dominic Tuohy - 1917 (2019) Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley - Tenet (2020) Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer - Dune (2021) Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon - Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Simon Hughes - Poor Things (2023)

v t e Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects
1990s	Volker Engel and Douglas Smith (1996) Ken Ralston (1997) Ellen Somers (1998) Jerome Chen, John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, and Eric Allard (1999)
2000s	John Nelson (2000) Chris Godfrey (2001) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2002) Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg, and Dan Sudick (2003) Andy Brown and Kirsty Millar / Robert Legato, Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner, and R. Bruce Steinheimer (2004) John Knoll and Hal Hickel (2005) John Knoll and Hal Hickel (2006) Chris Watts, Grant Freckelton, Derek Wentworth, and Daniel Leduc (2007) Chris Godfrey, James E. Price, and Diana Giorgiutti (2008) Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, and Mike Vézina (2009)
2010s	Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, and Sean Phillips (2010) Robert Legato, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning, and Adam Watkins (2011) Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Michael Lantieri, and Ryan Tudhope (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013) Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, and Matt Kutcher (2014) Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Viktor Muller, and Sébastien Moreau (2015) Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez (2016) John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, and Gerd Nefzer (2017) Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick (2018) Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon (2019)
2020s	Scott R. Fisher and Andrew Jackson (2020) Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer (2021) Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, Richie Baneham, and Daniel Barrett (2022) Simone Coco, Neil Corbould, Jeff Sutherland, and Alex Wuttke (2023)