British special effects supervisor
Neil Corbould |
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| Born | (1962-12-24) 24 December 1962 (age 61)
London, United Kingdom |
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| Occupation | Special effects supervisor |
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| Years active | 1978 – present |
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Neil Corbould (/ˈkɔːrboʊld/; born 24 December 1962) is a British special effects supervisor best known for his work on major blockbuster films such as Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Black Hawk Down.[1] He is the brother of fellow special effects supervisors Chris Corbould, Paul Corbould and Ian Corbould
Life and career
Corbould was born in London. He started his career in special effects in 1978 on Superman: The Movie. This was followed by work on Saturn 3, The Elephant Man, An American Werewolf in London, Victor/Victoria, Pink Floyd – The Wall and Amadeus. In 1985, he started work on his first of three Bond films, as a technician on A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights. He was then given the opportunity of supervising the floor effects on Licence to Kill. From 1990 to 1996 he worked on many films that included Highlander II: The Quickening, City of Joy, Cliffhanger, Leon and Muppet Treasure Island.
In 1995, he started on The Fifth Element which was his first film in the role of special effects supervisor for which he received a BAFTA.[2] He went on to supervise the science fiction thriller Event Horizon which was followed by Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, for which he received a second BAFTA.[3] This was followed by Entrapment and the Ridley Scott epic Gladiator for which he won an Academy Award.[4] He also received double BAFTA nominations for Gladiator and for Vertical Limit in the same year.[5] This was followed by work on The Mummy Returns and then a second collaboration with Ridley Scott on Black Hawk Down, which was filmed in Morocco.
In 2002, he worked on Roland Emmerich's The Day After Tomorrow in Montreal, which earned him his third BAFTA.[6] King Arthur and Kingdom of Heaven followed and, in 2005, he travelled to Australia to start work on Superman Returns. For their work on Superman Returns the Special Effects team received both Oscar and BAFTA Nominations for their work.[7][8]
He also collaborated with Edward Zwick on Blood Diamond and Defiance.
In May 2007, he made his directorial debut filming the pop promo "The Price Ya Gotta Pay" for band Saints of Eden.[9]
In 2012, Corbould supervised the special effects on Red 2, directed by Dean Parisot and starting Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Anthony Hopkins.
Also in 2012, Corbould produced his first movie, The Coward, directed by David Roddham.[10] Coward is a drama that takes us from the idyllic pastures of Ireland to the brutal and senseless trenches of the First World War.
In 2013, Corbould was nominated for an Academy Award for the third time for the special visual effects for Snow White and the Huntsman.[11][12]
Also in 2013, Corbould supervised the special effects on Hercules: The Thracian Wars, directed by Brett Ratner followed by Exodus, which reunited him for the fourth time with director Ridley Scott.
Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón was released in 2013. Corbould was part of the visual effects team that supervised the practical effects element of the movie and was instrumental in the process of getting Gravity from script to screen. He worked closely with Tim Webber, the visual effects supervisor, in creating the visual effects for the movie. Due to the success of Gravity, Corbould received his fourth BAFTA award (8th BAFTA nomination) and his second Academy Award (4th Academy Award nomination).
In 2016 he worked on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Head of Special Effects.
In 2023, he was honored a rare trifecta of Best Visual Effects nominations in a single year, for his work on The Creator, Napoleon and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Many speculated that the former would win in that category, but ultimately ended up losing to Godzilla Minus One.[13]
Selected filmography
Special effects supervisor/coordinator
- The Fifth Element (1997)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Gladiator (2000)
- The Mummy Returns (2001)
- Black Hawk Down (2001)
- The Four Feathers (2002)
- Beyond Borders (2003)
- Timeline (2003)
- The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (special effects director)
- King Arthur (2004)
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
- Superman Returns (2006)
- Blood Diamond (2006)
- Fred Claus (2007)
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
- Defiance (2008)
- Clash of the Titans (2010)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
- War Horse (2011)
- Wrath of the Titans (2012)
- Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
- World War Z (2013)
- Red 2 (2013)
- Gravity (2013)
- Hercules (2014)
- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
- The Martian (2015)
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Alien: Covenant (2017)
- Ready Player One (2018)
- Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
- Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
- Eternals (2021)
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
- The Creator (2023)
- Napoleon (2023)
- Gladiator 2 (2024)
Special effects consultant
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
- Criminal (2016)
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
- Morbius (2022)
References
- ^ Corbould, Neil. "Neil Corbould imdb page". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "BAFTA Award for 'Fifth Element'". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "BAFTA Award for 'Saving Private Ryan'". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "OSCAR for 'Gladiator'". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Double BAFTA Nomination for 'Gladiator' and 'Vertical Limit'".
- ^ "BAFTA Award for 'The Day After Tomorrow'".
- ^ "OSCAR Nomination for 'Superman Returns'". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "BAFTA Nomination for 'Superman Returns". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Saints of Eden". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ Roddham, David. "The Coward". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "The OSCARS 2013". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ The, Guardian (10 January 2013). "Oscars 2013: full list of nominations". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ Giardina, Carolyn (23 January 2024). "Oscars: Special Effects Supervisor Neil Corbould Among Crafts Vets with Multiple Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
External links
- Neil Corbould at IMDb
- http://oscar.go.com/nominees/visual-effects/snow-white-and-the-huntsman
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- http://www.blogtalkradio.com/123-film/2013/03/20/proflieneil-corbouldsfx-superoscar-wingladiator
Awards for Neil Corbould |
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| 1963–1980 | - Emil Kosa Jr. – Cleopatra (1963)
- Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, and Hamilton Luske – Mary Poppins (1964)
- John Stears – Thunderball (1965)
- Art Cruickshank – Fantastic Voyage (1966)
- L. B. Abbott – Doctor Dolittle (1967)
- Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Robie Robertson – Marooned (1969)
- A. D. Flowers and L. B. Abbott – Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
- Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, and Danny Lee – Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
- L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers – The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, and Albert Whitlock – Earthquake (1974)
- Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson – The Hindenburg (1975)
- Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, and Frank Van der Veer – King Kong (1976)
- John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, and Robert Blalack – Star Wars (1977)
- Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic – Superman (1978)
- H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, and Dennis Ayling – Alien (1979)
- Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Bruce Nicholson – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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| 1981–2000 | - Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston – Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Phil Tippett – Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, and David Berry – Cocoon (1985)
- Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, and Suzanne M. Benson – Aliens (1986)
- Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, and Kenneth F. Smith - Innerspace (1987)
- Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, and George Gibbs – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, and Dennis Skotak – The Abyss (1989)
- Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, and Alex Funke – Total Recall (1990)
- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Woodruff Jr. – Death Becomes Her (1992)
- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri – Jurassic Park (1993)
- Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Allen Hall – Forrest Gump (1994)
- Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, and John Cox – Babe (1995)
- Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, and Joe Viskocil – Independence Day (1996)
- Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, and Michael Kanfer – Titanic (1997)
- Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, and Kevin Mack – What Dreams May Come (1998)
- John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum – The Matrix (1999)
- John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, and Rob Harvey – Gladiator (2000)
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| 2001–2020 | - Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, 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)
- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier – Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, 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, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, and Craig Barron – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
- Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones – Avatar (2009)
- Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb – Inception (2010)
- Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning – Hugo (2011)
- Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott – Life of Pi (2012)
- Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould – Gravity (2013)
- Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher – Interstellar (2014)
- Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst – Ex Machina (2015)
- Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon – The Jungle Book (2016)
- John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Richard R. Hoover – Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, and J. D. Schwalm – First Man (2018)
- Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy – 1917 (2019)
- Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley, and Scott R. Fisher – Tenet (2020)
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| 2021–present | |
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 1990s | |
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 2020s | |
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| 1970s | |
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| 1980s | |
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| 1990s | - Stan Winston (1991)
- Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)
- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993)
- John Bruno (1994)
- Stan Parks (1995)
- Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, and Joe Viskocil (1996)
- Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997)
- Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, and Clay Pinney (1998)
- Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires (1999)
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| 2000s | - Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, and Stan Parks (2000)
- Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (2001)
- Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow (2002)
- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003)
- John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004)
- Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, and Brian Van't Hul (2005)
- John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006)
- Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, and John Frazier (2007)
- Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, and Paul J. Franklin (2008)
- Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009)
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| 2010s | - Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Paul J. Franklin, and Peter Bebb (2010)
- Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett (2011)
- Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick (2012)
- Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013)
- Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014)
- Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould (2015)
- John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould (2016)
- Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Dan Sudick (2017)
- Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick (2018/19)
- Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20)
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Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year. |
