- Known For
- Visual Effects
- Born
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- Place of Birth
- Bailey, Colorado, USA
Hal Hickel
Hal T. Hickel is a visual effects animator for Industrial Light & Magic. At the age of 12, Hickel wrote a letter to Lucasfilm, outlining his ideas for a sequel to the original Star Wars movie (now known as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), and received a polite rejection letter from producer Gary Kurtz. The letter now hangs on the wall of Hickel's office at ILM. Twenty years later, Hickel found himself working on Star Wars after all, as a lead animator on Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. A native of Bailey, Colorado, Hickel joined the Film Graphics Program at CalArts in 1982. He worked at An-FX from 1982 until 1988, and then joined Will Vinton Studios, working in stop-motion and motion control. Hickel began his animation career at Pixar in 1994, where he worked on Toy Story and the THXpromos, as well as some of Pixar's short films. Hearing that a new Star Wars trilogy was i…
Filmography
movieThe Mandalorian and Grogu
2026 · Animation Supervisor
tvAhsoka
2023 · Animation Supervisor
movieClaydream
2022 · Self
tvLIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Self - Animation Supervisor, Iron Man
tvDisney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020 · Self - Animation Supervisor
tvThe Mandalorian
2019 · Animation Supervisor
movieThe Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017 · Self
movieRogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Animation Supervisor
movieWarcraft
2016 · Animation Supervisor
moviePacific Rim
2013 · Animation Supervisor
movieRango
2011 · Animation Director, Animation Supervisor
movieIron Man
2008 · Animation Supervisor
moviePirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · Animation Supervisor
moviePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Animation Supervisor
moviePirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003 · Animation Supervisor
movieDreamcatcher
2003 · Animation Supervisor
movieFrom Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002 · Self
movieStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · Animation Supervisor
movieA.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Animation Supervisor
movieToy Story
1995 · Animation
movieWill Vinton's Claymation Easter
1992 · Animation
movieWill Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
1991 · Animation
movieRaisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
1990 · Animation