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Ken Ralston
Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, Dennis Muren hired him at Industrial Light & Magic to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained at ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis. Ralston has won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Academy Award for the visual effects in Return of the Jedi (1983), and regular awards for his work on Cocoon (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was nominated t…
Filmography
tvLIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Self, Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
tvThe Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021 · Self
movieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieStar Wars: Greatest Moments
2015 · Self
movieRay Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 · Self
movieMen in Black 3
2012 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieAlice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
2010 · Himself
movieAlice in Wonderland
2010 · Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
movieBeowulf
2007 · Visual Effects Design Consultant
movieThe Polar Express
2004 · VFX Supervisor
movieWhen Star Wars Ruled the World
2004 · Self
movieMen in Black II
2002 · Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
movieAmerica's Sweethearts
2001 · Visual Effects Coordinator
movieCast Away
2000 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieFrom Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999 · Self
movieContact
1997 · Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
moviePhenomenon
1996 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieJumanji
1995 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe American President
1995 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThrough the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994 · Self, Thanks
movieForrest Gump
1994 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieDeath Becomes Her
1992 · Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe Rocketeer
1991 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieRocketeer: Excitement in the Air
1991 · Self
movieThe Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990 · Self
movieBack to the Future Part III
1990 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieDreams
1990 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieBack to the Future Part II
1989 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieWho Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe Golden Child
1986 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieCocoon
1985 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieStar Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Visual Effects Supervisor