John Richardson
- Visual effects
- June 10, 1946 · Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
Biography
John Richardson (born 1946 in England) is a British special effects supervisor. He is best known for his work on the James Bond film series (at least Casino Royale, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and Die Another Day), all the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Aliens (1986). For the latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 1987 ceremony.[1] He won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award at the 2012 ceremony. In 2019, he published the book "Making Movie Magic" which detailed his career in film.
Known for
Filmography
- Harry Potter: The Official Film Podcast · Self
- When Harry Left Hogwarts · Self
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · Special Effects Supervisor
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · Special Effects Supervisor
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · Special Effects Supervisor
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · Special Effects Supervisor
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire · Special Effects Supervisor
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban · Special Effects Supervisor
- Building a Scene
- Die Another Day: From Script to Screen · Self
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets · Special Effects Supervisor
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone · Special Effects Supervisor
- The Omen Legacy · Self
- Inside 'The Living Daylights' · Self
- Inside 'Licence to Kill' · Self
- Inside 'Moonraker' · Self
- Inside 'Octopussy' · Self
- Inside Q's Lab · Self
- Deep Blue Sea · Special Effects Supervisor
- Highly Classified: The World of 007 · Self
- Starship Troopers · Special Effects Supervisor
- Cliffhanger · Special Effects Coordinator
- Licence to Kill · Visual Effects
- Ladyhawke · Special Effects Supervisor
- The Watcher in the Woods · Special Effects
- North Sea Hijack · Special Effects Supervisor
- Escape to Athena · Special Effects
- Superman · Special Effects
- Warlords of Atlantis · Visual Effects Supervisor
- The People That Time Forgot · Special Effects Supervisor
- A Bridge Too Far · Special Effects Supervisor
- The Omen · Special Effects
- Hennessy · Special Effects
- Rosebud · Special Effects
- Juggernaut · Special Effects
- Phase IV · Special Effects
- Mahler · Special Effects
- The Day of the Jackal · Special Effects
- Scorpio · Special Effects
- Young Winston · Special Effects
- Straw Dogs · Special Effects
- The Devils · Special Effects
- Battle of Britain · Special Effects Assistant
- Play Dirty · Special Effects
- Duffy · Special Effects
- Dark of the Sun · Special Effects Technician
- Help! · Special Effects
- Lawrence of Arabia · Special Effects Assistant