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Barrie Gower

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Biografie

Barrie Gower is a five-time Emmy-winning prosthetics designer. Gower grew up in the north of England, where his father managed a cinema. As he became a teenager, he became heavily involved in art—mostly drawings and sculpture. Still, in those early days, his mission felt like more “of a pipe dream.” With the support of his mom, Gower applied for art programmes, stumbling upon one promising option at the London College of Fashion. He didn't get into the university in the first year, as he didn't have any evidence of doing any hairstyling or makeup (although he had a portfolio). His mother enrolled him in a hairdressing course, and the following year he was accepted at LCF, where he “managed to meet quite a lot of industry professionals.” Barrie began his career in the film industry in 1996 after graduating from the London College of Fashion with a HND in Specialist Make-up. His first role was at the BBC Visual Effects Department on projects including ‘Red Dwarf’ and ‘Silent Witness’. The following year, Barrie was employed on his first major feature film, Steven Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan'. Barrie has since worked for industry-leading companies and individuals such as Weta Workshop and multi-award winner Rick Baker. Barrie contributed to the Academy Award-winning prosthetics for 'The Wolfman' (2011) and 'The Iron Lady' (2012). After 10 years working in the Harry Potter film world and then freelancing on other large-scale projects, Gower decided to start his own company, BGFX, with his wife, Sarah, also a prosthetics designer. They’d met working on a film in Budapest. At that time, she was part of the CGI visual effects department. BGFX began as an at-home studio but quickly launched into the big leagues when it received its first major opportunity: designing prosthetics for season four of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Thrones was the beginning of a fruitful relationship with HBO, one that has seen the couple spearheading designs for many more of the network’s biggest hits, among them House of the Dragon and The Last of Us. For the former, the job primarily centred around the ageing and decay of Paddy Considine’s character, the doomed king Viserys Targaryen. Simultaneously, BGFX was handling The Last of Us, which Gower is quick to describe as “the biggest thing we’ve ever done.” For that series, the company was tasked with designing and executing a whole world consumed by a fungus, plus the resulting zombie-like creatures that are born out of those spores. They didn’t have to start from scratch, however, relying on the catalogue of work created for the original 2013 video game by developer Naughty Dog.

Bekannt aus

Poster zu Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones
Serie · 2011 · ★ 8,5
Poster zu Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban
Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban
Film · 2004 · ★ 8,0
Poster zu Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes - Teil 2
Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes - Teil 2
Film · 2011 · ★ 8,1
Poster zu Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes - Teil 1
Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes - Teil 1
Film · 2010 · ★ 7,7
Poster zu Star Wars: Episode II - Angriff der Klonkrieger
Star Wars: Episode II - Angriff der Klonkrieger
Film · 2002 · ★ 6,6
Poster zu Life of Pi - Schiffbruch mit Tiger
Life of Pi - Schiffbruch mit Tiger
Film · 2012 · ★ 7,4
Poster zu Kick-Ass
Kick-Ass
Film · 2010 · ★ 7,1
Poster zu Troja
Troja
Film · 2004 · ★ 7,2
Poster zu Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Film · 2022 · ★ 7,2
Poster zu Snatch - Schweine und Diamanten
Snatch - Schweine und Diamanten
Film · 2000 · ★ 7,8
Poster zu Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Film · 2004 · ★ 7,5
Poster zu Auslöschung
Auslöschung
Film · 2018 · ★ 6,5

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