Brian Johnson
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- 29. Juni 1939 · Surrey, England, UK
- 15. Juni 2026
Biografie
Brian Johncock (born 29 June 1939) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. He changed his surname to Johnson during the 1960s. Joining the team of special effects artist Les Bowie, Johnson started his career behind the scenes for Bowie Films on productions such as On the Buses, and for Hammer Films. He is known for his special effects work on TV series including Thunderbirds (1965–66) and films including Alien (1979), for which he received the 1980 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (shared with H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Ayling and Nick Allder). Previously, he had built miniature spacecraft models for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Johnson's work on Space: 1999 influenced the effects of the Star Wars films of the 1970s and 1980s. Impressed by his work, George Lucas visited Johnson during the production of the TV series to offer him the role of effects supervisor for the 1977 film. Having already been commissioned for the second series of Space: 1999, Johnson was unable to accept at the time. He worked on the sequel, The Empire Strikes Back (1980), whose special effects were recognised in the form of a 1981 Special Achievement Academy Award (which Johnson shared with Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson).
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Filmografie
- Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City · Special Effects Assistant
- Prisoners in Space · Special Effects
- The Eagle Obsession · Selbst
- Century 21 Revisited · Selbst
- 2001: Creating Kubrick’s Space Odyssey · Selbst
- Familie in Not · Det. Flynn
- Century 21 Slough · Selbst
- This Is Supermarionation · Special Effects
- Filmed in Supermarionation · Selbst
- Die Bestie im Innern - Making of Alien · Selbst
- 2001: The Making of a Myth · Selbst
- CSI - Den Tätern auf der Spur · Brad Malone
- The Alien Legacy · Selbst
- Space Truckers · Special Effects, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Highlander III - Die Legende · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Their Finest Hour · Buch
- Bestien Hinter Gittern · Stunts
- Slipstream · Special Effects, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Aliens - Die Rückkehr · Special Effects
- Spione wie wir · Special Effects
- Die unendliche Geschichte · Special Effects
- Krull · Special Effects
- The Pirates of Penzance · Special Effects Supervisor
- Black Sun - Der Todesplanet greift ein · Special Effects
- Countdown to Disaster · Special Effects
- Der Drachentöter · Special Effects
- Die Spezialeffekte aus Das Imperium schlägt zurück · Selbst
- Alien Attack - Die Außerirdischen schlagen zu · Special Effects
- Das Imperium schlägt zurück · Special Effects
- Alien - Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt · Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor
- Der Schrecken der Medusa · Special Effects Supervisor
- Inspektor Clouseau - Der irre Flic mit dem heißen Blick · Special Effects
- The Glitterball · Special Effects
- The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity · Special Effects
- Mondbasis Alpha 1 · Visual Effects Director
- Als Dinosaurier die Erde beherrschten · Special Effects
- Wie schmeckt das Blut von Dracula · Special Effects
- Banditen auf dem Mond · Special Effects
- 2001: Odyssee im Weltraum · Special Effects
- Das grüne Blut der Dämonen · Special Effects Assistant
- Thunderbirds: Security Hazard · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators! · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5 · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: The Imposters · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: City of Fire · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Vault of Death · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Sun Probe · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: The Uninvited · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: End of The Road · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds · Special Effects
- Die erste Fahrt zum Mond · Special Effects Assistant
- Der Kuss des Vampirs · Special Effects Assistant
- Das Rätsel der unheimlichen Maske · Special Effects
- Die Bande des Captain Clegg · Special Effects Assistant
- Der Tag, an dem die Erde Feuer fing · Special Effects Assistant
- Die Teufelswolke von Monteville · Special Effects Assistant
- Feinde aus dem Nichts · Special Effects Assistant