Brian Johnson
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- 29 de junio de 1939 · Surrey, England, UK
- 15 de junio de 2026
Biografía
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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Filmografía
- 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 · En persona
- Century 21 Revisited · En persona
- 2001: Creating Kubrick’s Space Odyssey · En persona
- Familia bajo amenaza · Det. Flynn
- Century 21 Slough · En persona
- This Is Supermarionation · Special Effects
- Filmed in Supermarionation · En persona
- The Beast Within: Making Alien · En persona
- 2001: The Making of a Myth · En persona
- CSI: Las Vegas · Brad Malone
- El legado alien · En persona
- Space Truckers: Transporte espacial · Special Effects, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Los inmortales III. El hechicero · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Their Finest Hour · Guion
- Furia enjaulada · Stunts
- Slipstream (La furia del viento) · Special Effects, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Aliens: El regreso · Special Effects
- Espías como nosotros · Special Effects
- La historia interminable · Special Effects
- Krull · Special Effects
- Los piratas de Penzance · Special Effects Supervisor
- Journey Through the Black Sun · Special Effects
- Countdown to Disaster · Special Effects
- El dragón del lago de fuego · Special Effects
- Los efectos especiales de El Imperio Contraataca · En persona
- Alien Attack · Special Effects
- El imperio contraataca · Special Effects
- Alien: El octavo pasajero · Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor
- Alarma, catástrofe · Special Effects Supervisor
- La venganza de la pantera rosa · Special Effects
- The Glitterball · Special Effects
- The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity · Special Effects
- Espacio 1999 · Visual Effects Director
- Cuando los dinosaurios dominaban la Tierra · Special Effects
- El poder de la sangre de Drácula · Special Effects
- Luna cero dos · Special Effects
- 2001. Una odisea del espacio · Special Effects
- ¿Qué sucedió entonces? · 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
- La gran sorpresa · Special Effects Assistant
- El beso del vampiro · Special Effects Assistant
- El fantasma de la ópera · Special Effects
- La patrulla fantasma (Captain Clegg) · Special Effects Assistant
- El día en que la Tierra se incendió · Special Effects Assistant
- El ojo. La criatura de otro mundo · Special Effects Assistant
- Quatermass 2 · Special Effects Assistant