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American special effects artist
Leslie Ekker
Born Leslie George Ekker
(1955-08-15 ) August 15, 1955 (age 70) Occupation Visual effects artist Years active 1977-present
Leslie Ekker (born August 15, 1955 in Hollywood, California ) is an American special effects artist who was nominated at the 68th Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects . He was nominated for the film Apollo 13 Michael Kanfer , Robert Legato and Matt Sweeney .[ 1]
Selected filmography [ edit ]
1982–2000
Richard Edlund – Poltergeist Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , Ken Ralston , and Kit West – Return of the Jedi Dennis Muren , George Gibbs , Michael J. McAlister , and Lorne Peterson – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom George Gibbs and Richard Conway – Brazil Robert Skotak , Brian Johnson , Suzanne M. Benson , John Richardson , and Stan Winston – Aliens Michael Lantieri , Michael Owens , Edward Jones , and Bruce Walters – The Witches of Eastwick George Gibbs , Richard Williams , Ken Ralston , and Edward Jones – Who Framed Roger Rabbit Ken Ralston , Michael Lantieri , John Bell , and Steve Gawley – Back to the Future Part II The production team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Stan Winston , Dennis Muren , Gene Warren Jr. , and Robert Skotak – Terminator 2: Judgment Day Michael Lantieri , Ken Ralston , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang , and Douglas Smythe – Death Becomes Her Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett , and Michael Lantieri – Jurassic Park Ken Ralston , George Murphy , Stephen Rosenbaum , Doug Chiang , and Allen Hall – Forrest Gump Robert Legato , Michael Kanfer , Matt Sweeney , and Leslie Ekker – Apollo 13 Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Henry LaBounta , and Habib Zargarpour – Twister Mark Stetson , Karen Goulekas , Nick Allder , Neil Corbould , and Nick Dudman – The Fifth Element Stefen Fangmeier , Roger Guyett , and Neil Corbould – Saving Private Ryan John Gaeta , Steve Courtley , Janek Sirrs , and Jon Thum – The Matrix Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Walt Conti , Habib Zargarpour , and Tim Alexander – The Perfect Storm 2001–2020
Jim Rygiel , Richard Taylor , Alex Funke , Randall William Cook , and Mark Stetson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Joe Letteri , Jim Rygiel , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Karen Goulekas , Neil Corbould , Greg Strause , and Remo Balcells – The Day After Tomorrow Joe Letteri , Christian Rivers , Brian Van't Hul , and Richard Taylor – King Kong John Knoll , Hal Hickel , Charles Gibson , and Allen Hall – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Michael L. Fink , Bill Westenhofer , Ben Morris , and Trevor Wood – The Golden Compass Eric Barba , Craig Barron , Nathan McGuinness , and Edson Williams – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham , and Andrew R. Jones – Avatar Chris Corbould , Paul Franklin , Andrew Lockley , and Peter Bebb – Inception Tim Burke , John Richardson , Greg Butler , and David Vickery – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Bill Westenhofer , Guillaume Rocheron , and Erik-Jan de Boer – Life of Pi Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk , Neil Corbould , and Nikki Penny – Gravity Paul Franklin , Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Lockley , and Ian Hunter – Interstellar Chris Corbould , Roger Guyett , Paul Kavanagh , and Neal Scanlan - Star Wars: The Force Awakens Robert Legato , Dan Lemmon , Andrew R. Jones , and Adam Valdez – The Jungle Book Richard R. Hoover , Paul Lambert , Gerd Nefzer , and John Nelson – Blade Runner 2049 Geoffrey Baumann , Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack , and Dan Sudick – Black Panther Greg Butler , Guillaume Rocheron , and Dominic Tuohy – 1917 Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Jackson , and Andrew Lockley – Tenet 2021–present
