Special Effects Artists

<p> Throughout the course of film history artists have used matte painting stop-motion animation model photography process cinematography in-camera effects travelling mattes optical printing and physical and floor effects to entertain audiences. These are the special effects artists in this book.</p><p> The biographical entries provide career synopses and movie credits spanning the early years of cinematography through the end of the mechanical age of filmmaking marked by Steven Spielberg's <I>Jurassic Park</I> and its combination of conventional effects and computer-generated images. An extensive filmography numerous stills a glossary a bibliography and index are presented.</p>