Independence Day: Creating Reality
2000A look into the making of the state of the art special effects for the film Independence Day (1996). This crew spent a long time creating these 400 plus effects shots, and ended up winning an Academy Award for their work. Very interesting to see how hard these people worked in order to make the battles etc. seem so realistic.
Acted in
Roland Emmerich
as Himself - Director (as Roland Emmrich)
Dean Devlin
as Himself - Producer
Patrick Tatopoulos
as Himself - Production Designer
Michael R. Joyce
as Himself - Model Shop Supervisor
Bob Hurrie
as Himself - VFX Production Supervisor
Joe Viskocil
as Himself - Miniature Pyrotechnics / Mechanical Effects Supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil)
Volker Engel
as Himself - VFX Supervisor
James Balsam
as Himself - Motion Control Camera Operator
Tricia Henry Ashford
as Herself - Digital Effects Supervisor / Producer (as Tricia Ashford)
Tara Handy Turner
as Herself - Computer Graphic Supervisor
Hartmut Engel
as Himself - Unit Digital Animation Supervisor
Rob Bredow
as Himself - Technical Supervisor: Vision Art
Josh Rose
as Himself - Digital Producer: Vision Art
Andrea D'Amico
as Herself - Digital VFX Supervisor: P.O.P.
Lawrence Littleton
as Himself - Digital Compositor: P.O.P.
Pablo Helman
as Himself - Digital Compositing Supervisor: P.O.P.