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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Deep Blue Sea

Starship Troopers

Cliffhanger

Ladyhawke

The Watcher in the Woods

Escape to Athena

The People That Time Forgot

The Omen

Hennessy

Rosebud

Juggernaut

Phase IV

The Day of the Jackal

Young Winston

Straw Dogs

Duffy

John Richardson (born June 10, 1946 in England) is a British special effects supervisor. He is best known for his work on the James Bond film series (Casino Royale, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights, Licence to Kill, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day), all the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Aliens (1986). For the latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 1987 ceremony. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award at the 2012 ceremony.

On 13 August 1976, while working on A Bridge Too Far (released 1977), he was the driver of a car in the Netherlands involved in an accident, resulting in the death of his girlfriend, Liz Moore.
In 2019, he published the book "Making Movie Magic" which detailed his career in film.



John Richardson

John Richardson

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