AwardsAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects NominationsGemini Award for Best Visual Effects Similar PeopleJim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Grant Major
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Alex Funke (born October 12, 1944 in Santa Barbara, California) is a special effects photographer.
He worked with Charles and Ray Eames for eleven years, a period he deemed important to his career success. His first Oscar was a shared one for Total Recall. Funke became noted as an expert on miniatures and was brought to New Zealand for work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. At the 76th Academy Awards he shared an Oscar for his work on Return of the King, the third film of the series.
Selected filmography
1977 – Powers of Ten
1978 – Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
1979 – Buck Rogers
1981 – Heavy Metal
1988 – The Blob
1989 – The Abyss
1990 – Total Recall - Shared an Academy Special Achievement Award for this.
1991 – Grand Canyon
1992 – Freejack
1992 – The Lawnmower Man
1995 – The Indian in the Cupboard
1995 – Waterworld
1996 – Executive Decision
1996 – The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
1997 – Starship Troopers
1998 – Snake Eyes
1998 – Mighty Joe Young
1999 – Mystery Men
2001 – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
