Allen Hall (special effects artist)

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Occupation Visual effects artist Years active 1979–present		Name Allen Hall Role Special Effects Artist
Born May 4, 1946 (age 77) ( 1946-05-04 ) Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Awards Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Nominations Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects Similar People Hal Hickel, Stephen Rosenbaum, Ken Ralston, John Knoll, Arthur Schmidt

Allen Hall (Born May 4, 1946) is an American special effects artist, who has won 2 Academy Awards as well as 2 BAFTA awards.

As of 2014 he has 65 film credits to date since his start in 1979.

Oscar history

All 4 films were in the category of Best Visual Effects

1991 Academy Awards-Backdraft, nomination shared with Scott Farrar, Clay Pinney and Mikael Salomon. Lost to Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

1994 Academy Awards-Forrest Gump, shared with George Murphy, Ken Ralston and Stephen Rosenbaum. Won.

1998 Academy Awards-Mighty Joe Young, nomination shared with Rick Baker, Jim Mitchell and Hoyt Yeatman. Lost to What Dreams May Come.

2006 Academy Awards-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, shared with Charles Gibson, Hal Hickel and John Knoll. Won.

300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

Man of Steel (2013)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

U-571 (2000)

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

Contact (1997)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Backdraft (1991)

Top Gun (1986)

The Man with Two Brains (1983)

Popeye (1980)

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