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Occupation
  
Visual effects artist

Years active
  
1988-present

Name
  
Jon Thum


Role
  
Special effects supervisor

Awards
  
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

Nominations
  
Saturn Award for Best Special Effects

Similar
  
Janek Sirrs, John Gaeta, Zach Staenberg, Neil Corbould, Owen Paterson

CGI VFX Behind the Scenes : Dredd 3D Augmenting Reality by Prime Focus World


Jon Thum is a visual effects artist. He contributed work on The Matrix and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. As a supervisor at Prime Focus World in 2012, he led a 70-person team of artists to produce 650 visual effects shots for Dredd 3D.

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Oscars

Both of these are in the category of Best Visual Effects

  • 72nd Academy Awards-The Matrix, shared with Steve Courtley, John Gaeta and Janek Sirrs. Won.
  • 79th Academy Awards-Nominated for Superman Returns. Nomination shared with Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould and Richard R. Hoover. Lost to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

    • Selected filmography

  • Dredd (2012)
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
  • Quantum of Solace (2008)
  • Superman Returns (2006)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  • Troy (2004)
  • The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
  • What Lies Beneath (2000)
  • The Matrix (1999)

    • References

    Jon Thum Wikipedia
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