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Occupation
  
Visual effects artist

Years active
  
1961-2008

Name
  
Kit West


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Movies
  
Around the World in 80 Days, The Vision of William Blake

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

Nominations
  
Goya Award for Best Special Effects

Similar People
  
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Norman Reynolds, Scott Squires, Phil Tippett

Kit West (6 February 1936 – 17 April 2016) was a British special effects artist who was most known for his work in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Return of the Jedi.

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Early life

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Born in London, his early films were government and military training films produced by Realist Film Unit. He served two years in the British Army, where he gained experience in pyrotechnics.

Oscar history

All these were for Best Visual Effects.

  • 1981 Academy Awards-Raiders of the Lost Ark, award shared with Richard Edlund, Joe Johnston and Bruce Nicholson. Won the Oscar.
  • 1985 Academy Awards-Young Sherlock Holmes, nomination shared with David W. Allen, John Ellis and Dennis Muren. Lost to Cocoon.
  • 1996 Academy Awards-Dragonheart, nomination shared with Scott Squires, James Straus and Phil Tippett. Lost to Independence Day.

    • BAFTA award

  • 1983–Return of the Jedi-for Best Special Effects-Won, shared with Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Ken Ralston.

    • Death

    West died on 17 April 2016 and was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium.

    References

    Kit West Wikipedia
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