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Ken Ralston

29 titles in the catalogue

Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, Dennis Muren hired him at Industrial Light & Magic to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained at ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis.

Ralston has won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Academy Award for the visual effects in Return of the Jedi (1983), and regular awards for his work on Cocoon (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was nominated three more times for Dragonslayer (1981), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Alice in Wonderland (2010).

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Their work

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  1. Forrest Gump1994Visual Effects Supervisor
  2. Alice in Wonderland2010Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
  3. Back to the Future Part II1989Visual Effects Supervisor
  4. Cast Away2000Visual Effects Supervisor
  5. Back to the Future Part III1990Visual Effects Supervisor
  6. Jumanji1995Visual Effects Supervisor
  7. Men in Black 32012Visual Effects Supervisor
  8. Men in Black II2002Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
  9. The Polar Express2004VFX Supervisor
  10. Alice Through the Looking Glass2016Visual Effects Supervisor
  11. Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988Visual Effects Supervisor
  12. Contact1997Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
  13. Beowulf2007Visual Effects Design Consultant
  14. Death Becomes Her1992Second Unit Director · Visual Effects Supervisor
  15. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan1982Visual Effects Supervisor
  16. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home1986Visual Effects Supervisor
  17. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock1984Visual Effects Supervisor
  18. Cocoon1985Visual Effects Supervisor
  19. Phenomenon1996Visual Effects Supervisor
  20. The Golden Child1986Visual Effects Supervisor
  21. The Rocketeer1991Visual Effects Supervisor
  22. America's Sweethearts2001Visual Effects Coordinator
  23. The American President1995Visual Effects Supervisor
  24. Dreams1990Visual Effects Supervisor
  25. LIGHT & MAGIC2022as Self
  26. Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan2012as Self
  27. Star Wars: Greatest Moments2015as Self
  28. Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump1994as Self · Thanks
  29. From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic1999as Self