Biography
Kenneth Ralston is an American visual effects artist, currently the Visual Effect 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, he was hired at Industrial Light & Magic by Dennis Muren 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1995
- Sitges Film Festival best special effects award · 1994
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1993
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1989
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1986
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- Special Achievement Academy Award · 1984
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1995 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1993 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1989 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1986 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1982 · nominated
Filmography26 titles
Forrest Gump
Light & Magic
Back to the Future Part II
Cast Away
Dreams
Back to the Future Part III
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Contact
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Jumanji
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Death Becomes Her
The Polar Express
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice in Wonderland
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Men in Black 3
Phenomenon
The American President
The Rocketeer
Men in Black II
Beowulf
The Golden Child
America's Sweethearts