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Biography
Colin Chilvers (1945 – 19 November 2024) was a British visual effects pioneer who earned a Special Achievement Academy Award in 1979 for making Superman fly. He also directed the "Smooth Criminal" segment in Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.
Awards & recognition
- Special Achievement Academy Award · 1979
Filmography14 titles
Home Beyond the Sun
2004Director, Producer
2004Director, Producer
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006Special Effects Supervisor
2006Special Effects Supervisor
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975Special Effects
1975Special Effects
Superman
1978Special Effects Supervisor
1978Special Effects Supervisor
Moonwalker
1988Director
1988Director
X-Men
2000Special Effects Coordinator
2000Special Effects Coordinator
Superman II
1980Special Effects Supervisor
1980Special Effects Supervisor
Shoot 'Em Up
2007Special Effects Coordinator
2007Special Effects Coordinator
Superboy
Director
Director
The Pacifier
2005Special Effects Coordinator
2005Special Effects Coordinator
Lisztomania
1975Special Effects
1975Special Effects
Condorman
1981Special Effects Supervisor
1981Special Effects Supervisor
Curtains
1983Special Effects
1983Special Effects
Saturn 3
1980Special Effects
1980Special Effects