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Scott Farrar

Visual Effects

Born June 26, 1950 · United States

Also known as S. Scott Farrar

Biography

Scott Farrar is an American visual effects supervisor. He is also known for being the lead visual effects supervisor of the Transformers film series and the film A Quiet Place 2. He has been nominated for an Academy Award six times, winning once for Cocoon. His other nominations include Backdraft, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Transformers and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Farrar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1986
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 2012 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 2008 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 2006 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 2002 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1992 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1986 · nominated

Filmography23 titles

Light & Magic

2022as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor

Back to the Future Part III

1990Visual Effects Supervisor

A Quiet Place Part II

2020Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor

A Quiet Place

2018Visual Effects Supervisor

Minority Report

2002Visual Effects Supervisor

13 Hours

2016Visual Effects Supervisor

The Hunger Games

2012Additional Visual Effects, Second Unit Director

Men in Black

1997Visual Effects Supervisor

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2005Visual Effects Supervisor

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001Visual Effects Supervisor

Tears of the Sun

2003Visual Effects Supervisor

Transformers

2007Visual Effects Supervisor

Backdraft

1991Visual Effects Supervisor

Hardcore Henry

2015Supervising Producer

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011Visual Effects Supervisor

Deep Impact

1998Visual Effects Supervisor

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017Visual Effects Supervisor

The Pacifier

2005Visual Effects Supervisor

Daylight

1996Visual Effects Supervisor

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014Visual Effects Supervisor

Congo

1995Visual Effects Supervisor

The Haunting

1999Visual Effects Supervisor

War of the Worlds

2025Post Production Supervisor