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John Bruno

Visual Effects

Born January 1, 2000

Biography

John Bruno is an American visual effects artist and filmmaker known for his prolific collaborations with director James Cameron on films like Terminator 2: Judgement Day, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar, and The Abyss, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He has also contributed to other blockbuster films, including Ghostbusters, Batman Returns, Cliffhanger, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Kingsman: The Secret Service. He also directed the 1999 science fiction horror film Virus, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland. He currently holds five Oscar nominations and two BAFTA Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Bruno, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1990
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1995 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1994 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1993 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1990 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1987 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1985 · nominated

Filmography30 titles

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991Visual Effects Designer

Titanic

1997Visual Effects

Star Trek: Voyager

1995Director, Story

Kingsman: The Secret Service

2014Visual Effects Supervisor

Avatar

2009Visual Effects Supervisor

Ghostbusters

1984Visual Effects Art Director

The Abyss

1989Visual Effects Supervisor

Poltergeist

1982Animation Supervisor

True Lies

1994as Custodian

Fright Night

1985Visual Effects Art Director

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2019as Self

Batman Returns

1992Visual Effects Supervisor

Ghosts of the Abyss

2003Producer

Deepsea Challenge

2014Director

Heathcliff

1980Layout

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

2012Visual Effects Supervisor

Rush Hour 3

2007Visual Effects Design Consultant

Cliffhanger

1993Visual Effects Supervisor

Heavy Metal

1981Director, Sequence Supervisor, Special Effects, Visual Effects Director

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006Visual Effects Supervisor

Monsters vs. Aliens

2009Thanks

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

2011Visual Effects Supervisor

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

1986Visual Effects Art Director

Alien vs. Predator

2004Visual Effects Supervisor

Hercules

2014Visual Effects Supervisor

Season of the Witch

2011Visual Effects Design Consultant

Virus

1999Director

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

1974Animation

Devlin

Animation

Movie 43

2013Visual Effects