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Volker Engel

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Born February 17, 1965 · Bremerhaven, Germany

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Biography

Volker Engel is an Oscar and Emmy Award winning Visual Effects Supervisor, also producer, co-producer and executive producer of several films and mini series. In 1998, he received the highest honor for a citizen of Germany, the Order of Merit medal, in Berlin. He has been given the title of Professor by the Senate of his home state Bremen. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the British Academy for Film and Television Arts and the Producer's Guild.

Awards & recognition

  • Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 1998
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1997
  • Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1997 · nominated

Filmography7 titles

Independence Day

1996Visual Effects Supervisor

White House Down

2013Co-Producer, Visual Effects Supervisor

Anonymous

2011Executive Producer

The Triangle

2005Producer

2012

2009Co-Producer

Godzilla

1998Visual Effects Supervisor

Independence Day: Resurgence

2016Co-Producer