Since the surprising news of Mark Stetson being “let go” everybody was wondering who will be brought in his place. Well, now we have the answer:
The new visual effects supervisor for Lord of the Rings is Jim Rygiel. [More]
Day: March 18, 2001
Since the surprising news of Mark Stetson being “let go” everybody was wondering who will be brought in his place. Well, now we have the answer:
The new visual effects supervisor for Lord of the Rings is Jim Rygiel.
His film credits go back into the 80s, and he can surely be considered among the pioneers of computer graphics for films. He worked first as a technical director/digital effects supervisor on a film called “The Last Starfighter” in 1984, the very first movie to feature extensive computer generated space ships, over 230 shots and 20 minutes of on-screen computer generated effects. The company where Mr. Rygiel started went on to produce visual effects shots from “2010”, film on which Mark Stetson also worked.
In the following years, Jim Rygiel worked as digital effects supervisor on movies such as “Ghost”, “Alien 3” and “Batman Returns”. This last movie was made while he was employed at Boss Film Studios, where he also worked later on as visual effects supervisor on “Outbreak” and “Starship Troopers”.
Other notable movies were “Species” in 1995 as visual effects co-supervisor and “Star Trek: Insurrection” as visual effects supervisor (for Blue Sky/VIFX). His last project before “Lord of The Rings” was “102 Dalmatians” for Walt Disney Pictures at Secret Lab, where he and his team had to tackle the problem of creating a believable fully synthetic puppy from the bones up (literally).
More info coming soon.
Thanks to TORN Staffer Amyd from our SFX Section for hleping us out with this story!
A great chance to see when you can catch your favorite LOTR stars on the small screen this week! I’ve also added Peter Jackson and Howard Shore listings! [More]
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn)
The Thin Red Line (1998) UK 
Psycho (1998) UK
A Perfect Murder (1998) UK
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
The Prophecy (1995)
The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)
American Yakuza (1994)
Ruby Cairo (1993) UK
Carlito’s Way (1993) UK
The Young Americans (1993) UK
Young Guns II (1990) UK
Fresh Horses (1988) UK
Liv Tyler (Arwen)
Plunkett & Macleane (1999) UK
Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998) UK
Armageddon (1998) UK
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Ian Holm (Bilbo)
eXistenZ (1999)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1999) (TV)
The Fifth Element (1997) UK
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Time Bandits (1981)
S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV)
Robin and Marian (1976)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
A Severed Head (1971) UK
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Sean Bean (Boromir)
Ronin (1998)
Shopping (1994) UK
Patriot Games (1992) UK
Stormy Monday (1988)
Hugo Weaving (Elrond)
The Matrix (1999) UK
Babe: Pig in the City (1998) UK
Bedrooms & Hallways (1998)
The Interview (1998)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Miranda Otto (Eowyn)
The Jack Bull (1999) (TV) UK
The Thin Red Line (1998) UK
Elijah Wood (Fodo)
The Faculty (1998) UK
Avalon (1990) UK
Internal Affairs (1990)
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)
Pushing Tin (1999)
An Ideal Husband (1999) UK
Ian Mckellen (Gandalf)
X-Men (2000)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Apt Pupil (1998) UK
Jack and Sarah (1995)
I’ll Do Anything (1994) UK
Last Action Hero (1993)
Six Degrees of Separation (1993) UK
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli)
Secret of the Andes (1998) UK
Cats Don’t Dance (1997)
The Protector (1997)
Bloodsport 3 (1996)
The Great White Hype (1996)
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992) (TV)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Sword of the Valiant (1982) UK
Andy Serkis (Gollum)
Topsy-Turvy (1999) UK
Among Giants (1998) UK
Mojo (1997) UK
Harry Sinclair (Isildur)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Sean Astin (Sam)
Icebreaker (1999)
Kimberly (1999)
Bulworth (1998) UK
Dish Dogs (1998)
Safe Passage (1994) UK
Encino Man (1992) UK
Where the Day Takes You (1992) UK
Toy Soldiers (1991) UK
The War of the Roses (1989) UK
The Goonies (1985)
Christopher Lee (Saruman)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) UK
Jinnah (1998) UK
Death Train (1993) (TV) UK
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) UK
Mio min Mio (1987) UK
Safari 3000 (1982)
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Bear Island (1979) UK
1941 (1979) UK
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978) UK
Airport ’77 (1977)
The Four Musketeers (1974) UK
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Nothing But the Night (1972)
One More Time (1970)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) UK
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) UK
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) UK
The Gorgon (1964) UK
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Private’s Progress (1956) UK
Moulin Rouge (1952)
My Brother’s Keeper (1948) UK
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Bernard Hill (Theoden)
True Crime (1999) UK
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999) UK
Shirley Valentine (1989) UK
Gandhi (1982) UK
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)
Urban Legend (1998) UK
Bride of Chucky (1998) UK
Best Men (1997)
Death Machine (1995)
Phoenix (1995)
Murder in the First (1995) UK
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991)
The Exorcist III (1990) UK
Graveyard Shift (1990)
Hidden Agenda (1990)
Spontaneous Combustion (1989)
Ragtime (1981)
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) UK
Peter Jackson (Director)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Bad Taste (1987) UK
Howard Shore (Composer)
The Cell (2000)
High Fidelity (2000)
eXistenZ (1999)
Dogma (1999)
Analyze This (1999) UK
Crash (1996) UK
Striptease (1996)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Se7en (1995)
Single White Female (1992) UK
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
She-Devil (1989) UK
Dead Ringers (1988) UK
Places in the Heart (1984) UK
Silkwood (1983)
Today, March 18th, is Brad Dourif’s Birthday! Brad was born Bradford Claude Dourif on March the 18th, 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia. That makes him 51 today! Happy Birthday Brad!
Ringer Spy Shawn sends in an article from ‘Millimeter Magazine’ concerning WETA and the LOTR special effects department.