John Richardson

Personal Info

Known For Visual Effects

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-06-10 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK

John Richardson

Biography

John Richardson (born 1946 in England) is a British special effects supervisor. He is best known for his work on the James Bond film series (at least Casino Royale, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and Die Another Day), all the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Aliens (1986). For the latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 1987 ceremony.[1] He won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award at the 2012 ceremony. In 2019, he published the book "Making Movie Magic" which detailed his career in film.

Known For

Visual Effects

2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

as Special Effects Supervisor

2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

as Special Effects Supervisor

2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

as Special Effects Supervisor

2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

as Special Effects Supervisor

1989
Licence to Kill

as Visual Effects

1980
North Sea Hijack

as Special Effects Supervisor

1978
Warlords of Atlantis

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1977
A Bridge Too Far

as Special Effects Supervisor

Crew

1978
Superman

as Special Effects

1973
Scorpio

as Special Effects

1971
The Devils

as Special Effects