Making Movie Magic: A Lifetime Creating Special Effects for James Bond, Harry Potter, Superman and More

John Richardson

Making Movie Magic: A Lifetime Creating Special Effects for James Bond, Harry Potter, Superman and More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 November 2021
Pages
288
ISBN
9780750997492

Making Movie Magic: A Lifetime Creating Special Effects for James Bond, Harry Potter, Superman and More

John Richardson

Oscar-winning special effects master John Richardson lifts the lid on his amazing career, through unpublished images and behind-the-scenes stories. John Richardson is an Oscar-winning special effects supervisor and designer, who has been involved in over 100 movies, including nine James Bond adventures, all eight Harry Potter films, Aliens, Superman, A Bridge Too Far, Straw Dogs, The Omen, Cliffhanger, Far and Away, Willow… and many, many more. In creating the magic that flows through these films
by creating huge explosions, beheading people, producing futuristic gadgets, making a man fly or breathing life into creatures that amaze and haunt us
Richardson has come to hold a unique place in cinema history. The son of pioneering FX technician Cliff Richardson, he learned his trade at the feet of a master of the craft. With over five decades of adventures under his belt, and a vast photographic collection of unseen pictures, Richardson now lifts the lid on his exciting and fascinating career of making movie magic. AUTHOR: John Richardson has enjoyed a fifty-seven-year career in the film business as an acclaimed special effects technician and supervisor, working on well over 100 films and several of cinema’s biggest franchises. He has been Oscar-nominated six times and won for Aliens in 1986. 100 colour, 100 b/w illustrations

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