Brian Johnson

Brian Johncock (born 29 June 1939) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. He changed his surname to Johnson during the 1960s. Joining the team of special effects artist Les Bowie, Johnson started his career behind the scenes for Bowie Films on productions such as On the Buses, and for Hammer Films. He is known for his special effects work on TV series including Thunderbirds (1965–66) and films including Alien (1979), for which he received the 1980 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (shared with H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Ayling and Nick Allder). Previously, he had built miniature spacecraft models for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Johnson's work on Space: 1999 influenced the effects of the Star Wars films of the 1970s and 1980s. Impressed by his work, George Lucas visited Johnson during the production of the TV series to offer him the role of effects supervisor for the 1977 film. Having already been commissioned for the second series of Space: 1999, Johnson was unable to accept at the time. He worked on the sequel, The Empire Strikes Back (1980), whose special effects were recognised in the form of a 1981 Special Achievement Academy Award (which Johnson shared with Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson).

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Brian Johnson

Filmografia

2001: la realizzazione di un mito

2001: Creating Kubrick’s Space Odyssey

Lo specchio della vendetta

The Alien Legacy

Filmed in Supermarionation

Century 21 Slough

The Beast Within: Making Alien

The Eagle Obsession

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

CSI: Scena del crimine

2001: Odissea nello spazio

Alien

Aliens - Scontro finale

L'Impero colpisce ancora

Space Truckers

La vendetta della Pantera Rosa

Slipstream

The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity

Spie come noi

Luna zero due

Quando i dinosauri si mordevano la coda

La storia infinita

Una messa per Dracula

Spazio 1999 - Attacco alieno

Spazio 1999 - Oltre lo spazio-tempo

The Glitterball

Gli spettri del capitano Clegg

Their Finest Hour

Caged Fury

Highlander 3

...E la Terra prese fuoco

Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City

I mostri delle rocce atomiche

I vampiri dello spazio

Countdown to Disaster

Prisoners in Space

L'astronave degli esseri perduti

Il fantasma dell'Opera

Il mistero del castello

Base Luna chiama Terra

Il tocco della medusa

Il drago del lago di fuoco

I pirati di Penzance

Krull

Thunderbirds: Vault of Death

Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf

Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion

Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky

Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril

Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope

Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City

Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder

Thunderbirds: End of The Road

Thunderbirds: The Uninvited

Thunderbirds: Sun Probe

Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive

Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom

Thunderbirds: City of Fire

Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5

Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead

Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment

Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster

Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!

Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact

Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster

Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon

Thunderbirds: The Imposters

Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep

Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham

Thunderbirds: Security Hazard

This Is Supermarionation

Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph

Spazio 1999

Thunderbirds