Betreff: Re: Indy 4 Pressemap (SPOILER)
PABLO HELMAN (Visual Effects Supervisor) is a native of Buenos Aires who joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as the Sabre Department Supervisor. Prior to joining the company, he was a compositing supervisor on “Independence Day” for Pacific Ocean Post, a digital compositor on “Apollo 13” and “Strange Days” for Digital Domain, and a Quantel Domino compositor on numerous projects for Digital Magic.
Helman received a Masters of Arts in Education from Cal Poly Pomona, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Composition from UCLA. He was nominated for an Academy AwardŽ for Best Visual Effects for Star Wars: Episode II - “Attack of the Clones.” He was also nominated for “War of the Worlds” and won a Visual Effects Society Award for Best Single Visual Effects of the Year for the same film.
On the latest installment of the Indiana Jones franchise, Helman served not only as Visual Effects Supervisor but is also credited as Aerial Director, Brazil/Argentina Second Unit.
Additionally, he served as visual effects supervisor on “The Pledge,” “Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace,” “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” “The Chronicles of Riddick, “The Bourne Supremacy,” “Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil,” “Jarhead,” “Munich” and “The Spiderwick Chronicles.”
BEN BURTT (Sound Designer) was the sound designer and supervising sound editor of all six films in the “Star Wars” saga, including the Special Editions of "A New Hope," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi." An accomplished filmmaker, Burtt has written, directed and served as film editor on a vast array of projects in the three decades since “Star Wars” was originally released. Among his many credits are the upcoming Disney-Pixar film “Wall-E,” “Willow,” “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Alien,” “Munich,” “The Dark Crystal,” “Howard the Duck,” “More American Graffiti” and “Invasion of the Body Snatchers" — in addition to all three "Indiana Jones" movies. He also was sound designer on such IMAX films as “Blue Planet,” “Alamo: The Price of Freedom,” “Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic” and “The Dream is Alive.” Additionally, Burtt was editor on the three "Star Wars" prequel films.
Television work includes serving as second-unit director on several episodes of “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,” and as writer on “The Adventures of Mungo Baobab,” “The Great Heep,” and writer/director of “Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen.”
Among his directorial credits are: "Blue Planet", "Destiny in Space," “The American Gangster,” “The True Story of Glory Continues” and “In the Footsteps of Fremont.” He recently directed and provided the sound design for “Manassas: End of the Innocence” for the National Park Service. He served as film editor on “Alamo, The Price of Freedom” and “The Living Seas" at the EPCOT theme park in Florida, and provided the sound design and special sound effects for “Wellington’s Victory.”
Burtt was nominated for an OscarŽ and a BAFTA Award for Best Sound Effects Editing for “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace," "Return of the Jedi" and for “Willow.” Burtt picked up another OscarŽ nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject, for writing, directing and serving as picture editor on “Special Effects: Anything Can Happen.”
He won an OscarŽ for his Sound Effects Editing for "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” and both an Academy AwardŽ and a Golden Reel Award for “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” In addition, he won a BAFTA award for Best Sound for “The Empire Strikes Back” and a Special Achievement OscarŽ for “Alien,” Creature and Robot Voice Creation.
Chris