Personal Info
Known For
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
June 10, 1946 (79 years old)
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
Crew
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Special Effects Supervisor
2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Special Effects Supervisor
2009
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Special Effects Supervisor
2007
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Special Effects Supervisor
2004
Licence to Kill
Visual Effects
1989
North Sea Hijack
Special Effects Supervisor
1980
Superman
Special Effects
1978
Warlords of Atlantis
Visual Effects Supervisor
1978
A Bridge Too Far
Special Effects Supervisor
1977
Scorpio
Special Effects
1973
The Devils
Special Effects
1971
Play Dirty
Special Effects
1969