Person
Colin Chilvers
Directing · London, United Kingdom
Biography
Colin Chilvers (1945 – 19 November 2024) was a British visual effects pioneer who earned a Special Achievement Academy Award in 1979 for making Superman fly. He also directed the "Smooth Criminal" segment in Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.
Known for
Superman
Special Effects Supervisor
War of the Worlds
Director
Moonwalker
Director
The Pacifier
Special Effects Coordinator
Superman II
Special Effects Supervisor
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Special Effects
Shoot 'Em Up
Special Effects Coordinator
Superboy
Director
Saturn 3
Special Effects
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Special Effects Supervisor
Filmography
- 2007Shoot 'Em UpSpecial Effects Coordinator
- 2006Superman II: The Richard Donner CutSpecial Effects Supervisor
- 2005The PacifierSpecial Effects Coordinator
- 2004Home Beyond the SunProducer
- 2000X-MenSpecial Effects Coordinator
- 1997HIStory on Film, Volume IIDirector
- 1997HIStory on Film, Volume IIDirector
- 1989The Making of MoonwalkerSelf
- 1988MoonwalkerDirector
- 1988SuperboyDirector
- 1988War of the WorldsDirector
- 1986Kingdom Chums - Little David's AdventureDirector
- 1983The Making of 'Superman II'Self
- 1983CurtainsSpecial Effects
- 1981CondormanSpecial Effects Supervisor
- 1980Superman IISpecial Effects Supervisor
- 1980Saturn 3Special Effects
- 1978SupermanSpecial Effects Supervisor
- 1975LisztomaniaSpecial Effects
- 1975The Rocky Horror Picture ShowSpecial Effects
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