Roger Guyett
Roger Guyett is an English visual effects supervisor and second unit director.
Guyett and his fellow visual effects artists were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens [ 1]
He started his career working in London doing Computer Animation work on commercials, pop videos and TV idents in the mid-1980s. Following a move to the United States in 1993, he began working on various film projects. He initially worked at Pacific Data Images (PDI - the largest Computer Graphics company at that time, known for the Michael Jackson video 'Black or White') before moving in 1995 to Industrial Light & Magic – one of the longest-standing and most successful visual effects companies in the world. During his 27-year tenure at ILM he has worked on over 30 films.
Guyett has been nominated for six Academy Awards: he was also nominated for Ready Player One Star Trek Into Darkness Star Trek ,Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban British Academy Film Awards for Best Special Visual Effects and been nominated a further six times.
Guyett returned to supervise the visual effects for the final/episodic film of the Skywalker Saga , Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ,
Filmography
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Awards for Roger Guyett
1982–2000
Richard Edlund - Poltergeist Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , Ken Ralston , and Kit West - Return of the Jedi Dennis Muren , George Gibbs , Michael J. McAlister , and Lorne Peterson - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom George Gibbs and Richard Conway - Brazil Robert Skotak , Brian Johnson , Suzanne M. Benson , John Richardson , and Stan Winston - Aliens Michael Lantieri , Michael Owens , Edward Jones , and Bruce Walters - The Witches of Eastwick George Gibbs , Richard Williams , Ken Ralston , and Edward Jones - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Ken Ralston , Michael Lantieri , John Bell , and Steve Gawley - Back to the Future Part II The production team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Stan Winston , Dennis Muren , Gene Warren Jr. , and Robert Skotak - Terminator 2: Judgment Day Michael Lantieri , Ken Ralston , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang , and Douglas Smythe - Death Becomes Her Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett , and Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park Ken Ralston , George Murphy , Stephen Rosenbaum , Doug Chiang , and Allen Hall - Forrest Gump Robert Legato , Michael Kanfer , Matt Sweeney , and Leslie Ekker - Apollo 13 Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Henry LaBounta , and Habib Zargarpour - Twister Mark Stetson , Karen Goulekas , Nick Allder , Neil Corbould , and Nick Dudman - The Fifth Element Stefen Fangmeier , Roger Guyett , and Neil Corbould - Saving Private Ryan John Gaeta , Steve Courtley , Janek Sirrs , and Jon Thum - The Matrix Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Walt Conti , Habib Zargarpour , and Tim Alexander - The Perfect Storm 2001–present
Jim Rygiel , Richard Taylor , Alex Funke , Randall William Cook , and Mark Stetson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Joe Letteri , Jim Rygiel , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Karen Goulekas , Neil Corbould , Greg Strause , and Remo Balcells - The Day After Tomorrow Joe Letteri , Christian Rivers , Brian Van't Hul , and Richard Taylor - King Kong John Knoll , Hal Hickel , Charles Gibson , and Allen Hall - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Michael L. Fink , Bill Westenhofer , Ben Morris , and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass Eric Barba , Craig Barron , Nathan McGuinness , and Edson Williams - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham , and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar Chris Corbould , Paul Franklin , Andrew Lockley , and Peter Bebb - Inception Tim Burke , John Richardson , Greg Butler , and David Vickery - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Bill Westenhofer , Guillaume Rocheron , and Erik-Jan de Boer - Life of Pi Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk , Neil Corbould , and Nikki Penny - Gravity Paul Franklin , Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Lockley , and Ian Hunter - Interstellar Chris Corbould , Roger Guyett , Paul Kavanagh , and Neal Scanlan - Star Wars: The Force Awakens Robert Legato , Dan Lemmon , Andrew R. Jones , and Adam Valdez - The Jungle Book Richard R. Hoover , Paul Lambert , Gerd Nefzer , and John Nelson - Blade Runner 2049 Geoffrey Baumann , Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack , and Dan Sudick - Black Panther Greg Butler , Guillaume Rocheron , and Dominic Tuohy - 1917 Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Jackson , and Andrew Lockley - Tenet Brian Connor , Paul Lambert , Tristan Myles , and Gerd Nefzer - Dune Richard Baneham , Daniel Barrett , Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon - Avatar: The Way of Water Simon Hughes - Poor Things
1970s 1980s 1990s
Stan Winston (1991)Ken Ralston , Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett , and Michael Lantieri (1993)John Bruno (1994)Stan Parks (1995)Volker Engel , Clay Pinney , Douglas Smith , and Joe Viskocil (1996)Phil Tippett , Scott E. Anderson , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997)Volker Engel , Patrick Tatopoulos , Karen E. Goulekas , and Clay Pinney (1998)Rob Coleman , John Knoll , Dennis Muren , and Scott Squires (1999) 2000s
Scott E. Anderson , Craig Hayes , Scott Stokdyk , and Stan Parks (2000)Dennis Muren , Scott Farrar , Stan Winston , Michael Lantieri (2001)Rob Coleman , Pablo Helman , John Knoll , and Ben Snow (2002)Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke (2003)John Dykstra , Scott Stokdyk , Anthony LaMolinara , and John Frazier (2004)Joe Letteri , Richard Taylor , Christian Rivers , and Brian Van't Hul (2005)John Knoll , Hal T. Hickel , Charles Gibson , and Allen Hall (2006)Scott Farrar , Scott Benza , Russell Earl , and John Frazier (2007)Nick Davis , Chris Corbould , Timothy Webber , and Paul J. Franklin (2008)Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham , and Andrew R. Jones (2009) 2010s
Chris Corbould , Andrew Lockley , Paul J. Franklin , and Peter Bebb (2010)Dan Lemmon , Joe Letteri , R. Christopher White , and Daniel Barrett (2011)Janek Sirrs , Jeff White , Guy Williams , and Dan Sudick (2012)Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk , and Neil Corbould (2013)Paul J. Franklin , Andrew Lockley , Ian Hunter , and Scott R. Fisher (2014)Roger Guyett , Patrick Tubach , Neal Scanlan , and Chris Corbould (2015)John Knoll , Mohen Leo , Hal Hickel , and Neil Corbould (2016)Christopher Townsend , Guy Williams , Jonathan Fawkner , and Dan Sudick (2017)Dan DeLeeuw , Matt Aitken , Russell Earl , and Dan Sudick (2018/19)Roger Guyett , Neal Scanlan , Patrick Tubach , and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20) 2020s Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
