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John Richardson

Visual Effects

John Richardson

Born
(age 80)
Birthplace
Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
Credits
48 titles

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.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 11

YearTitleRole
2026 Harry Potter: The Official Film Podcast TV Self - Special Effects Supervisor (1 ep)
2011 When Harry Left Hogwarts Film Self
2003 Building a Scene Film
2002 Die Another Day: From Script to Screen Film Self
2001 The Omen Legacy Film Self
2000 Inside 'The Living Daylights' Film Self
2000 Inside 'Licence to Kill' Film Self
2000 Inside 'Moonraker' Film Self
2000 Inside 'Octopussy' Film Self
2000 Inside Q's Lab Film Self
1998 Highly Classified: The World of 007 Film Self

Crew credits 37

YearTitleJob
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Film Special Effects Supervisor
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Film Special Effects Supervisor
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Film Special Effects Supervisor
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Film Special Effects Supervisor
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Film Special Effects Supervisor
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Film Special Effects Supervisor
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Film Special Effects Supervisor
2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Film Special Effects Supervisor
1999 Deep Blue Sea Film Special Effects Supervisor
1997 Starship Troopers Film Special Effects Supervisor
1993 Cliffhanger Film Special Effects Coordinator
1989 Licence to Kill Film Visual Effects
1985 Ladyhawke Film Special Effects Supervisor
1980 The Watcher in the Woods Film Special Effects
1980 North Sea Hijack Film Special Effects Supervisor
1979 Escape to Athena Film Special Effects
1978 Superman Film Special Effects
1978 Warlords of Atlantis Film Visual Effects Supervisor
1977 The People That Time Forgot Film Special Effects Supervisor
1977 A Bridge Too Far Film Special Effects Supervisor
1976 The Omen Film Special Effects
1975 Hennessy Film Special Effects
1975 Rosebud Film Special Effects
1974 Juggernaut Film Special Effects
1974 Phase IV Film Special Effects
1974 Mahler Film Special Effects
1973 The Day of the Jackal Film Special Effects
1973 Scorpio Film Special Effects
1972 Young Winston Film Special Effects
1971 Straw Dogs Film Special Effects
1971 The Devils Film Special Effects
1969 Battle of Britain Film Special Effects Assistant
1969 Play Dirty Film Special Effects
1968 Duffy Film Special Effects
1968 Dark of the Sun Film Special Effects Technician
1965 Help! Film Special Effects
1962 Lawrence of Arabia Film Special Effects Assistant
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