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He is known for his special effects work on TV series including Thunderbirds (1965–66) and films including Alien (1979), [5] for which he received the 1980 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (shared with H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Ayling and Nick Allder ).
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Brian Johnson is a award winning special and visual effects designer and director who for over 40 years provided his services to a multitude of film and television productions. Johnson's career began in 1957 when he joined Anglo Scottish Pictures after meeting veteran effects artist and skilled matte painter Les Bowie moving on to become a ...
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Brian Johnson is a award winning special and visual effects designer and director who for over 40 years provided his services to a multitude of film and television productions. Johnson's career began in 1957 when he joined Anglo Scottish Pictures after meeting veteran effects artist and skilled matte painter Les Bowie moving on to become a ...
- June 29, 1939
Aug 24, 2014 · It was my honour to speak to special effects maestro Brian Johnson. While it was never Brian’s intention to work in the film industry, he worked on some of the most significant science fiction films as Alien, Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, 2001: A Space Odyssey and also TV series Thunderbirds, just
Apr 15, 2016 · Brian Johnson left school at sixteen with just one 0-level but, through some lucky breaks and undoubted skill, rose to become pre-eminent in the field of special effects, winning an Oscar for his fearsome model work on Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979), followed by another golden statuette for special visual effects on Star Wars: Episode V - The ...
Nov 1, 2016 · Brian Johnson is a special effects maestro. He has worked on some of the most successful movies and TV shows of all time including Alien, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Thunderbirds and Space: 1999 and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in which he won an Oscar in the Special Achievement Academy category.
