Ken Ralston

Motion picture visual effects artist · United States · On the map · Born 1954 · age 72

Kenneth Ralston is an American visual effects artist, currently the Visual Effect Supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks.

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1995Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsAward1994Sitges Film Festival best special effects awardAward1993Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsAward1989Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsAward1986Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsAward1984Special Achievement Academy AwardAward1954Born

Awards

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects1995

Sitges Film Festival best special effects award1994

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects1993

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects1989

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects1986

Special Achievement Academy Award1984

About this person

Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company, Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, he was hired at Industrial Light & Magic by Dennis Muren to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained at ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis.

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Dates

Born 1954 · age 72