Bill Neil (visual effects artist)

Bill Neil (born William Herbert Neil, September 24, 1939) is an American visual effects artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Poltergeist II: The Other Side. He is the younger brother of documentary filmmaker Eleanor Coppola.

Selected filmography

• The Rain People (1969; camera operator)
• He Is My Brother (1975; camera operator)
• Apocalypse Now (1979; camera operator)
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• Return of the Jedi (1983)
• The Right Stuff (1983)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
• Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986; Oscar co-nominated with Richard Edlund, John Bruno and Garry Waller)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Dick Tracy (1990)
• Ghost (1990)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• Matilda (1996)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
• I, Robot (2004)
• Superman Returns (2006)

References

External links

• Bill Neil at IMDb

1. William Neill
2. John Bruno (special effects)
3. Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
4. Christian Rivers
5. Neal Scanlan
6. Ian Hunter (visual effects supervisor)
7. Charles Gibson (special effects artist)
8. Chris Lawrence (visual effects)
9. Dennis Muren
10. John Knoll
11. Animal Logic
12. Daniel Barrett (visual effects supervisor)
13. Ken Ralston
14. Joe Letteri
15. Stan Winston
16. Richard Edlund
17. Phil Tippett
18. Eleanor Coppola
19. Carlo Rambaldi
20. Jeff White (visual effects)