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Independence Day: Creating Reality
Independence Day: Creating Reality
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Independence Day: Creating Reality

2000
Directed byThomas C. Grane
0h 30m

A look into the making of the state of the art special effects for the film Independence Day (1996). This crew spent a long time creating these 400 plus effects shots, and ended up winning an Academy Award for their work. Very interesting to see how hard these people worked in order to make the battles etc. seem so realistic.

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Roland EmmerichHimself - Director (as Roland Emmrich)Dean DevlinHimself - Producer
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Patrick Tatopoulos
Himself - Production Designer
Michael R. JoyceHimself - Model Shop Supervisor
Bob HurrieHimself - VFX Production Supervisor
Joe ViskocilHimself - Miniature Pyrotechnics / Mechanical Effects Supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil)
Volker EngelHimself - VFX Supervisor
James BalsamHimself - Motion Control Camera Operator
Tricia Henry AshfordHerself - Digital Effects Supervisor / Producer (as Tricia Ashford)
Tara Handy TurnerHerself - Computer Graphic Supervisor
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DocumentaryScience FictionAction
STATUSReleased
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6.0

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