Hal Hickel
Personal Info
Know For
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
Birthday
-
Place of Birth
Bailey, Colorado, USA
Also known As
Hal T. Hickel
Hal Hickel
Biography
Hal T. Hickel is a visual effects animator for Industrial Light & Magic. At the age of 12, Hickel wrote a letter to Lucasfilm, outlining his ideas for a sequel to the original Star Wars movie (now known as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), and received a polite rejection letter from producer Gary Kurtz. The letter now hangs on the wall of Hickel's office at ILM. Twenty years later, Hickel found himself working on Star Wars after all, as a lead animator on Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. A native of Bailey, Colorado, Hickel joined the Film Graphics Program at CalArts in 1982. He worked at An-FX from 1982 until 1988, and then join...
Acting
2022
as Self
Production
1991
as Animation
2002
as Animation Supervisor
2003
as Animation Supervisor
2001
as Animation Supervisor
2016
as Animation Supervisor
2003
as Animation Supervisor
2016
as Animation Supervisor
1995
as Animation
1992
as Animation
2011
as Animation Director
2011
as Animation Supervisor
2013
as Animation Supervisor
2008
as Animation Supervisor
2007
as Animation Supervisor
2006
as Animation Supervisor
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