Ken Ralston

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Ken Ralston

Biography

Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. 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, Dennis Muren hired him at Industrial Light & Magic 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. Ralston has won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects,...

Production

2007

Beowulf

as Visual Effects Design Consultant

1997

Contact

as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

1995

The American President

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1994

Forrest Gump

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1985

Cocoon

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1996

Phenomenon

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1989

Back to the Future Part II

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2004

The Polar Express

as VFX Supervisor

2000

Cast Away

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2010

Alice in Wonderland

as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

1992

Death Becomes Her

as Second Unit Director

1992

Death Becomes Her

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2012

Men in Black 3

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2002

Men in Black II

as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

1988

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1995

Jumanji

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1990

Back to the Future Part III

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1991

The Rocketeer

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1982

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1984

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1986

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1986

The Golden Child

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2001

America's Sweethearts

as Visual Effects Coordinator

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