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Colin Chilvers, Visual Effects Veteran and Oscar Winner for ‘Superman,’ Dies at 79
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Etan Vlessing
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Visual effects pioneer Colin Chilvers, Oscar winner for making Superman fly, dies at 79, leaving an indelible mark on Hollywood's golden age of blockbusters.
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- Chilvers' nephew Chris Corbould, a VFX veteran for films like Inception and No Time to Die, credits Chilvers for inspiring his own career in special effects at age 16 on the set of Tommy.
- Chilvers used simple piano wire to create the gravity-defying lean for Michael Jackson's 'Smooth Criminal' music video, proving that sometimes the best tricks aren't the newest but the tried and true.
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Colin Chilvers, Christopher Reeves, Margot Kidder, Steve Martin, Michael Jackson, Academy of Film and Television Arts and Sciences, British Academy, Directors Guild of America, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees 873, Superman, Superman 2, Condorman, Superman 3, X-Men, K-19: The Widow Maker, The Pacifier, Smooth Criminal, Moonwalker, War of the Worlds, The Walls of Jericho