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Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams is a pioneer in computer animation. His digital dinosaurs of Jurassic Park transformed Hollywood in 1993, but an appetite for anarchy and reckless disregard for authority may have cost him the recognition he deserved.
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Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
I Walked with a Werewolf
Making F.R.I.E.N.D.s: Behind-the scenes of 'Jellyfish Eyes'
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
The Harryhausen Chronicles
The Art of Illusion: 100 Years of Hollywood Special Effects
They Call Him Bombadore
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Full Tilt Boogie
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Guinea Pig Part 7: Making of Guinea Pig
The King of the Duplicators
Doc of Chucky
Kubrick's Odyssey: Secrets Hidden in the Films of Stanley Kubrick; Part One: Kubrick and Apollo
The Star Dreamer
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
Return to Jurassic Park
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
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Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
IMDB 7 | May , 2008
Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.I Walked with a Werewolf
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2009
Academy Award winning make-up artist Rick Baker reflects on An American Werewolf In London and The Wolfman.Making F.R.I.E.N.D.s: Behind-the scenes of 'Jellyfish Eyes'
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2015
Documentary giving an extensive look into the design and development of the creatures created for artist Takashi Murakami's first feature film, Jellyfish Eyes.His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 2010
A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.The Harryhausen Chronicles
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 1997
As an actor, director and producer, Ray Harryhausen has been a vibrant figure in Hollywood, working on everything from family films to mind-bending sci-fi. But his true genius lay in the creation of special effects for movies such as Mighty Joe Young and It Came from Outer Space. Narrated by Leonard Nimoy and featuring appearances by George Lucas and Ray Bradbury, this film documents Harryhausen's remarkable life's work.The Art of Illusion: 100 Years of Hollywood Special Effects
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1997
A history of movie magic from 1895 to 1995, showing primitive effects used in such films as "A Trip to the Moon" up to the state of the art effects used in "Apollo 13" and "The Abyss."They Call Him Bombadore
IMDB 7 | May , 2015
Interview-Documentary with special effects artist Gino De Rossi on the making of "Cannibal Ferox".From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 1983
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga is a 1983 television documentary special that originally aired on PBS. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the original Star Wars trilogy, with particular emphasis on the final film, Return of the Jedi. Narrated by actor Mark Hamill, the documentary was written by Richard Schickel who had written the previous television documentaries The Making of Star Wars (1977) and SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).Full Tilt Boogie
IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 1998
A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
IMDB 7.8 | May , 2010
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2010
Leslie Iwerks' documentary takes audiences behind the scenes at ILM with in depth interviews with some of the company's top talent and showcases never before seen footage highlighting many of their pioneering milestones. From creating the first ever computer generated character in a feature film to the latest advancements in visual effects for film franchises like Transformers and Iron Man, ILM has created some of the most memorable movie moments in recent history.Guinea Pig Part 7: Making of Guinea Pig
IMDB 4 | Apr , 1986
This one proves that it's all a big fake, and the myth of the Guinea Pig movies being actual snuff is not true. The girl from "Devil's Experiment" laughs while her flesh gets twisted. The guy from "He Never Dies" longs to take the latex applications off.The King of the Duplicators
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1968
This MGM short film highlights the work of master make-up artist William Tuttle. As the head of MGM's make-up department, Bill Tuttle has been involved in many of MGM's best known productions. He shows how they make masks of actors' faces that allows them to work on make-up, particularly prostheses or appliances, without the actor having to spend hours in the make-up room.Doc of Chucky
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2024
The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, John Waters, Fiona Dourif, Perrey Reeves, Gerrit Graham, David Kirschner, and dozens more.Kubrick's Odyssey: Secrets Hidden in the Films of Stanley Kubrick; Part One: Kubrick and Apollo
IMDB 5.4 | Apr , 2011
This provocative and insightful film is the first in a series of documentaries that will reveal the secret knowledge embedded in the work of the greatest filmmaker of all time: Stanley Kubrick. This famed movie director who made films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut, placed symbols and hidden anecdotes into his films that tell a far different story than the films appeared to be saying. In Kubrick's Odyssey, Part I, Kubrick and Apollo, author and filmmaker, Jay Weidner presents compelling evidence of how Stanley Kubrick directed the Apollo moon landings.The Star Dreamer
IMDB 5 | Aug , 2002
The Russian filmmaker, Pavel Klusjantsev, has had an extraordinary influence on an entire genre of films. Throughout his career at the film studio in St. Petersburg, Klushantsev pioneered and invented legendary techniques for filming the planets, stars and weightnessless - long before anyone else. He went on to redefine the science fiction genre and influence the way Hollywood made their science fiction films, including the Academy Award-winning Visual Effects Master, Robert Skotak, a man who spent years trying to track Klushantsev downThe Making of Jaws The Revenge
IMDB 6 | Jul , 1987
A behind the scenes look on Jaws The Revenge with interviews from the cast and crew.Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
IMDB 8 | Jan , 1983
Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.Return to Jurassic Park
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 2011
A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the hurricane during the shooting of the first film, and how advances in CGI for Jurassic Park helped change the world of special effects forever. All interviews for these retrospective documentaries come with comments from Spielberg, Johnston, Neill, Dern, Goldblum, the effects crews, the child actors, and Peter Stormare. This documentary is broken into six parts: Dawn of a New Era (25 min), Making Prehistory (20 min), The Next Step in Evolution (15 min), Finding the Lost World (28 min), Something Survived (16 min), and The Third Adventure (25 min).Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
IMDB 6.5 | Aug , 2004
Through the use of interviews (both vintage and new) with various cast and crew members, including Rick Baker, Bill Sturgeon, David Cronenberg, James Woods among others, as well as behind-the-scenes footage, this tells the story of how the special effects in the film were created.