| Ken Ralston | |
|---|---|
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| 7 Nominations / 5 Wins | |
| Role | Visual Effects |
| USA | |
Ken Ralston is an Academy Award-winning visual effects artist, currently the Visual Effect Supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston begun his career at the seminal commercial animation and visual effects company, Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, he was one of the founders of Industrial Light & Magic, bought by Dennis Muren to help George Lucas create the visual effects for Star Wars. He remained in ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis.
Wins[]
- 58th Academy Awards, 1985
- Best Visual Effects — Cocoon (shared with Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry)
- 61st Academy Awards, 1988
- Best Visual Effects — Who Framed Roger Rabbit (shared with Richard Williams, Edward Jones and George Gibbs)
- 65th Academy Awards, 1992
- Best Visual Effects — Death Becomes Her (shared with Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe and Tom Woodruff, Jr.)
- 67th Academy Awards, 1994
- Best Visual Effects — Forrest Gump (shared with George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall)
Special and Honorary Awards[]
- 56th Academy Awards, 1983
- Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects) for Return of the Jedi (shared with Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Phil Tippett)
Nominations[]
- 54th Academy Awards, 1981
- Best Visual Effects — Dragonslayer (shared with Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett and Brian Johnson)
- 58th Academy Awards, 1985
- Best Visual Effects — Cocoon (shared with Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry)
- 61st Academy Awards, 1988
- Best Visual Effects — Who Framed Roger Rabbit (shared with Richard Williams, Edward Jones and George Gibbs)
- 62nd Academy Awards, 1989
- Best Visual Effects — Back to the Future Part II (shared with Michael Lantieri, John Bell and Steve Gawley)
- 65th Academy Awards, 1992
- Best Visual Effects — Death Becomes Her (shared with Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe and Tom Woodruff, Jr.)
- 67th Academy Awards, 1994
- Best Visual Effects — Forrest Gump (shared with George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall)
- 83rd Academy Awards, 2010
- Best Visual Effects — Alice in Wonderland (2010) (shared with David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips)