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John Richardson profile
Actor

John Richardson

Visual Effects

Career Snapshot

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Acting credits

9

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

2.1

Low visibility

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Movies: 42Series: 0Crew credits: 33

TMDB ID: 1513639

IMDb ID: nm0724624

Known for: Visual Effects

Born: June 10, 1946

Age: 79

Place of birth: Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1968 - 2011

Years active: 44

Average TMDB rating: 6.87

Wikidata: Q1701571

Other jobs

Special Effects (15)Special Effects Supervisor (14)Special Effects Assistant (1)Special Effects Coordinator (1)Visual Effects (1)Visual Effects Supervisor (1)

Biography

John Richardson (born 1946 in England) is a British special effects supervisor. He is best known for his work on the James Bond film series (at least Casino Royale, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and Die Another Day), all the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Aliens (1986). For the latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 1987 ceremony.[1] He won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award at the 2012 ceremony. In 2019, he published the book "Making Movie Magic" which detailed his career in film.

Movies

Movies

Movie credits linked with John Richardson.

When Harry Left Hogwarts poster
7.0

When Harry Left Hogwarts

as Self

2011 Movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster
8.1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Special Effects Supervisor

2011 Movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster
7.7

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Special Effects Supervisor

2010 Movie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster
7.7

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Special Effects Supervisor

2009 Movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster
7.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Special Effects Supervisor

2007 Movie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire poster
7.8

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Special Effects Supervisor

2005 Movie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban poster
8.0

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Special Effects Supervisor

2004 Movie
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen poster
6.5

Die Another Day: From Script to Screen

as Self

2002 Movie
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster
7.7

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Special Effects Supervisor

2002 Movie
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone poster
7.9

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Special Effects Supervisor

2001 Movie
The Omen Legacy poster
7.0

The Omen Legacy

as Self

2001 Movie
Inside 'The Living Daylights' poster
6.2

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

as Self

2000 Movie
Inside 'Licence to Kill' poster
6.8

Inside 'Licence to Kill'

as Self

2000 Movie
Inside 'Moonraker' poster
6.8

Inside 'Moonraker'

as Self

2000 Movie
Inside 'Octopussy' poster
5.6

Inside 'Octopussy'

as Self

2000 Movie
Inside Q's Lab poster
5.0

Inside Q's Lab

as Self

2000 Movie
Deep Blue Sea poster
6.0

Deep Blue Sea

Special Effects Supervisor

1999 Movie
Highly Classified: The World of 007 poster
4.0

Highly Classified: The World of 007

as Self

1998 Movie
Starship Troopers poster
7.1

Starship Troopers

Special Effects Supervisor

1997 Movie
Cliffhanger poster
6.5

Cliffhanger

Special Effects Coordinator

1993 Movie
Licence to Kill poster
6.4

Licence to Kill

Visual Effects

1989 Movie
Ladyhawke poster
7.0

Ladyhawke

Special Effects Supervisor

1985 Movie
The Watcher in the Woods poster
5.9

The Watcher in the Woods

Special Effects

1980 Movie
North Sea Hijack poster
6.3

North Sea Hijack

Special Effects Supervisor

1980 Movie
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