Directed credits
1
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
John Knoll
Visual Effects
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 32
TMDB ID: 1401796
IMDb ID: nm0461306
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: October 6, 1962
Age: 63
Place of birth: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2026
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.94
Wikidata: Q11313
Frequent jobs
Director (1)Visual Effects Supervisor (29)Story (1)Visual Effects Camera (1)
Biography
John Knoll (born October 6, 1962) is an American visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer (CCO) at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Knoll, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia."
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by John Knoll.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with John Knoll.
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Avatar
2009 • Movie
Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Hunt for Red October
1990 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Trek: First Contact
1996 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jungle Cruise
2021 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 • Movie
as Self
Side by Side
2012 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Hugo
2011 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with John Knoll.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with John Knoll.
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Mandalorian and Grogu
2026 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Avatar
2009 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pacific Rim
2013 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Rango
2011 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Hunt for Red October
1990 • Movie
Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with John Knoll.
Visual Effects Supervisor • 8 eps
The Mandalorian
2019 • Series
Visual Effects Supervisor • 7 eps
The Book of Boba Fett
2021 • Series
Visual Effects Supervisor • 8 eps
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
2024 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020 • Series
as Self - Computer Graphics • 1 eps
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for John Knoll.
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Mandalorian and Grogu
2026 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jungle Cruise
2021 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Other Side of the Wind
2018 • Movie
Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pacific Rim
2013 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Hugo
2011 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Super 8
2011 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Rango
2011 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Avatar
2009 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Speed Racer
2008 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for John Knoll.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for John Knoll.
Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle
2020 • Movie
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
2018 • Movie
as Self
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017 • Movie
as Self
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
2013 • Movie
as Self
Side by Side
2012 • Movie
as Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 • Movie
as Self
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
2005 • Movie
as Fire Ship Pilot (uncredited)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 • Movie
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2003 • Movie
as Self
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002 • Movie
as Self
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
2002 • Movie
as Self
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for John Knoll.