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Kenneth Ralston born 1954, is a 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.〔(Ken Ralston at the Imageworks website )〕 In 1976 he was hired at Industrial Light & Magic by Dennis Muren to help George Lucas create the effects for ''Star Wars''.〔, StarWars.com〕 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.〔 Ralston has won five Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Oscar for the visual effects in ''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'', and regular awards for his work on ''Forrest Gump'', ''Death Becomes Her'', ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' and ''Cocoon''. He was nominated seven more times, for ''The Rocketeer'', ''Jumanji'', ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'', ''Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'', ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'', ''Dragonslayer'', ''Back to the Future Part II'' and ''Alice in Wonderland''.〔 ==Filmography== * ''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' (1977) (assistant cameraman: miniature and optical effects unit) * ''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) (effects cameraman: miniature and optical effects unit) * ''Dragonslayer'' (1981) (dragon supervisor: ILM) * ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (1982) (special visual effects supervisor: ILM) * ''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' (1983) (visual effects) * ''Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'' (1984) (visual effects supervisor) * ''Cocoon'' (1985) (visual effects supervisor) * ''Back to the Future'' (1985) (visual effects supervisor: Bafta) * ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'' (1986) (effects supervisor) * ''The Golden Child'' (1986) (visual effects supervisor) * ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988) (visual effects supervisor) * ''Back to the Future Part II'' (1989) (visual effects supervisor) * ''Dreams'' (1990) (visual effects supervisor) * ''Back to the Future Part III'' (1990) (visual effects supervisor) * ''The Rocketeer'' (1991) (visual effects supervisor, second unit director) * ''Death Becomes Her'' (1992) (visual effects supervisor, second unit director) * ''Forrest Gump'' (1994) (visual effects supervisor) * ''The Mask'' (1994) (visual effects consultant) * ''The American President'' (1995) (visual effects supervisor) * ''Jumanji'' (1995) (visual effects supervisor) * ''Phenomenon'' (1996) (visual effects supervisor: SPI) * ''Michael'' (1996) (visual effects supervisor: SPI) * ''Contact'' (1997) (visual effects supervisor) * ''Patch Adams'' (1998) (visual effects guru) * ''Cast Away'' (2000) (visual effects supervisor) * ''America's Sweethearts'' (2001) (visual effects consultant) * ''Men in Black II'' (2002) (visual effects supervisor: SPI) * ''The Forgotten'' (2004) (visual effects consultant) * ''The Polar Express'' (2004) (visual effects supervisor) * ''Beowulf'' (2007) (visual effects design consultant, special effects) * ''Alice in Wonderland'' (2010) (senior visual effects supervisor) * ''Men in Black 3'' (2012) (visual effects supervisor) * ''Alice Through the Looking Glass'' (2016) (visual effects supervisor) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ken Ralston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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