Paul Kavanagh (visual effects artist)

British visual effects artist

Paul Kavanagh
Occupation	Visual effects artist
Years active	1996–present

Paul Kavanagh is a British visual effects artist who was nominated at the 82nd Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects for his work on Star Trek. His nomination was shared with Burt Dalton, Russell Earl and Roger Guyett. In 2016, he and his colleagues Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett and Neal Scanlan received the BAFTA-Award in the category of Best Special Visual Effects for their work on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. They were also nominated for an Academy Award, but lost to Ex Machina.

He has worked on 30 films to date since his start in 1996. He graduated from Bournemouth University in 1991 with a Master's degree in Computer Animation and Visualisation.

Selected filmography

Flubber (1997)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Transformers (2007)
Iron Man (2008)
Avatar (2009)
Star Trek (2009)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Super 8 (2011)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

References

"The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
"2016 Film Special Visual Effects | BAFTA Awards".
"BU animation graduate wins BAFTA for Star Wars: The Force Awakens". Bournemouth University. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

External links

Paul Kavanagh at IMDb
Profile at Industrial Light & Magic

v t e BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
1982–2000	Richard Edlund - Poltergeist (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Kit West - Return of the Jedi (1983) Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, and Lorne Peterson - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) George Gibbs and Richard Conway - Brazil (1985) Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, Suzanne M. Benson, John Richardson, and Stan Winston - Aliens (1986) Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Edward Jones, and Bruce Walters - The Witches of Eastwick (1987) George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, and Edward Jones - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, and Steve Gawley - Back to the Future Part II (1989) The production team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990) Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang, and Douglas Smythe - Death Becomes Her (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park (1993) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall - Forrest Gump (1994) Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney, and Leslie Ekker - Apollo 13 (1995) Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, and Habib Zargarpour - Twister (1996) Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould, and Nick Dudman - The Fifth Element (1997) Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, and Neil Corbould - Saving Private Ryan (1998) John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, and Jon Thum - The Matrix (1999) Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, and Tim Alexander - The Perfect Storm (2000)
2001–present	Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook, and Mark Stetson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, and Remo Balcells - The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul, and Richard Taylor - King Kong (2005) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass (2007) Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, and Edson Williams - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar (2009) Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb - Inception (2010) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, and David Vickery - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, and Erik-Jan de Boer - Life of Pi (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould, and Nikki Penny - Gravity (2013) Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley, and Ian Hunter - Interstellar (2014) Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, and Neal Scanlan - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez - The Jungle Book (2016) Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, and John Nelson - Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick - Black Panther (2018) Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, and Dominic Tuohy - 1917 (2019) Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley - Tenet (2020) Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer - Dune (2021) Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon - Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Simon Hughes - Poor Things (2023)

BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

1982–2000

Richard Edlund - Poltergeist (1982)
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Kit West - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, and Lorne Peterson - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
George Gibbs and Richard Conway - Brazil (1985)
Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, Suzanne M. Benson, John Richardson, and Stan Winston - Aliens (1986)
Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Edward Jones, and Bruce Walters - The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, and Edward Jones - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, and Steve Gawley - Back to the Future Part II (1989)
The production team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990)
Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang, and Douglas Smythe - Death Becomes Her (1992)
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park (1993)
Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall - Forrest Gump (1994)
Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney, and Leslie Ekker - Apollo 13 (1995)
Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, and Habib Zargarpour - Twister (1996)
Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould, and Nick Dudman - The Fifth Element (1997)
Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, and Neil Corbould - Saving Private Ryan (1998)
John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, and Jon Thum - The Matrix (1999)
Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, and Tim Alexander - The Perfect Storm (2000)

2001–present

Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook, and Mark Stetson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, and Remo Balcells - The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul, and Richard Taylor - King Kong (2005)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass (2007)
Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, and Edson Williams - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar (2009)
Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb - Inception (2010)
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, and David Vickery - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, and Erik-Jan de Boer - Life of Pi (2012)
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould, and Nikki Penny - Gravity (2013)
Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley, and Ian Hunter - Interstellar (2014)
Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, and Neal Scanlan - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez - The Jungle Book (2016)
Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, and John Nelson - Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick - Black Panther (2018)
Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, and Dominic Tuohy - 1917 (2019)
Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley - Tenet (2020)
Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer - Dune (2021)
Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon - Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Simon Hughes - Poor Things (2023)

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