Roy Field | |
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| Born | (1932-08-19)19 August 1932 |
| Died | 23 May 2002(2002-05-23) (aged 69) |
Roy Field (19 August 1932 – 23 May 2002) was a British special effects artist in the film industry. He worked on the first sevenJames Bond films before joining the team of 1978'sSuperman. He experimented with using animation to depict the flight of Superman and also usedoptical printing techniques to depict bullets bouncing off his body. The team shared the 1978Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the 1978 Michael Balcon award forOutstanding British Contribution to Cinema. Field received two BAFTA nominations for visual effects on theJim Henson filmsThe Dark Crystal (1982) andLabyrinth (1986).
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Field was born on 19 August 1932 and was British.[1][2] As a visual effects artist he worked onseven successive James Bond films forEon Productions, starting with the firstDr. No (1962) and continuing withFrom Russia with Love (1963),Goldfinger (1964),Thunderball (1965),You Only Live Twice (1967),On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) andDiamonds Are Forever (1971).[2] He later returned for an eighth film (he missed 1973'sLive and Let Die):The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).[2][3] Field also worked onThose Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965),Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) andThe Omen (1976).[2]
Field was part of the special effects team forSuperman (1978). The team under supervisorsLes Bowie andDerek Meddings includedColin Chilvers,Denys Coop andZoran Perisic.[2][4] The size of the team reflected the difficulty in depicting realistic flying sequences for the title character.[5] At one stage Field trialled the use of animation for this purpose but rejected it as not being photo-realistic enough.[6] Another of Field's contributions to the film was to useoptical printing techniques to superimpose sparks on Superman's body to depict bullets bouncing off.[7] The special effects team members named previously shared the 1978Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.[2][4] Bowie died in January 1979 before he could collect his Oscar.[8] Field described him as fantastically inventive with "an ability to make do with string when other people used rope".[9] The team also shared theMichael Balcon award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema at the1978 British Academy Film Awards.[4]
Field also worked with directorJim Henson onThe Dark Crystal (1982) andLabyrinth (1986), both of which receivedBAFTA nominations for visual effects. He received the inauguralBritish Society of Cinematographers Charles D. Staffell Award for Visual Effects in 2001. Field's last credit was forMutiny (2002), an episode in the television film seriesHornblower. He died on 23 May 2002.[2]
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