Independence Day: Creating Reality

Independence Day: Creating Reality (2000)

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A look into the making of the state of the art special effects for the film Independence Day (1996). This crew spent a long time creating these 400 plus effects shots, and ended up winning an Academy Award for their work. Very interesting to see how hard these people worked in order to make the battles etc. seem so realistic.

Director: Thomas C. Grane

Casts

	Roland Emmerich as Himself - Director (as Roland Emmrich)
	Dean Devlin as Himself - Producer
	Patrick Tatopoulos as Himself - Production Designer
	Michael R. Joyce as Himself - Model Shop Supervisor
	Bob Hurrie as Himself - VFX Production Supervisor
	Joe Viskocil as Himself - Miniature Pyrotechnics / Mechanical Effects Supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil)
	Volker Engel as Himself - VFX Supervisor
	James Balsam as Himself - Motion Control Camera Operator
	Tricia Henry Ashford as Herself - Digital Effects Supervisor / Producer (as Tricia Ashford)
	Tara Handy Turner as Herself - Computer Graphic Supervisor
	Hartmut Engel as Himself - Unit Digital Animation Supervisor
	Rob Bredow as Himself - Technical Supervisor: Vision Art
	Josh Rose as Himself - Digital Producer: Vision Art
	Andrea D'Amico as Herself - Digital VFX Supervisor: P.O.P.
	Lawrence Littleton as Himself - Digital Compositor: P.O.P.
	Pablo Helman as Himself - Digital Compositing Supervisor: P.O.P.

Crew