Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, Dennis Muren hired him at Industrial Light & Magic to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained at 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 Awards for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Academy Award for the visual effects in Return of the Jedi (1983), and regular awards for his work on Cocoon (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was nominated three more times for Dragonslayer (1981), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Ralston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Star Wars: Greatest Moments (2015) as Self |
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2012) as Self |
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Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland (2010) as Himself |
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When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004) as Self |
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From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999) as Self |
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Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994) as Self |
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Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air (1991) as Self |
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The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy (1990) as Self |
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Men in Black 3 (2012) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Alice in Wonderland (2010) Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Beowulf (2007) Visual Effects Design Consultant |
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The Polar Express (2004) VFX Supervisor |
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Men in Black II (2002) Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
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America's Sweethearts (2001) Visual Effects Coordinator |
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Cast Away (2000) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Contact (1997) Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Phenomenon (1996) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Jumanji (1995) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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The American President (1995) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994) Thanks |
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Forrest Gump (1994) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Death Becomes Her (1992) Second Unit Director |
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Death Becomes Her (1992) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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The Rocketeer (1991) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Back to the Future Part III (1990) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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夢 (1990) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Back to the Future Part II (1989) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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The Golden Child (1986) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Cocoon (1985) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Visual Effects Supervisor |