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Harry has forty years of professional experience in the visual effects and animation industries. The first twenty seven years he was involved with traditional visual effects and then transitioned into cgi effects and animation in 1995. Harry has many strengths including Character Animation, and Character Animation Supervision and Direction, Visual Effects Supervisor, Matte Artist, Cinematographer, Optical Compositor, Miniature Builder, and wore several other hats as well. Harry has a wealth of industry, and business knowledge, that makes him an invaluable part of our company.
Harry has worked on some of the biggest motion pictures and with the top companies and talent in the industry, Here is a short list of some of the feature films harry has been apart of:
X-MEN ORIGINS : WOLVERINE
Ironman
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
Crimson Tide
Casino
City Slickers 2
The nightmare before Christmas
HOCUS POCUS
HOT SHOTS : PART DEUX
Bram Stokers DRACULA
Batman Returns
Terminator 2
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
and many many more...
That only includes through the 90's
a few of his video game credits include
SPLATTERHOUSE
Call of Duty
Call of Duty 2
TIBERIUM
LORD OF THE RINGS "MORIA"
ROGUE WARRIOR
TIBERIUM 2
MERCINARIES 2
DESTROY ALL HUMANS 3
We could go on, and on with all the memorable movies, commercials, and TV shows Harry Walton has been a part of creating, but we will just let you check out his website. www.vfxmasters.com
The Movies that Harry has been a part of have won a countless number of awards including Oscars. For the sake of space, we will only lists the Oscar nominations and Oscars Won:
Oscar Wins (4)
Innerspace(1988) -Oscar Won for Best Visual Effects – Harry did (visual effects cameraman/go-motion animator: ILM)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1989) -Oscar Won for Best Visual Effects – Harry did (stop-motion camera)
The ABYSS (1990)– Oscar won best effects, Harry was (effects cameraman: ILM)
TERMINATOR 2 (1991) - Oscar Won Best Effects,/Visual Effects. Harry was involved with the matte shots through his company Image FX (no screen credit).
Oscar Nominations- (5)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1986) – Oscar Nomination for Best Visual Effects- Harry did (go-motion animation: harpy sequence: ILM)
Willow (1989) -Oscar Nomination for Best Visual Effects- Harry did (visual effects camera: ILM)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1994)- Oscar Nomination Best Effects / Visual Effects- Harry did (optical Effects), and was an animator for the film.
Hollow man (2001)- Oscar nomination Best Visual Effects, Harry was (CGI character animation lead)
HOOK (1991) - Oscar Nomination Best Effects,/Visual Effects. Harry was involved with the matte shots through his company Image FX (no screen credit).
Linkedin Profile- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/harry-walton/0/b25/650
In Ed Golya's 33yrs as a sound designer, he has worked on blockbuster movie after blockbuster movie, from pioneering movies like Close encounters of the third kind, to Poltergiest, Top Gun, good morning vietnam, and brackdraft, just to name off a few. and most recently halloween 666. Ed has spent several years in television as well, garnering 7 emmy nomination, and winning 5 emmy awards for "Outstanding audio post-production". Ed's credits also include documentaries, and music video for the likes of Snoop Dog, Dr Dre, Eminem, Wu Tang Clan, and Michael Jackson,
It is a pleasure to have Mr. Golya on the D.O.E. Team, and we know that the sound for any project that is created for D.O.E. whether it be the online novel itself, trailers, video games, music videos, or tv shows, it will all be in good hands.
Linkedin Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ed-golya-c-a-s/11/a3/887
Wiacek got his start in the mid-1970s as a member of the "Crusty Bunkers" inking collective. For a short time in 1975-1976 he inked backgrounds (over Curt Swan's pencils) on Superman for DC Comics. He moved on to regular inking work for DC, and then in 1978 began a long association with Marvel. Wiacek has inked over such pencilers as Carmine Infantino on Star Wars, John Romita Jr. on The Uncanny X-Men, June Brigman on Power Pack, John Byrne on Sensational She-Hulk, and Walter Simonson on X-Factor and Orion and George Pérez Brave and the Bold, volume 2. He has also worked with creators such as Bob Budiansky, Colleen Doran, Ron Garney, Mike Grell, Michael Netzer (Nasser), Kevin Nowlan, Don Perlin, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Barry Windsor-Smith.
Over the years, Wiacek has also inked comics published by Dark Horse and Valiant.
Wiacek taught first-year students at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art for a brief period in the early 1990s.
noteable works:
Superman #293-301 (DC, 1975) — background inks only
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #220–225 (DC, 1976–1977)
Ghost Rider #36–46 (Marvel, 1978-1980) — covers only
Man-Thing #1-11 (Marvel, 1979–1981)
Star Wars #16-37 (Marvel, 1979–1981)
Uncanny X-Men #159-176 (Marvel, 1982–1983)
Coyote #4-9 (Marvel, 1984)
Alpha Flight #15-29 (Marvel, 1984–1985)
Power Pack #1-26 (Marvel, 1984–1986)
X-Factor #10-37 (Marvel, 1986–1989)
Strange Tales #6–16 (Marvel, 1987–1988)
Sensational She-Hulk #1-11 (Marvel, 1989-1990)
Iron Man #258–283 (Marvel, 1990–1992)
Archer & Armstrong #3-10 (Valiant, 1992–1993)
Excalibur #94-103 (Marvel, 1996)
Silver Surfer #123-131 (Marvel, 1996–1997)
Orion #8-22 (DC, 2001–2002)
The Brave and the Bold vol. 2, #1-9 (DC, 2007–2008)
comicbook database: full list of works
linkedin profile:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bob-wiacek/5/535/344
