1. Colin James Cantwell was an American concept artist and director known for his work on films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and WarGames, but primarily for doing initial concept designs and models for a number of Star Wars vehicles, most notably the X-wing fighter, the TIE fighter, and the Death Star, that were then further developed by people like Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston.
In 1974 Colin Cantwell was hired to work on the original Star Wars film.
Colin Cantwell consulted with Hewlett-Packard on the development of their Hewlett-Packard 9845C desktop computers which were designed for graphical tasks, creating a demo package to show off its capabilities.
Colin Cantwell then used HP 9845C desktop computers to design and create the computer graphics for the large displays in the NORAD set on the 1983 WarGames film.
Colin Cantwell wrote a science fiction novel, CoreFires, and a sequel, CoreFires2; they were published in 2016 and 2018, respectively.
Colin James Cantwell was born on April 3,1932, in San Francisco.
Colin Cantwell earned a bachelor's degree in applied arts from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1957.
One of his uncles, Robert Colin Cantwell, was a critic and author.
Colin Cantwell died at his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado on May 21,2022, aged 90.
In 1984, Colin Cantwell was nominated at the 37th British Academy Film Awards for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on WarGames.