Neil Corbould is a British special effects supervisor best known for his work on major blockbuster films such as Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Black Hawk Down.
13 Facts About Neil Corbould
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Neil Corbould is the brother of fellow special effects supervisors Chris Corbould, Paul Corbould and Ian Corbould.
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Neil Corbould started his career in special effects in 1978 on Superman: The Movie.
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Neil Corbould was then given the opportunity of supervising the floor effects on Licence to Kill.
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Neil Corbould went on to supervise the science fiction thriller Event Horizon which was followed by Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, for which he received a second BAFTA.
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Neil Corbould received double BAFTA nominations for Gladiator and for Vertical Limit in the same year.
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Neil Corbould collaborated with Edward Zwick on Blood Diamond and Defiance.
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In 2012, Corbould supervised the special effects on Red 2, directed by Dean Parisot and starting Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Anthony Hopkins.
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Neil Corbould has just produced his first movie, The Coward, directed by David Roddham.
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In 2013, Neil Corbould was nominated for an Academy Award for the third time for the special visual effects for Snow White and the Huntsman.
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Also in 2013, Neil Corbould supervised the special effects on Hercules: The Thracian Wars, directed by Brett Ratner followed by Exodus, which reunited him for the fourth time with director Ridley Scott.
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Neil Corbould was part of the visual effects team that supervised the practical effects element of the movie and was instrumental in the process of getting Gravity from script to screen.
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Neil Corbould worked closely with Tim Webber, the visual effects supervisor, in creating the visual effects for the movie.