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Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, currently the Visual Effect 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. [1]
Ken Ralston was born in 1954 in the USA. He is an assistant director, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Contact (1997) and Forrest Gump (1994).
Sep 20, 2022 · Tom's full conversation w/VFX legend Ken Ralston talking about inspirations, ILM & designing monsters for Return of the Jedi, like Weequay, the next maquette...
May 6, 2020 · Whether talking through his early days working on the Original Trilogy, Wrath of Khan, Search for Spock and a host of Bob Zemeckis classics (including the Back to the Future trilogy), Mr. Ralston is full of incredible, historic stories, a living legend.
Ken Ralston is known as an Visual Effects Supervisor, Actor, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Design Consultant, Thanks, VFX Supervisor, and Second Unit Director.
Ken Ralston. 5-time Oscar Award winner, Ken Ralston is Sr. Visual Effect Supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. A few of his many many credits such as Star Wars, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Alice in Wonderland, MIB3 has made Ken Ralston an icon in today's special effects for the movie industry.
Ken Ralston is a leading member of a generation of special-effects wizards who came of age during the seventies, swept the eighties film world and, in the nineties, sit as the designated heads of mainstream Hollywood, as cinema all but gave itself over to the otherworldly visuals available through computer-enhanced imagery.
