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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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The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990-06-12
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Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994-10-01
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When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004-09-18
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Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015-12-26
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Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air
1991-06-19
7.4
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012-09-29
7.9
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999-06-15
6.6
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
2010-06-01
6.9
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021-11-05
7.8
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022-07-27
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LIGHT & MAGIC
2022-07-27
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Beowulf
2007-11-05
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Contact
1997-07-11
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Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994-10-01
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The American President
1995-11-17
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Forrest Gump
1994-06-23
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016-05-25
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Cocoon
1985-06-21
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Phenomenon
1996-07-05
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Back to the Future Part II
1989-11-22
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The Polar Express
2004-11-10
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Cast Away
2000-12-22
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Alice in Wonderland
2010-03-03
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Death Becomes Her
1992-07-30
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Death Becomes Her
1992-07-30
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Men in Black 3
2012-05-23
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Men in Black II
2002-07-03
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Jumanji
1995-12-15
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Back to the Future Part III
1990-05-25
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988-06-22
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The Rocketeer
1991-06-21
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982-06-04
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984-06-01
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986-11-26
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The Golden Child
1986-12-12
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America's Sweethearts
2001-07-17