Special Effects Veteran Prepares To Compete Against Himself Twice-Over At Oscars
deadline.comOne man is preparing for a “quite unbelievable” Oscars night, having found himself nominated three times this year in the same category.
Special effects supervisor Neil Corbould is up against himself twice over, after being recognised in the category for his work on three movies – Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One, The Creator and Napoleon.
Corbould has two previous Oscars to his name – for Gladiator and Gravity. He told the BBC that this year’s close-to-hand competition could be “the kiss of death,” and said: “I might have three seats and have to play musical chairs!” The best part? “I get invited to three different after parties.” Corbould has been working in the film industry for nearly five decades, having followed his uncle into special effects.
Colin Chilvers previously won an Oscar himself, for his work on the 1978 movie Superman. He also worked on The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Condorman (1981) and X-Men (2000), as well as directing the ‘Smooth Criminal’ segment from Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker.
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