Guillaume Rocheron
{{short description|French visual effects supervisor (born 1981)}}
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Guillaume Rocheron is a French visual effects supervisor who was born in 1981 in Paris.{{cite news |url=http://www.lexpress.fr/emploi/gestion-carriere/les-francais-stars-de-la-3d-a-vancouver_1260336.html |title=Les Français, stars de la 3D à Vancouver |first=Isabelle |last=Grégoire |date=1 July 2013 |access-date=11 February 2020 |newspaper=L'Express |language=fr}}{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113074337/http://skymovies.sky.com/guillaume-rocheron-qa |title=Guillaume Rocheron Q&A |archive-date=13 January 2013 |url=http://skymovies.sky.com/guillaume-rocheron-qa |access-date=11 February 2020 |date=21 December 2012 |work=Sky Movies |publisher=Sky.com}} He began his career in 2000 at the Paris-based BUF Compagnie and after five years there, he got invited to work for the Moving Picture Company. He won the Academy Award during the 85th Academy Awards for the film Life of Pi in the category of Best Visual Effects. He shared his win with Donald R. Elliott, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Bill Westenhofer.{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/85th-winners.html |title=The 85th Academy Awards (2013) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 17, 2014 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406221902/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/85th-winners.html |archive-date=6 April 2014 |year=2013}} In 2020, he received his second Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects, and second win, for the 2019 film, 1917, at the 92nd Academy Awards.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-02-09/visual-effects-oscar-winner-2020 |title=World War I adventure '1917' wins visual effects Oscar |first=Michael |last=Ordoña |date=9 February 2020 |access-date=11 February 2020 |newspaper=LA Times}}
Selected filmography
- Panic Room (2002)
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- 10,000 BC (2008)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
- Fast Five (2011)
- Sucker Punch (2011)
- Life of Pi (2012)
- Man of Steel (2013)
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
- Godzilla (2014)
- Into the Storm (2014)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
- Ghost in the Shell (2017)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
- Ad Astra (2019)
- 1917 (2019)
- Nope (2022)
- Bardo (2022)
References
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External links
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Category:Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners
Category:Best Visual Effects BAFTA Award winners
Category:French visual effects artists
Category:Visual effects supervisors
Category:Film people from Paris
Category:French expatriates in Canada
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