Ian Hunter (visual effects supervisor)

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Ian Hunter is a visual effects artist. He won two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects for the 2014 film, Interstellar, at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015 and for the 2018 film, First Man, at the 91st Academy Awards in 2019.{{cite news |last1=Pedersen |first1=Erik |title='Interstellar' Wins Oscar For Visual Effects |url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/interstellar-wins-oscar-best-visual-effects-2015-academy-award-winner-1201378633/ |access-date=February 23, 2015 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 22, 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Wigler |first1=Josh |title=Oscars 2015: See The Full Winners List |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2086174/oscar-winners-2015/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223112036/http://www.mtv.com/news/2086174/oscar-winners-2015/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 23, 2015 |access-date=February 23, 2015 |publisher=MTV |date=February 22, 2015}}

Awards

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2019 \| 91st Academy Awards \| First Man \| Best Visual Effects \| {{won}} \| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/first-man-wins-oscar-visual-effects-1202564069/ \|title='First Man' Wins Oscar For Visual Effects \|date=February 24, 2019 \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|first1=Geoff \|last1=Boucher \|first2=Matt \|last2=Grobar \|accessdate=June 20, 2021}}
2015 \| 87th Academy Awards \| Interstellar \| Best Visual Effects \| {{won}} \|
2015 \| 68th British Academy Film Awards \| Interstellar \| Best Special Visual Effects \| {{won}} \| {{cite web \|url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/film/special-visual-effects \|title=2015 Film Special Visual Effects – BAFTA Awards \|work=bafta.org \|accessdate=June 20, 2021}}

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2019

| 91st Academy Awards

| First Man

| Best Visual Effects

| {{won}}

| {{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/first-man-wins-oscar-visual-effects-1202564069/ |title='First Man' Wins Oscar For Visual Effects |date=February 24, 2019 |work=Deadline Hollywood |first1=Geoff |last1=Boucher |first2=Matt |last2=Grobar |accessdate=June 20, 2021}}

2015

| 87th Academy Awards

| Interstellar

| Best Visual Effects

| {{won}}

2015

| 68th British Academy Film Awards

| Interstellar

| Best Special Visual Effects

| {{won}}

| {{cite web |url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/film/special-visual-effects |title=2015 Film Special Visual Effects – BAFTA Awards |work=bafta.org |accessdate=June 20, 2021}}

Filmography

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1982

|Blade Runner

|Visual effects supervisor

|{{Cite web|title=How to Build Miniatures: Kaiju Monster Rehearsal|url=https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/how-to-make-small-scale-models|access-date=2021-11-30|website=Stan Winston School of Character Arts}}

1992

|Batman Returns

|{{Cite web|last=Frei|first=Vincent|date=2015-02-23|title=INTERSTELLAR: Ian Hunter - Miniature VFX Supervisor & Co-founder - New Deal Studios|url=https://www.artofvfx.com/interstellar-ian-hunter-miniature-vfx-supervisor-co-founder-new-deal-studios/|access-date=2021-11-30|website=The Art of VFX}}

1997

|Alien Resurrection

|Miniature consultant

1998

|Godzilla

|Flatiron and Chrysler modeler

|With Matthew Gratzner and Shannon Blake Gans

2000

|Pitch Black

|Miniature effects supervisor

2005

|War of the Worlds