User:Zziccardi/sandbox/Colin Cantwell

Beginning in 1955, Cantwell attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he studied art and engineering. After recommending that UCLA create an animation department, he was the first to graduate from the university with a degree in animation.

As a model maker at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Cantwell prototyped the Death Star, Star Destroyer, TIE fighter, X-wing fighter, and several other spacecraft used in Star Wars (1977) based on paintings done by concept artist Ralph McQuarrie.

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Star Wars (1977)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
• WarGames (1983)

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{{cite web|last1=Pleasance|first1=Chris|title=An X-wing fighter without the X? Incredible early sketches of Star Wars spaceships to fetch $50,000 at auction|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2834707/An-X-wing-fighter-without-X-Incredible-early-sketches-Star-Wars-spaceships-fetch-50-000-auction.html|website=Daily Mail|accessdate=December 27, 2016|date=November 14, 2014}}

{{cite web|last1=Schwalm|first1=Andrea|title=Star Wars Week: An Interview From a Galaxy Far, Far Away|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/05/star-wars-interview/|website=Wired|publisher=Condé Nast|accessdate=December 27, 2016|date=May 10, 2012}}

{{cite web|last1=Chan|first1=Norman|title=Colin Cantwell's Pre-Production Work on Star Wars|url=http://www.tested.com/art/movies/470947-colin-cantwells-pre-production-work-star-wars/|website=Tested.com|accessdate=December 27, 2016|date=December 5, 2014}}

{{cite web|title=Colin Cantwell|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba05a2b6c|publisher=British Film Institute|accessdate=December 27, 2016}}

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• {{official website|http://colincantwell.com}}
• {{IMDb name|0134764|Colin Cantwell}}