Volker Engel

{{short description|German special effects artist|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| occupation = Visual effects artist

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Volker Engel (born February 17, 1965) is a German special effects artist who is best known as one of the people who won at the 69th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects on the film Independence Day. He won with Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joe Viskocil. {{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/69th-winners.html |title=The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners |access-date=March 24, 2014|work=oscars.org}}