Career
As of 2014 he has 65 film credits to date since his start in 1979. All 4 films were in the category of Best Visual Effects 1991 Academy Awards-Backdraft, nomination shared with Scott Farrar, Clay Pinney and Mikael Salomon. Lost to Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
1994 Academy Awards-Forrest Gump, shared with George Murphy, Ken Ralston and Stephen Rosenbaum.
1998 Academy Awards-Mighty Joe Young, nomination shared with Rick Baker, Jim Mitchell and Hoyt Yeatman. Lost to What Dreams May Come.
2006 Academy Awards-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manitoba"s Chest, shared with Charles Gibson, Hal Hickel and John Knoll.