Chris Corbould

Christopher Charles Corbould, (; born 1958) is a British special effects coordinator best known for his work on major blockbuster films and the action scenes on 15 James Bond films since The Spy Who Loved Me. He has also worked extensively on the Superman and Batman film series on digital effects and stunts. Corbould has been awarded two Honorary Doctorates from Southampton Solent University in December 2009 and University of Hertfordshire in 2011. In 2011, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 83rd Academy Awards for his work on Inception. He was found not guilty, with the incident ruled as an accident.

Corbould was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to film.

In 2015, Corbould was credited with Guinness World Records for the "Largest film stunt explosion" ever in cinematic history for Spectre. In 2021, this was then surpassed once again by Corbould for No Time to Die, a total of 136.4 kg TNT was used.

Special effects filmography Year Film Role 1980 Saturn 3 special effects assistant 1980 Superman II special effects technician (uncredited) 1981 Condorman special effects technician 1983 Superman III special effects senior technician 1983 Krull special effects technician 1984 Supergirl special effects technician 1985 A View to a Kill special effects technician (uncredited) 1985 Lifeforce special effects crew 1986 The Delta Force special effects 1986 Link senior special effects technician 1987 The Living Daylights special effects 1988 Willow senior special effects technician 1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen special effects technician: UK (as Chris Cobould) 1989 Licence to Kill special effects supervisor: second unit 1990 Nightbreed special effects supervisor 1991 Highlander II: The Quickening special effects floor supervisor (uncredited) 1991 Hudson Hawk special effects technician 1992 Far and Away special effects senior technician: Ireland 1992 Alien 3 senior special effects technician 1992 Chaplin special effects technician: London 1993 Son of the Pink Panther special effects senior technician 1993 The House of the Spirits special effects technician 1993 Shadowlands special effects supervisor 1994 Interview with the Vampire special effects floor supervisor 1995 GoldenEye special effects supervisor 1996 The Ghost and the Darkness special effects supervisor 1997 Tomorrow Never Dies special effects supervisor 1998 Firestorm special effects coordinator 1999 The Mummy special effects supervisor 1999 The World Is Not Enough special effects supervisor 2000 102 Dalmatians special effects coordinator 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider special effects supervisor 2002 Die Another Day special effects supervisor 2003 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life special effects director 2005 Batman Begins special effects coordinator 2006 Casino Royale miniature effects supervisor, special effects supervisor 2008 The Dark Knight Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 2008 Quantum of Solace special effects coordinator 2010 Inception Won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects and VES Award 2011 X-Men: First Class special effects supervisor 2012 John Carter special effects supervisor 2012 The Dark Knight Rises special effects supervisor 2012 Skyfall special effects supervisor and splinter unit second unit director 2015 Spectre special effects supervisor - Guinness World Records for the "Largest film stunt explosion". 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 2018 Christopher Robin Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 2021 No Time to Die special effects supervisorNominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness special effects supervisor and splinter unit second unit director

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