Michael J. McAlister
Special effects artist
About Michael J. McAlister
Born 1954. Michael J. McAlister is a special effects.
Michael J. McAlister (born 1954) is a special effects artist. He has been nominated on at least eleven occasions for special or visual effects awards and has won at least three of such awards: an Oscar, a BAFTA and an Emmy.
Awards 1985: won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (film first released in 1984) 1985: won a British Academy Film Award for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (TV movie first aired in 1985)
Book Michael J. McAlister: The Language of Visual Effects. Lone Eagle Pub. Co., Los Angeles, California, 1992, ISBN 978-0-943-72847-6.
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Who is Michael J. McAlister?
special effects artist
When was Michael J. McAlister born?
Michael J. McAlister was born in 1954.
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Michael J. McAlister is a special effects.
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