Known For
Visual Effects
Known Credits
11
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 10, 1946 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
John Richardson (born 1946 in England) is a British special effects supervisor. He is best known for his work on the James Bond film series (at least Casino Royale, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and Die Another Day), all the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Aliens (1986). For the latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 1987 ceremony.[1] He won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award at the 2012 ceremony.
In 2019, he published the book "Making Movie Magic" which detailed his career in film.
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 1999 | Deep Blue Sea...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 1997 | Starship Troopers...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 1989 | Licence to Kill...Visual Effects | |
| 1985 | Ladyhawke...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 1980 | North Sea Hijack...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 1978 | Warlords of Atlantis...Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1977 | The People That Time Forgot...Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far...Special Effects Supervisor |
| 1993 | Cliffhanger...Special Effects Coordinator | |
| 1980 | The Watcher in the Woods...Special Effects | |
| 1979 | Escape to Athena...Special Effects | |
| 1978 | Superman...Special Effects | |
| 1976 | The Omen...Special Effects | |
| 1975 | Hennessy...Special Effects | |
| 1975 | Rosebud...Special Effects | |
| 1974 | Juggernaut...Special Effects | |
| 1974 | Phase IV...Special Effects | |
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal...Special Effects | |
| 1973 | Scorpio...Special Effects | |
| 1972 | Young Winston...Special Effects | |
| 1971 | Straw Dogs...Special Effects | |
| 1971 | The Devils...Special Effects | |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain...Special Effects Assistant | |
| 1969 | Play Dirty...Special Effects | |
| 1968 | Duffy...Special Effects | |
| 1968 | Dark of the Sun...Special Effects Technician |
| 2026 | Harry Potter: The Official Film Podcastas Self - Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 2011 | When Harry Left Hogwartsas Self | |
| 2003 | Building a Sceneas | |
| 2002 | Die Another Day: From Script to Screenas Self | |
| 2001 | The Omen Legacyas Self | |
| 2000 | Inside 'The Living Daylights'as Self | |
| 2000 | Inside 'Licence to Kill'as Self | |
| 2000 | Inside 'Moonraker'as Self | |
| 2000 | Inside 'Octopussy'as Self | |
| 2000 | Inside Q's Labas Self | |
| 1998 | Highly Classified: The World of 007as Self |
