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Biography

Roger Guyett is an English visual effects supervisor and second unit director. Guyett and his fellow visual effects artists were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He started his career working in London doing computer animation work on commercials, pop videos, and TV idents in the mid-1980s. Following a move to the United States in 1993, he began working on various film projects. He initially worked at Pacific Data Images (PDI, the largest computer graphics company at that time, known for the Michael Jackson video 'Black or White') before moving in 1995 to Industrial Light & Magic, one of the longest-standing and most successful visual effects companies in the world. During his 27-year tenure at ILM, he has worked on over 30 films. Guyett has been nominated for six Academy Awards: he was also nominated for Ready Player One, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Additionally, he has won two British Academy Film Awards for Best Special Visual Effects and been nominated a further six times. Guyett returned to supervise the visual effects for the final/episodic film of the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which was released on 20 December 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Guyett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

(2004) Visual Effects Supervisor
Ready Player One
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8

Ready Player One

(2018) Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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7

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

(2015) Visual Effects Supervisor
John Carter
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6

John Carter

(2012) Thanks
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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6

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

(2019) Visual Effects Supervisor
The Bubble
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5

The Bubble

(2022) Visual Effects Designer
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
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7

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

(2005) Visual Effects Supervisor
Cowboys & Aliens
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6

Cowboys & Aliens

(2011) Visual Effects Supervisor

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Self
2005 Opera House Patron (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Visual Effects Designer
2019 Visual Effects Supervisor
2018 Visual Effects Supervisor
2015 Visual Effects Supervisor
2013 Visual Effects Supervisor
2011 Visual Effects Supervisor
2009 Visual Effects Supervisor
2006 Visual Effects Supervisor
2005 Visual Effects Supervisor
2004 Visual Effects Supervisor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2015 Second Unit Director
2011 Second Unit Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

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2012 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

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