John Knoll is a motion picture visual effects specialist at Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop (along with his brother, Thomas), he is recently best known for his work as Visual Effects Supervisor on the Star Wars prequels and the 1997 special editions of the original trilogy. He also served as ILM's visual effects supervisor for Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact, as well as the Pirates of the Caribbean series. For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Visual effects (vfx) is the term given to a sub-category of special effects in which images or film frames are created or manipulated for film and video. ... Industrial Light & Magic original logo, designed by Drew Struzan Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is a motion picture special visual effects company, founded in May 1975 by George Lucas and owned by Lucasfilm Ltd. ... Adobe Photoshop, or simply Photoshop, is a highly overpriced graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems. ... Opening logo to the Star Wars films Star Wars is a science fantasy saga and fictional galaxy created by writer/producer/director George Lucas during the 1970s. ... Star Trek: Generations (Paramount Pictures, 1994, see also 1994 in film) is the seventh feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... Star Trek: First Contact (Paramount Pictures, 1996; see also 1996 in film), is the eighth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a movie of adventure and romance set in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century. ...

Knoll was also the Computer Graphics Project Designer on The Abyss, an achievement which earned ILM its tenth Academy Award for Visual Effects. The Abyss is an award-winning science fiction film from 1989, written and directed by James Cameron, starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. ... The Academy Award for Visual Effects is an Oscar given to one film each year that shows highest achievement in visual effects. ...

Knoll also worked on two Star Trek episodes - Star Trek: The Next Generation's pilot episode ("Encounter at Farpoint") and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Explorers". In the latter episode, he created the award winning and popular Bajoran solar sail ship. This article is about the Star Trek franchise. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... Encounter at Farpoint was the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... Explorers is the 22nd episode in the third season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) Bajorans, a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe, were introduced in the Next Generation series and played an integral part in the Deep Space Nine series. ...

Feature Films

• 2005 STAR WARS: EPISODE III "Revenge of th Sith" - Visual Effects Supervisor.

• 2002 STAR WARS: EPISODE II "Attack of the Clones"]] - Visual Effects Supervisor.

• 2000 MISSION TO MARS - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1999 DEEP BLUE SEA - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1999 STAR WARS: EPISODE I "The Phantom Menace" - Visual Effects Supervisor (Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects, British Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects)

• 1996 STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1996 STAR WARS SPECIAL EDITION - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1996 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1994 STAR TREK GENERATIONS - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1994 BABY'S DAY OUT - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1992 PHOENIX WATER PARK (Simulator Ride) - Director

• 1991 HUDSON HAWK - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1991 HOOK - Associate Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1990 THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER - Associate Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1989 THE ABYSS - Computer Graphics Project Designer

• 1988 WILLOW - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1987 INNERSPACE - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1987 EMPIRE OF THE SUN - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1987 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1987 STAR TOURS (Simulator Ride for Disneyland) - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1986 STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME - Motion Control Camera Operator

• 1986 CAPTAIN EO - Motion Control Camera Operator*

Commercials

• 1991 INTEL "Computer Inside" - Director

• 1991 DODGE DAYTONA "Starting Price" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1990 PANASONIC "Broadcast Simulator" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1990 NEC "Turbo Grafix" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1990 CHEVRON "High Performance" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1990 CRYSTAL LIGHT "Shade" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1989 FDA "Radon" (PSA) - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1989 US AIR "Ballet" - Director

• 1988 PACIFIC BELL "Smart Yellow Pages" - Visual Effects Supervisor

• 1987 LUCASFILM LTD "THX" (Trailer) - Motion Control Camera Operator*

Books

• John Knoll, J. W. Rinzler: Creating the Worlds of Star Wars: 365 Days with CDROM; Book about the Making of the Star Wars Saga; ISBN 0-8109-5936-4

External links

• John Knoll at the Internet Movie Database
• John Knoll article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.