Awards & Winners

Neil Corbould

Date of Birth 24-December-1962
Place of Birth London
(England, United Kingdom, Great Britain)
Nationality England
Also know as Neil Corbuld, Neil Courbould
Profession Special Effects Supervisor, Pyrotechnics Supervisor
Neil Corbould is a British special effects supervisor best known for his work on major blockbuster films such as Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down. He is the brother of fellow special effects supervisor Chris Corbould. Neil Corbould started his career in Special Effects in 1978 on Superman: The Movie. This was followed by work on Saturn 3, The Elephant Man, American Werewolf in London, Victor Victoria, Pink Floyd the Wall and Amadeus. In 1985, he started work on his first of three Bond films, as a technician on A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights. He was then given the opportunity of Supervising the floor effects on Licence to Kill. From 1990 to 1996 he worked on many films that included Highlander 2, City of Joy, Cliffhanger, Leon and Muppet Treasure Island. In 1995 he started on The Fifth Element which was his first film in the role of special effects supervisor for which he received a BAFTA. He went on to supervise the science fiction thriller Event Horizon which was followed by Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, for which he received a second BAFTA. This was followed by Entrapment and the Ridley Scott epic Gladiator for which he won an Academy Award. He also received double BAFTA nominations for Gladiator and for Vertical Limit in the same year. This was followed by work on The Mummy Returns and then a second collaboration with Ridley Scott on Black Hawk Down, which was filmed in Morocco.

Awards by Neil Corbould

Check all the awards nominated and won by Neil Corbould.

2014


BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Honored for : Gravity

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Gravity

2013


Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Honored for : Gravity
Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects
Honored for : Gravity

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Gravity
Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects Gravity

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects War Horse
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Snow White and the Huntsman

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Superman Returns

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Superman Returns

2005


BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Honored for : The Day After Tomorrow

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects The Day After Tomorrow

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Gladiator
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Vertical Limit

2000


Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Honored for : Gladiator

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Gladiator

1999


BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Honored for : Saving Private Ryan

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Saving Private Ryan
Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects Saving Private Ryan

1998


BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Honored for : The Fifth Element

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects The Fifth Element