John Knoll - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	06-October-1962
Place of Birth	Ann Arbor (Washtenaw County, United States of America, Michigan, Southeast Michigan, Area code 734)
Nationality	United States of America
Profession	Visual Effects Artist
John Knoll is a visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer at Industrial Light & Magic. One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop, he has also worked 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. His work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest earned him the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Knoll has been praised by directors James Cameron, Gore Verbinski, Guillermo del Toro, and Brad Bird. Del Toro, who worked with Knoll for the first time on Pacific Rim, stated "He basically has the heart of a kid and the mind of a scientist, and thatâ€™s a great combination." A co-developer of Photoshop along with his brother Thomas Knoll, Knoll is also the inventor of Knoll Light Factory, a lens flare generating software inspired by his work at Industrial Light and Magic. Knoll was also the Computer Graphics Project Designer on The Abyss, an achievement which earned ILM its tenth Academy Award for Visual Effects, and worked on two Star Trek episodes - Star Trek: The Next Generation's pilot episode and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Explorers".

Awards by John Knoll

Check all the awards nominated and won by John Knoll.

2014

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects	Pacific Rim

2008

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007

BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

Honored for : Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2006

Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects

Honored for : Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Honored for : Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2005

Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects

Honored for : Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

(10th Satellite Awards)

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

2004

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003

VES Award for Best Single Visual Effect of the Year

Honored for : Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2002

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

2000

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

1999

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

1997

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects	Star Trek

1996

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Saturn Award for Best Special Effects	Star Trek: First Contact

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