Awards & Winners

Ken Ralston

Date of Birth 1954
Place of Birth United States of America
(Americas, DVD Region 1, United States, with Territories, Lacks Family Cemetery )
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Ken Ralson , Kenneth Ralston
Profession Visual Effects Artist
Kenneth Ralston is a visual effects artist, currently the Visual Effect Supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston begun his career at the seminal commercial animation and visual effects company, Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976 he was hired at Industrial Light & Magic by Dennis Muren to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained in ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis. Ralston has won five Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Oscar for the visual effects in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, and regular awards for his work on Forrest Gump, Death Becomes Her, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Cocoon. He was nominated seven more times, for The Rocketeer, Jumanji, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Dragonslayer, Back to the Future Part II and Alice in Wonderland.

Awards by Ken Ralston

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ken Ralston.

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Alice in Wonderland

2010


Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects
Honored for : Alice in Wonderland

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Visual Effects Alice in Wonderland
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Alice in Wonderland
Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects Alice in Wonderland

1998


Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects
Honored for : Contact

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects Contact

1995


BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Honored for : Forrest Gump

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Forrest Gump

1994


Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Honored for : Forrest Gump

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Forrest Gump

1993


BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Honored for : Death Becomes Her

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Death Becomes Her

1992


Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Honored for : Death Becomes Her

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Death Becomes Her

1990


BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Honored for : Back to the Future Part II

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Back to the Future Part II

1989


BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Honored for : Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Back to the Future Part II

1988


Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Honored for : Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Back to the Future

1985


Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Honored for : Cocoon

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Cocoon

1984


BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Honored for : Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

1983


Special Achievement Academy Award
Honored for : Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Dragonslayer