Ken Ralston - Awards & Nominations

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

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