Ken Ralston
Known for Visual Effects · 10 credits
Biography
Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, Dennis Muren hired him at Industrial Light & Magic to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained at 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 Awards for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Academy Award for the visual effects in Return of the Jedi (1983), and regular awards for his work on Cocoon (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was nominated three more times for Dragonslayer (1981), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Alice in Wonderland (2010).
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Known For
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021
as Self
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
as Self / Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999
as Self
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
as Self
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994
as Self
TV Shows (2)
Movies (8)
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999
as Self
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
as Self
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994
as Self
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
as Self
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
as Self
Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air
1991
as Self
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
2010
as Himself
About Ken Ralston
Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, Dennis Muren hired him at Industrial Light & Magic to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained at ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for hi… With 10 credits spanning from 1990 to 2022, Ken Ralston has appeared in 8 films and 2 TV shows.
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- From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999) — as Self
- Star Wars: Greatest Moments (2015) — as Self
- Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2012) — as Self
- Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994) — as Self
- When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004) — as Self
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