John Nelson

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John Nelson
Biographical information
Birth date	(1953-07-21) July 21, 1953 Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gender
Nationality	American
Professional information
Occupation	Visual effect supervisor
Years active	1980—present
MCU-related information
Related film	Iron Man
Occupation	Visual effects supervisor

John Nelson (born July 21, 1953) is an American visual effects supervisor. He served as Visual effects supervisor in Iron Man.

Biography

Nelson has worked as visual effects supervisor in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day (with Shane Patrick Mahan in the crew), the 2000 film Gladiator (with Phil Neilson in the crew) the 2001 film Evolution (with Kevin Foster, Thomas Robinson Harper, J. Michael Riva in the crew), the 2003 film The Matrix Revolutions (with Kent Seki in the crew), and the 2015 film Point Break (with Jonathan Taylor in the crew).

Invovlment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Visual Effects Supervisor (Iron Man)

Filmography

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Film and Television
Year	Title	Function	Role	Notes
2017	Blade Runner 2049	visual effects supervisor		Film
2015	Point Break	visual effects supervisor		Film
2015	Blackhat	visual effects supervisor		Film
2013	World War Z	senior visual effects supervisor (uncredited)		Film
2010	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	visual effects supervisor		Film
2008	Iron Man	visual effects supervisor		Film
2004	I, Robot	visual effects supervisor		Film
2003	The Matrix Revolutions	visual effects supervisor: CFX		Film
2003	The Matrix Reloaded	visual effects supervisor: CFX		Film
2002	K-19: The Widowmaker	visual effects supervisor		Film
2001	Ali	visual effects supervisor: preproduction (uncredited)		Film
2001	Evolution	visual effects plate photography supervisor		Film
2000	Gladiator	visual effects supervisor		Film
1998	City of Angels	visual effects supervisor		Film
1997	Anaconda	visual effects supervisor		Film
1996	The Cable Guy	visual effects supervisor: SPI		Film
1995	Judge Dredd	visual effects supervisor: wide city composites (uncredited)		Film
1995	Johnny Mnemonic	visual effects designer: SPI visual effects supervisor: SPI title designer: main titles (uncredited)		Film
1994	Wolf	visual effects supervisor: SPI		Film
1993	The Pelican Brief	visual effects supervisor: SPI		Film
1993	My Life	visual effects supervisor		Film
1993	So I Married an Axe Murderer	visual effects supervisor: SPI		Film
1993	In the Line of Fire	visual effects supervisor: SPI		Film
1992	Stay Tuned	visual effects supervisor		Film
1991	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	computer graphics animator: ILM		Film
1980	Forbidden Zone	animation assistant		Film

Notes

• Nelson has been nominated at the Academy Awards in 2009 in the category "Best Achievement in Visual Effects" (with Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick and Shane Mahan) for Iron Man.

External links

• John Nelson on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• John Nelson on the Internet Movie Database