Dennis Skotak Explained

Dennis Skotak
Birth Name:	Dennis John Skotak
Birth Place:	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation:	Visual effects artist
Spouse:	D. C. Fontana
Relatives:	Robert Skotak (brother)

Dennis John Skotak (born 1943)^[1] is an American visual effects artist. In 1990 he won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the film The Abyss, and was nominated for another three years later for Batman Returns.^{[2] [3]}

Selected filmography

• The Abyss (1989; co-won with John Bruno, Dennis Muren and Hoyt Yeatman)
• Batman Returns (1992; co-nominated with Michael L. Fink, Craig Barron and John Bruno)

Personal life

In 1981, Skotak married screenwriter D. C. Fontana.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Giesen, Rolf. Special Effects Artists: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary of the Pre-digital Era with a Filmography. 150. McFarland. 2008. 9780786429318. Google Books.
2. Web site: The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. May 18, 2022.
3. Web site: The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. May 18, 2022.
4. Web site: 2019-12-30 . Obituary: DC Fontana, groundbreaking writer known for Star Trek HeraldScotland . 2023-11-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191230072621/https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/18123284.obituary-dc-fontana-groundbreaking-writer-known-star-trek/ . 2019-12-30 .