| Howie Weed | |
| Birth Name: | Harold S. Weed |
| Birth Date: | 23 December 1962 |
| Birth Place: | San Francisco, California |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Visual/special effects artist |
| Known For: | Special effects artist |
Harold "Howie" S. Weed (born December 23, 1962) is an American visual and special effects artist known for his work on Hollywood films and franchises. His most notable works have been Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Star Trek, and .Weed started his career in films in the 1980s with an uncredited model making job for the film Gremlins.
Weed has gained a cult following for his involvement with the Star Wars Universe. Weed works with George Lucas' company Industrial Light and Magic[1] and has appeared in Episode IV as multiple characters and worked on multiple Star Wars films behind the scenes with his special effects work.
In the 1997 Special Edition re-release of , Weed played Ketwol, a character created with a costume and mechanical stilts.[2]
Also in the re-release, Weed appeared as the Wampa, replacing actor Des Webb,[3] and then as character Melas.
Weed worked on Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace as a digital model development and construction artist and then Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith as a digital modeler.
Weed has been interviewed for the Star Wars: Insider magazine[4] and Jedi News.
Weed appears in:
| Year | Film | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Digital Artist | ||
| 2013 | Digital artist | ||
| Senior digital artist | |||
| 2012 | Digital artist | ||
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Digital artist | |
| Super 8 | Digital artist | ||
| I Am Number Four | Digital artist | ||
| 2009 | Digital models and simultaneous | ||
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Digital modeler and simulator | |
| 2007 | Character modeler | ||
| Technical director: Light | |||
| 2006 | Digital modeler | ||
| Digital modeler | |||
| Computer graphics modeler | |||
| 2005 | Modeler and texture artist | ||
| Digital Modeler | |||
| Digital artist | |||
| Digital models | |||
| 2003 | Digital modeler | ||
| Digital modeler | |||
| Digital modeler | |||
| 2002 | Digital modeler | ||
| Lead digital modeler | |||
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Digital model development | |
| 1999 | Digital model development & construction artist | ||
| 1997 | Model maker: saucer crash miniature & blue screen unit | ||
| Digital effects artist | |||
| 1996 | Dragonheart | Sculptor | |
| 1995 | Chief model maker: miniatures unit | ||
| 1994 | Star Trek Generations | Model maker | |
| Model maker | |||
| 1993 | Fire in the Sky | Creature technician | |
| 1991 | Model maker | ||
| Anamatonics technician | |||
| 1990 | CWI special makeup effects | ||
| Look Who's Talking Too | Animatronics | ||
| Animatronic engineer (creature effects) | |||
| RoboCop 2 | Chris Walas Inc crew member | ||
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | Character performer | |
| 1988 | Designer | ||
| 1987 | Creature construction | ||
| 1986 | Sculptor | ||
| Creature effects | |||
| Fly creature effects | |||
| 1985 | Special creature effects technician | ||
| 1984 | Gremlins | Creature crew | |
| 1980/1997 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition | Chief creature maker |
Incomplete lists of Weed's visual effects works appear on the websites Hollywood.com[9] and the New York Times.[10]