John Bruno (special effects) explained

John Bruno is an American visual effects artist and filmmaker known for his prolific collaborations with director James Cameron on films like , True Lies, Titanic, Avatar, and The Abyss, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.^[1]

He has also contributed to other blockbuster films including Ghostbusters, Batman Returns, Cliffhanger, , and . He also directed the 1999 science fiction horror film Virus, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland.

He currently holds five Oscar nominations and two BAFTA Award nominations.

Filmography

Poltergeist (1982) – Animation supervisor: Industrial Light & Magic
Ghostbusters (1984) – Visual effects art director: Boss Film Studios, Entertainment Effects Group
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984) – Visual consultant
Fright Night (1985) – Visual effects art director: Entertainment Effects Group
(1986) – Visual effects art director: Boss Film Studios
The Abyss (1989) – Visual effects supervisor
(1991) – Visual effects designer
Batman Returns (1992) – Visual effects supervisor: Boss Film Studios
Cliffhanger (1993) – Visual effects supervisor
True Lies (1994) – Visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain
(1996) – Visual effects supervisor
Titanic (1997) – Visual effects consultant
Alien vs. Predator (2004) – Visual effects supervisor
(2006) – Visual effects supervisor
Rush Hour 3 (2007) – Visual effects designer/supervisor
Avatar (2009) – Visual effects supervisor
Season of the Witch (2011) – Visual effects consultant: additional photography
(2011) – Visual effects supervisor
(2012) – Visual effects supervisor
Movie 43 (2013) – Visual effects producer – Segment "Happy Birthday"
Hercules (2014) – Visual effects supervisor
(2014) – Additional visual effects supervisor

All 6 films were in the category of Best Visual Effects

1984 Academy Awards – Nominated for Ghostbusters, nomination shared with Richard Edlund, Chuck Gaspar and Mark Vargo. Lost to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom^[2]
1986 Academy Awards – Nominated for , nomination shared with Richard Edlund, Bill Neil and Garry Waller. Lost to Aliens.^[3]
1989 Academy Awards – The Abyss. Shared with Dennis Muren, Dennis Skotak and Hoyt Yeatman. Won.^[4]
1992 Academy Awards – Nominated for Batman Returns, nomination shared with Craig Barron, Michael Fink and Dennis Skotak. Lost to Death Becomes Her.^[5]
1993 Academy Awards – Nominated for Cliffhanger, nomination shared with Pamela Easley, Neil Krepela and John Richardson. Lost to Jurassic Park.^[6]
1994 Academy Awards – Nominated for True Lies, nomination shared with Thomas L. Fisher, Patrick McClung and Jacques Stroweis. Lost to Forrest Gump.^[7]