Karen Goulekas Explained

Karen Goulekas is a visual effects artist.^[1]

Goulekas jointly won two Emmy Awards for her work covering the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[2] She has jointly won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects twice, for The Fifth Element in 1998^[3] and The Day After Tomorrow in 2005.^[4] She jointly won the Saturn Award for Best Special Effects in 1998 for the film Godzilla,^[5] and jointly won the Best Single Visual Effect of the Year at the 3rd annual Visual Effects Society Awards for the tidal wave in The Day After Tomorrow.^[6]

Filmography

• Last Action Hero (1993)
• True lies (1994)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Strange Days (1995)
• (1996)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Titanic (1997)
• Godzilla (1998)
• Spiderman (2002)
• Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
• Venom (2005)
• 10,000 BC (2008)
• Obsessed (2009)
• MacGruber (2010)
• Piranha 3D (2010)
• Green Lantern (2011)
• 30 Minutes or Less (2011)
• Seeking Justice (2011)
• Looper (2012)
• Bloodline (2013)
• Don Jon (2013)
• Last Knights (2015)
• Mohenjo Daro (2016)

Bibliography

• Book: Goulekas, Karen . Visual Effects in A Digital World: A Comprehensive Glossary of Over 7000 Visual Effects Terms . 2001 . . 978-0-1229-3785-9 .

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: F/X Gods . Thomson . Anne . February 2005 . . May 15, 2013.
2. Web site: Interview with Karen Goulekas, VFX supervisor . January 27, 2009 . denofgeek.com . May 15, 2013.
3. Web site: Achievement in Special Visual Effects in 1998 . . May 15, 2013.
4. Web site: Achievement in Special Visual Effects in 2005 . . May 15, 2013.
5. Web site: Film Awards . . May 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081219234921/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html . 19 December 2008 .
6. Web site: 3rd Annual VES Awards . . May 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208104029/http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/ves-awards/previous/3rd-annual . 8 February 2012 .