Roger Dicken Explained

Birth Date:	1939 4, df=y
Birth Place:	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Death Place:	North Wales
Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Special effects artist

Roger Dicken (15 April 1939  - 18 February 2024)^{[1] [2]} was a British special effects artist.^[3] He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth.^[4]

Dicken died on 18 February 2024 at the age of 84.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Selected filmography

• Scars of Dracula (1970, bat puppet)
• When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1971; co-nominated for an Academy Award with Jim Danforth)
• The Land That Time Forgot (1974)
• Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
• Alien (1979, chest burster effects)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roger Dicken. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506090316/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1456b05. dead. 6 May 2016. British Film Institute. 24 April 2022.
2. Book: Giesen, Rolf. Special Effects Artists: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary of the Pre-digital Era with a Filmography. 48. McFarland. 2008. 9780786429318. Google Books.
3. News: Putting the squirm into: But the monsters just aren't right says Roger Dicken. Evening Post. Reading, Berkshire, England. 29 September 1979. 24 April 2022. 7. Newspapers.com.
4. Web site: The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners. 24 April 2022. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 5 October 2014 .
5. Web site: Barnes . Mike . Bartlett . Rhett . Roger Dicken, VFX Artist on Alien and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Dies at 84 . . 18 April 2024 . 18 April 2024.
6. Web site: Veteran VFX Artist Roger Dicken Passes at 84 . 2024-06-02 . . en.
7. Web site: ‘Alien’ VFX Artist Roger Dicken Dies Age 84 . 2024-06-02 . www.animationmagazine.net.