Scott Stokdyk Explained

Scott Stokdyk
Birth Date:	16 October 1969
Occupation:	Visual effects artist
Yearsactive:	1995-present

Scott Stokdyk (born October 16, 1969) is an American visual effects artist who is best known for his work on the films Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2.^[1]

Oscar history

Stokdyk has won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects once, with a further two nominations. All of the following are in this category:

• 73rd Academy Awards-Nominated for Hollow Man, nomination shared with Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes and Stan Parks. Lost to Gladiator.^[2]
• 75th Academy Awards-Nominated for Spider-Man. Nomination shared with John Dykstra, John Frazier and Anthony LaMolinara. Lost to .^[3]
• 77th Academy Awards-Spider-Man 2, award shared with John Dykstra, John Frazier and Anthony LaMolinara. Won.^[4]

Selected filmography

• Broken Arrow (1996)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Titanic (1997)
• Godzilla (1998)
• Hollow Man (2000)
• Spider-Man (2002)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• G-Force (2009)
• Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Notes and References

1. Blair . Iain . May 2002 . Superhuman Stunts: Imageworks Weaves a CG Spider-Man . Film and Video Magazine . 17.
2. Web site: The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners . April 11, 2014. oscars.org.
3. Web site: The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners . April 11, 2014. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS.
4. Web site: The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners . April 11, 2014. oscars.org.