Ken Ralston

Biography:
Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, Dennis Muren hired him at Industrial Light & Magic to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained at ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis.

Ralston has won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Academy Award for the visual effects in Return of the Jedi (1983), and regular awards for his work on Cocoon (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was nominated three more times for Dragonslayer (1981), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Alice in Wonderland (2010).

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Ken Ralston's Filmography

LIGHT & MAGIC

LIGHT & MAGIC

  •   TV Show
  • 2022
Self - Camera Department
Men in Black 3

Men in Black 3

  •   Movie
  • 2012
Visual Effects Supervisor
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

  •   Movie
  • 2010
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Beowulf

Beowulf

  •   Movie
  • 2007
Visual Effects Design Consultant
The Polar Express

The Polar Express

  •   Movie
  • 2004
VFX Supervisor
Men in Black II

Men in Black II

  •   Movie
  • 2002
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Cast Away

Cast Away

  •   Movie
  • 2000
Visual Effects Supervisor
Contact

Contact

  •   Movie
  • 1997
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Phenomenon

Phenomenon

  •   Movie
  • 1996
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jumanji

Jumanji

  •   Movie
  • 1995
Visual Effects Supervisor
The American President

The American President

  •   Movie
  • 1995
Visual Effects Supervisor
Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

  •   Movie
  • 1994
Visual Effects Supervisor
Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

  •   Movie
  • 1992
Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor
The Rocketeer

The Rocketeer

  •   Movie
  • 1991
Visual Effects Supervisor
Back to the Future Part III

Back to the Future Part III

  •   Movie
  • 1990
Visual Effects Supervisor
Back to the Future Part II

Back to the Future Part II

  •   Movie
  • 1989
Visual Effects Supervisor
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

  •   Movie
  • 1988
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Golden Child

The Golden Child

  •   Movie
  • 1986
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

  •   Movie
  • 1986
Visual Effects Supervisor
Cocoon

Cocoon

  •   Movie
  • 1985
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

  •   Movie
  • 1984
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

  •   Movie
  • 1982
Visual Effects Supervisor