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Independence Day: Creating Reality (2000)

A look into the making of the state of the art special effects for the film Independence Day (1996). This crew spent a long time creating these 400 plus effects shots, and ended up winning an Academy Award for their work. Very interesting to see how hard these people worked in order to make the battles etc. seem so realistic.

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Independence Day: Creating Reality

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Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich

as Himself - Director (as Roland Emmrich)

as Himself - Producer

Patrick Tatopoulos

Patrick Tatopoulos

as Himself - Production Designer

Michael R. Joyce

Michael R. Joyce

as Himself - Model Shop Supervisor

as Himself - VFX Production Supervisor

as Himself - Miniature Pyrotechnics / Mechanical Effects Supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil)

as Himself - VFX Supervisor

as Himself - Motion Control Camera Operator

Tricia Henry Ashford

Tricia Henry Ashford

as Herself - Digital Effects Supervisor / Producer (as Tricia Ashford)

Tara Handy Turner

Tara Handy Turner

as Herself - Computer Graphic Supervisor

as Himself - Unit Digital Animation Supervisor

as Himself - Technical Supervisor: Vision Art

as Himself - Digital Producer: Vision Art

as Herself - Digital VFX Supervisor: P.O.P.

Lawrence Littleton

Lawrence Littleton

as Himself - Digital Compositor: P.O.P.

as Himself - Digital Compositing Supervisor: P.O.P.

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Thomas C. Grane

Thomas C. Grane

Thomas C. Grane

Thomas C. Grane

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