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American visual efects artist (1948–2024)
Matt Sweeney
Born Matthew Sweeney
(1948-04-00 ) April 1948Died February 19, 2024 (aged 75)Nationality American Occupation
Visual effects artist Years active 1979–2009 Spouse
Matthew Sweeney (April 1948 – February 19, 2024) was an American special effects artist who was nominated at the
68th Academy Awards in the category of
Best Visual Effects along with
Leslie Ekker ,
Michael Kanfer and
Robert Legato . They were nominated for their work on the film
Apollo 13 .
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Sweeney died in Burbank on February 19, 2024, at the age of 75, from prolonged lung cancer. He was survived by his wife of the same profession, Lucinda Foy, whom he married in 2020.
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Awards
Sweeney received 3
Technical Achievement Awards at the Academy Awards.
59th Academy Awards : For the development of an automatic capsule gun for simulating bullet hits for motion picture special effects (with Lucinda Strub).
70th Academy Awards : For the development and realization of Liquid Synthetic Air (with James F. Foley, Charles Converse and F. Edward Gardner (of UCISCO); and to Robert W. Stoker, Jr.).
74th Academy Awards : For the concept, design and realization of the "Mic Rig" (with
Mic Rodgers )
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Selected filmography
References
External links
1982–2000
Richard Edlund -
Poltergeist (1982)
Richard Edlund ,
Dennis Muren ,
Ken Ralston , and
Kit West -
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Dennis Muren ,
George Gibbs ,
Michael J. McAlister , and
Lorne Peterson -
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
George Gibbs and
Richard Conway -
Brazil (1985)
Robert Skotak ,
Brian Johnson ,
Suzanne M. Benson ,
John Richardson , and
Stan Winston -
Aliens (1986)
Michael Lantieri ,
Michael Owens ,
Edward Jones , and Bruce Walters -
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
George Gibbs ,
Richard Williams ,
Ken Ralston , and
Edward Jones -
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Ken Ralston ,
Michael Lantieri ,
John Bell , and
Steve Gawley -
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
The production team of
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990)
Stan Winston ,
Dennis Muren ,
Gene Warren Jr. , and
Robert Skotak -
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Michael Lantieri ,
Ken Ralston , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr.,
Doug Chiang , and Douglas Smythe -
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Dennis Muren ,
Stan Winston ,
Phil Tippett , and
Michael Lantieri -
Jurassic Park (1993)
Ken Ralston ,
George Murphy ,
Stephen Rosenbaum ,
Doug Chiang , and
Allen Hall -
Forrest Gump (1994)
Robert Legato ,
Michael Kanfer ,
Matt Sweeney , and
Leslie Ekker -
Apollo 13 (1995)
Stefen Fangmeier ,
John Frazier , Henry LaBounta, and
Habib Zargarpour -
Twister (1996)
Mark Stetson ,
Karen Goulekas ,
Nick Allder ,
Neil Corbould , and
Nick Dudman -
The Fifth Element (1997)
Stefen Fangmeier ,
Roger Guyett , and
Neil Corbould -
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
John Gaeta ,
Steve Courtley ,
Janek Sirrs , and
Jon Thum -
The Matrix (1999)
Stefen Fangmeier ,
John Frazier ,
Walt Conti ,
Habib Zargarpour , and
Tim Alexander -
The Perfect Storm (2000)
2001–present
Jim Rygiel ,
Richard Taylor ,
Alex Funke ,
Randall William Cook , and
Mark Stetson -
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Jim Rygiel ,
Joe Letteri ,
Randall William Cook , and
Alex Funke -
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Joe Letteri ,
Jim Rygiel ,
Randall William Cook , and
Alex Funke -
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Karen Goulekas ,
Neil Corbould ,
Greg Strause , and Remo Balcells -
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Joe Letteri ,
Christian Rivers ,
Brian Van't Hul , and
Richard Taylor -
King Kong (2005)
John Knoll ,
Hal Hickel ,
Charles Gibson , and
Allen Hall -
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Michael L. Fink ,
Bill Westenhofer ,
Ben Morris , and
Trevor Wood -
The Golden Compass (2007)
Eric Barba ,
Craig Barron ,
Nathan McGuinness , and
Edson Williams -
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Joe Letteri ,
Stephen Rosenbaum ,
Richard Baneham , and
Andrew R. Jones -
Avatar (2009)
Chris Corbould ,
Paul Franklin ,
Andrew Lockley , and
Peter Bebb -
Inception (2010)
Tim Burke ,
John Richardson ,
Greg Butler , and
David Vickery -
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
Bill Westenhofer ,
Guillaume Rocheron , and
Erik-Jan de Boer -
Life of Pi (2012)
Tim Webber ,
Chris Lawrence ,
Dave Shirk ,
Neil Corbould , and Nikki Penny -
Gravity (2013)
Paul Franklin ,
Scott R. Fisher ,
Andrew Lockley , and
Ian Hunter -
Interstellar (2014)
Chris Corbould ,
Roger Guyett ,
Paul Kavanagh , and
Neal Scanlan -
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Robert Legato ,
Dan Lemmon ,
Andrew R. Jones , and
Adam Valdez -
The Jungle Book (2016)
Richard R. Hoover ,
Paul Lambert ,
Gerd Nefzer , and
John Nelson -
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Geoffrey Baumann , Jesse James Chisholm,
Craig Hammack , and
Dan Sudick -
Black Panther (2018)
Greg Butler ,
Guillaume Rocheron , and
Dominic Tuohy -
1917 (2019)
Scott R. Fisher ,
Andrew Jackson , and
Andrew Lockley -
Tenet (2020)
Brian Connor ,
Paul Lambert ,
Tristan Myles , and
Gerd Nefzer -
Dune (2021)
Richard Baneham ,
Daniel Barrett ,
Joe Letteri and
Eric Saindon -
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Simon Hughes -
Poor Things (2023)