Michael Kanfer

Michael Kanfer is a visual effects artist who is best known for his work on Titanic and Apollo 13.

Michael Kanfer
Other names	Michael D. Kanfer
Occupation	Visual effects artist
Years active	1994-2006

Oscars

Both of these are in the category of Best Visual Effects

68th Academy Awards-Nominated for Apollo 13. Nomination shared with Leslie Ekker, Robert Legato and Matt Sweeney. Lost to Babe.[1]
70th Academy Awards-Titanic. Shared with Thomas L. Fisher, Mark Lasoff and Robert Legato. Won.[2]

Selected filmography

Apollo 13 (1995)
Titanic (1997)
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

References

"The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
"The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved April 4, 2014.

External links

Michael Kanfer at IMDb

Awards for Michael Kanfer

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
1963–1980	Emil Kosa Jr. (1963) Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske (1964) John Stears (1965) Art Cruickshank (1966) L. B. Abbott (1967) Stanley Kubrick (1968) Robie Robertson (1969) L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1970) Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett and Danny Lee (1971) L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1972) No Award (1973) Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1974) Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1975) Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer (1976) John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune and Robert Blalack (1977) Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings and Zoran Perisic (1978) H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Dennis Ayling (1979) Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson (1980)
1981–2000	Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson and Joe Johnston (1981) Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren and Kenneth F. Smith (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett (1983) Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs (1984) Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry (1985) Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne M. Benson (1986) Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup and Kenneth F. Smith (1987) Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones and George Gibbs (1988) John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman and Dennis Skotak (1989) Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern and Alex Funke (1990) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak (1991) Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe and Tom Woodruff Jr. (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri (1993) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall (1994) Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan and John Cox (1995) Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joe Viskocil (1996) Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer (1997) Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack (1998) John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum (1999) John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke and Rob Harvey (2000)
2001–2020	Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson (2001) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2002) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2003) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier (2004) Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor (2005) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall (2006) Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood (2007) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones (2009) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb (2010) Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning (2011) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer and Donald R. Elliott (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould (2013) Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott R. Fisher (2014) Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris and Andrew Whitehurst (2015) Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon (2016) John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover (2017) Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm (2018) Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy (2019) Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, David Lee and Andrew Lockley (2020)
2021–present	Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer (2021) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (2022)

BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

1982–2000

Richard Edlund (1982)
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Kit West (1983)
Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, and Lorne Peterson (1984)
George Gibbs, and Richard Conway (1985)
Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, John Richardson, and Stan Winston (1986)
Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Ed Jones, and Bruce Walters (1987)
George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, and Ed Jones (1988)
Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, and Steve Gawley (1989)
The special visual effects team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990)
Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak (1991)
Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang, and Douglas Smythe (1992)
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993)
Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall (1994)
Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney, and Leslie Ekker (1995)
Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, and Habib Zargarpour (1996)
Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould, and Nick Dudman (1997)
Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, and Neil Corbould (1998)
John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, and Jon Thum (1999)
Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, and Tim Alexander (2000)

2001–present

Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook, and Mark Stetson (2001)
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2002)
Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003)
Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, and Remo Balcells (2004)
Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul, and Richard Taylor (2005)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006)
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood (2007)
Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, and Edson Williams (2008)
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009)
Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb (2010)
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, and David Vickery (2011)
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, and Erik-Jan de Boer (2012)
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould, and Nikki Penny (2013)
Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley, and Ian Hunter (2014)
Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, and Neal Scanlan (2015)
Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez (2016)
Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, and John Nelson (2017)
Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick (2018)
Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, and Dominic Tuohy (2019)
Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley (2020)
Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer (2021)
Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon (2022)

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