Richard Conway (special effects artist)

Richard Conway (15 January 1942 – 22 December 2021) was an English special effects artist who was nominated at the 62nd Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects for his work on the film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. His nomination was shared with Kent Houston.[1]

Richard Conway
Born	(1942-01-15)15 January 1942
Died	22 December 2021(2021-12-22) (aged 79)
Occupation	Visual effects artist
Years active	1966–2015

He worked on over 65 films and TV shows from 1966 until 2015. Conway won two Primetime Emmy Awards. The first was for Merlin, and the second was for Alice in Wonderland. He also won a BAFTA award for Brazil.

Conway died on 22 December 2021, at the age of 79.[2]

His son, Sam Conway, was the special effects supervisor on HBO's Game of Thrones

References

"The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
Tangcay, Jazz (22 December 2021). "Special Effects Supervisor Richard Conway Dies at 79". Variety. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

External links

Richard Conway at IMDb

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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