SCOTT FARRAR, Academy Award Winner, Senior VFX Supervisor ILM, TRANSFORMERS 3

SCOTT FARRAR

Scott Farrar is the Industrial Light & Magic Visual Effects Supervisor on Transformers, and its sequel, Revenge of the Fallen.

Scott Farrar joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1981 as a camera operator on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. In 1985, Farrar received an Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects for his work on Cocoon, and two years later he was promoted to Visual Effects Supervisor for Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Farrar’s ability to carry out the vision of filmmakers has earned him several additional honors including Oscar® nominations for Backdraft in 1991, A.I. Artificial Intelligence in 2001 and The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 2005. Farrar earned British Academy Award nominations for his breakthrough work on A.I. Artificial Intelligence and his futuristic environments in Minority Report.  In 2007, he received an Oscar® nomination for Best Visual Effects for his work on Transformers. Most recently, Farrar was the Visual Effects Supervisor on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which as recently announced, is being recognized for Best Visual Effects at this year’s Hollywood Film Festival.

Prior to coming to ILM, Farrar worked as a freelance cameraman in the LA area.  In 1975, he was invited to visit the set of the then unknown “Star Wars” and saw the first motion control system in action.  Inspired by what he saw, he began work for Robert Abel and Associates, and eventually for Doug Trumbull working on Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

A California native, Farrar received his Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Fine Arts in Theater Design with an emphasis in Film from the University of California at Los Angeles.

 

The Visual Effects of Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Farrar will give you an inside look at the groundbreaking visual effects used for the third installment of Michael Bay’s larger than life Transformers Trilogy.

 

                                                          ILM CREDITS

Feature Films

2011       TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON – Visual Effects Supervisor

2009       TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN – Visual Effects Supervisor

               Visual Effects Society Nomination – Outstanding Visual Effects

               Hollywood Film Festival Award – Hollywood Visual Effects of the Year

2007       TRANSFORMERS – Visual Effects Supervisor

               Academy Award Nomination – Best Visual Effects

Visual Effects Society Award – Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture

Visual Effects Society Award – Best Single Visual Effect of the Year

Hollywood Film Festival Award – Hollywood Visual Effects of the Year

2005       THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE –Visual Effects Supervisor

                  Academy Award Nomination – Best Visual Effects

                  British Academy Award Nomination for Best Achievement in Visual Effects

2005       XXX: STATE OF THE UNION – Visual Effects Supervisor

2005       THE PACIFIER – Visual Effects Supervisor

2003       PETER PAN – Visual Effects Supervisor

2003       TEARS OF THE SUN – Visual Effects Supervisor

2002       MINORITY REPORT – Visual Effects Supervisor

               British Academy Award Nomination for Best Achievement in Visual Effects

2001       A. I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Visual Effects Supervisor                                                 Academy Award Nomination – Best Visual Effects

    British Academy Award Nomination for Best Achievement in Visual Effects

2000       SPACE COWBOYS – Visual Effects Supervisor

1999       THE HAUNTING – Visual Effects Supervisor

1999       STAR WARS: EPISODE I “The Phantom Menace” – VFX Sequence Supervisor

1999       THE MUMMY – Opening and Hamunaptra Collapse Sequences VFX Supervisor

1998         DEEP IMPACT – Visual Effects Supervisor

1997       AMISTAD – Visual Effects Supervisor

1997       MEN IN BLACK – Visual Effects Supervisor (End Sequence)

1996       DAYLIGHT – Visual Effects Supervisor

1995       CONGO – Visual Effects Supervisor

1994       CASPER – Visual Effects Plate Supervisor

1994       MAVERICK – Visual Effects Supervisor

1994       WOLF – Visual Effects Supervisor

1993      JURASSIC PARK – Plate Supervisor

1993       ALIVE – Visual Effects Supervisor

1993       MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY – Visual Effects Supervisor

1991       STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY – Visual Effects Supervisor

1991       BACKDRAFT – Visual Effects Supervisor

               Academy Award Nomination – Best Visual Effects

1990       DIE HARD 2 – Plate Photography Supervisor

1990       BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART III – Visual Effects Supervisor

1989       BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART II – Visual Effects Supervisor

1988       COCOON: THE RETURN – Visual Effects Supervisor

1988       WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? – Visual Effects Supervisor

1988       WILLOW – Effects Camera Operator

1987       EMPIRE OF THE SUN – Effects Camera Operator

1987       STAR TOURS (Simulator ride for Disneyland) – Effects Camera Operator

1986       THE GOLDEN CHILD – Effects Camera Operator

1986      CAPTAIN EO (3-D film for Disneyland) – Effects Camera Operator

1986       HOWARD THE DUCK – Stop-Motion Camera Operator

1985       YOUNG SHERLOCK HOMES – Effects Camera Operator

1985       EWOKS: THE BATTLE FOR ENDOR – Effects Camera Operator

1985       BACK TO THE FUTURE – Effects Camera Operator

1985       COCOON – Effects Camera Operator

               Academy Award – Best Visual Effects

1984       STARMAN – Effects Camera Operator

1984      THE EWOK ADVENTURE – Effects Camera Operator

1984      STAR TREK III: SEARCH FOR SPOCK – Effects Camera Operator

1983      RETURN OF THE JEDI – Effects Camera Operator

  STAR TREK II: WRATH OF KAHN – Effects Camera Operator