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John Knoll

Biography

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The Beginning of Photoshop: Thomas Knoll, John Knoll & Russell Brown

 

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Meet ILM's John Knoll

 

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Rogue One: John Knoll Visits ILM As A Kid

 

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John Knoll Interview | Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016

 

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ILM - Pushing the VFX Envelope on Pirates 3

John Knoll is an American visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer (CCO) at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop, he has also worked as visual effects supervisor on the Star Wars prequels and the 1997 special editions of the original trilogy. He also served as ILM's visual effects supervisor for Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact, as well as the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Along with Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall, Knoll and the trio's work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest earned them the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
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