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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 .[ 1]
Sweeney died in Burbank on February 19, 2024, at the age of 75, from prolonged lung cancer.[ 2]
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 )[ 3]
Selected filmography [ edit ]
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)