Harold Weed
| Howie Weed | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Harold S. Weed December 23, 1962 San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Visual/special effects artist |
| Known for | Special effects artist |
Harold "Howie" S. Weed (born December 23, 1962) is a visual and special effects artist known for his work on Hollywood films and franchises. His most notable works have been Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Star Trek, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Weed started his career in films in the 1980s with an uncredited model making job for the film Gremlins.
Star Wars
Weed has gained a cult following for his involvement with the Star Wars Universe. Weed works with George Lucas' company Industrial Light and Magic[1] and has appeared in Episode IV as multiple characters and worked on multiple Star Wars films behind the scenes with his special effects work.
In the 1997 Special Edition re-release of Star Wars: A New Hope, Weed played Ketwol, a character created with a costume and mechanical stilts.[2]
Also in the re-release, Weeds appeared as the Wampa, replacing actor Des Webb,[3] and then as character Melas.[2]
Webb worked on Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace as a Digital model development and construction artist and then Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith as a Digital modeler.
Weed has been interviewed for the Star Wars: Insider magazine[4] and Jedi News.[1]
In literature
Weed appears in:
- 17th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques[5]
- Cinefex issues 69-72[6]
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning[7]
- The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies by R.G. Young[3]
- Star Wars: The Making of Episode I, The Phantom Menace by Laurent Bouzereau and Jody Duncan[8]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Digital Artist |
| 2013 | Pacific Rim | Digital artist |
| G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Senior digital artist | |
| 2012 | Battleship | Digital artist |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Digital artist |
| Super 8 | Digital artist | |
| I Am Number Four | Digital artist | |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Digital models and simultaneous |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Digital modeler and simulator |
| 2007 | Transformers | Character modeler |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Technical director: Light | |
| 2006 | Eragon | Digital modeler |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Digital modeler | |
| Poseidon | Computer graphics modeler | |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Modeler and texture artist |
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Digital Modeler | |
| xXx: State of the Union | Digital artist | |
| The Island | Digital models | |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Digital modeler |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Digital modeler | |
| Dreamcatcher | Digital modeler | |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Digital modeler |
| The Time Machine | Lead digital modeler | |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Digital model development |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Digital model development & construction artist |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Model maker: saucer crash miniature & blue screen unit |
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Digital effects artist | |
| 1996 | Dragonheart | Sculptor |
| 1995 | Congo | Chief model maker: miniatures unit |
| 1994 | Star Trek Generations | Model maker |
| The Flintstones | Model maker | |
| 1993 | Fire in the Sky | Creature technician |
| 1991 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Model maker |
| Naked Lunch | Anamatonics technician | |
| 1990 | Bird on a Wire | CWI special makeup effects |
| Look Who's Talking Too | Anamatronics | |
| Arachnophobia | Anamatronic engineer (creature effects) | |
| RoboCop 2 | Chris Walas Inc crew member | |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | Character performer |
| 1988 | The Blob | Designer |
| 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Creature construction |
| 1986 | Nutcracker: The Motion Picture | Sculptor |
| House | Creature effects | |
| The Fly | Fly creature effects | |
| 1985 | Enemy Mine | Special creature effects technician |
| 1984 | Gremlins | Creature crew |
| 1980/1997 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition | Chief creature maker |
Incomplete lists of Weed's visual effects works appear on the websites Hollywood.com[9] and the New York Times.[10]
References
- 1 2 "Howie Weed Interview". Jedi News. Retrieved 2 Jan 2014.
- 1 2 "Harold Weed - Filmography". Cinema. Retrieved 2 Jan 2014.
- 1 2 Young, R. G. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 191. ISBN 1557832692.
- ↑ "Star Wars Insider: Vol. 118". Titan Magazines. Retrieved 2 Jan 2014.
- ↑ SIGGRAPH (1990). Course notes: SIGGRAPH 1990, 17th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques : Dallas Convention Center, August 6th-10th. 17: 177. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Shay, Don (1997). Cinefex, Issues 69-72. D. Shay. pp. 25; 37; 101.
- ↑ Browning, John Edgar (2010). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. p. 38. ISBN 9780786462018.
- ↑ Bouzereau, Laurent (1999). Star Wars: The Making of Episode I, The Phantom Menace. Ballantine Publ. Group. p. 152. ISBN 9780345431110.
- ↑ "Harold Weed". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 3 Jan 2014.
- ↑ "Harold Weed". New York Times. Retrieved 3 Jan 2014.