Corbould, Chris

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CORBOULD, Chris

(Chris Cobould)

PERSONAL

Brother of Neil Corbould (a special effects technician) and Paul Corbould (a special effects technician).

Career:

Special effects supervisor, coordinator, and technician. Also known as Chris Cobould.

Awards, Honors:

Film Award nomination (with others), British Academy of Film and Television Arts, best achievement in special effects, 1996, for GoldenEye; Film Award nomination (with others), British Academy of Film and Television Arts, best achievement in special visual effects, Saturn Award nomination (with others), Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, best special effects, and Golden Satellite Award nomination (with others), International Press Academy, best visual effects, all 2000, for The Mummy; Visual Effects Society Award nomination, best special effects in a motion picture, 2003, for Die Another Day.

CREDITS

Film Special Effects Supervisor:

Second unit special effects supervisor, Licence to Kill (also known as Albert R. Broccoli's "Licence to Kill" and License to Kill), United Artists, 1989.

Nightbreed, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1990.

Shadowlands, Savoy Pictures, 1993.

Special effects floor supervisor, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (also known as Interview with the Vampire), Warner Bros., 1994.

GoldenEye, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1995.

The Ghost and the Darkness, Paramount, 1996.

Tomorrow Never Dies, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1997.

The Mummy, MCA/Universal, 1999.

The World Is Not Enough (also known as Pressure Point and T.W.I.N.E.), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1999.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (also known as Tomb Raider), Paramount, 2001.

Die Another Day (also known as D.A.D.), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2002.

Film Special Effects Coordinator:

Firestorm, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1998.

102 Dalmatians, Buena Vista, 2000.

Batman Begins, Warner Bros., 2005.

Film Special Effects Technician:

Krull (also known as Dragons of Krull, Dungeons and Dragons, The Dungeons of Krull, and Krull: Invaders of the Black Fortress), Columbia, 1983.

Supergirl (also known as Supergirl: The Movie), TriStar, 1984.

(Uncredited) A View to a Kill (also known as Ian Fleming's "A View to a Kill"), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1985.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (also known as Die Abenteuer des Baron von Muenchhausen), Columbia, 1988.

Hudson Hawk, TriStar, 1991.

The House of the Spirits (also known as Aandernes hus, A casa dos espiritos, and Das Geisterhaus), 1993, Miramax, 1994.

Film Senior Special Effects Technician:

Link, Universal, 1986.

Willow, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1988.

Alien3, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1992.

Far and Away, Universal, 1992.

Son of the Pink Panther (also known as Blake Edwards' "Son of the Pink Panther" and Il figlio della pantera rosa), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1993.

Film Special Effects Crew Member:

Lifeforce (also known as Space Vampires), TriStar/Cannon, 1985.

The Delta Force (also known as Mahatz Ha–Delta), Cannon, 1986.

The Living Daylights (also known as Ian Fleming's "The Living Daylights"), United Artists, 1987.

Film Work; Other:

Special effects assistant, Saturn 3 (also known as The Helper), Associated Film Distribution, 1980.

Special effects director, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (also known as Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens), Paramount, 2003.

Television Work; Movies:

Senior special effects technician, Treasure Island, 1990.

Special effects floor supervisor, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, 1997.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Best Ever Bond, Independent Television, 2002.

Himself, Premiere Bond: Die Another Day, Independent Television, 2002.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, Inside "Licence to Kill" (documentary short film), 1999.

Himself, Inside "For Your Eyes Only" (documentary short film), 2000.

Himself, Inside "The Living Daylights" (documentary short film), 2000.

Himself, Inside "A View to a Kill" (documentary short film), 2000.

Himself, The Men behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond (documentary short film), 2000.

Video Work:

Special effects worker, The Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye, 1995.

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