Corbould, Neil 1962–

(Neil Corbuld)

PERSONAL

Born December 24, 1962; brother of Paul and Chris Corbould (special effects supervisors).

Addresses:

Agent—Marsh, Best and Associates, 9150 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 220, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Contact—c/o Pinewood Studios, Pinewood Rd., Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire SL0 0NH United Kingdom.

Career:

Special effects supervisor, special effects coordinator, and special effects technician.

Member:

Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union, British Special Effects Guild

Awards, Honors:

Film Award (with others), best special effects, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1998, for The Fifth Element; Film Award (with others), best special effects, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Golden Satellite Award nomination (with others), best visual effects in a motion picture, International Press Academy, and Saturn Award nomination (with others), best special effects, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1999, all for Saving Private Ryan; Film Award (with others), best achievement in special visual effects, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2001, for Vertical Limit; Film Award (with others), best achievement in special visual effects, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Academy Award (with others), best visual effects, 2001, both for Gladiator; Saturn Award nomination (with others), best special effects, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 2002, for The Mummy Returns; Saturn Award nomination (with others), best special effects, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, Film Award (with others), best achievement in special visual effects, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2005, both for The Day After Tomorrow; Phoenix Film Critics Society Award (with others), best visual effects, 2006, Academy Award nomination (with others), best achievement in visual effects, Visual Effects Society Award nomination (with others), outstanding special effects in a motion picture, Film Award nomination (with others), best achievement in special visual effects, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Saturn Award nomination (with others), best special effects, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 2007, all for Superman Returns.

CREDITS

Film Special Effects Assistant:

(Uncredited) Hawk the Slayer, 1980.

(Uncredited) Silver Dream Racer, 1980.

The Watcher in the Woods, 1980.

An American Werewolf in London (also known as American Werewolf and The American Werewolf), 1981.

Memoirs of a Survivor, 1981.

Leon (also known as The Cleaner and The Professional), 1994.

Film Special Effects Runner:

(Uncredited) Superman (also known as Superman: The Movie), 1978.

(Uncredited) Saturn 3 (also known as Saturn City and Saturn Three), 1980.

Amadeus (also known as Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus"), 1984.

Film Special Effects:

(Uncredited) The Elephant Man, Paramount, 1980.

(Uncredited) Victor/Victoria, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1982.

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

(First unit) Licence to Kill, 1989.

(As Neil Corbuld) Cliffhanger (also known as Cliffhanger 'ultima sfida and Cliffhanger, traque au sommet), TriStar, 1993.

Film Special Effects Technician:

(Uncredited) Superman II, 1980.

(Uncredited) Pink Floyd the Wall (also known as The Wall), 1982.

Superman III, 1983.

(Uncredited) The Razor's Edge, 1984.

(Uncredited) A View to a Kill, 1985.

Link, 1986.

(Uncredited) Absolute Beginners, 1986.

(Uncredited) Little Shop of Horrors, 1986.

(Uncredited) The Living Daylights, 1987.

Willow, 1988.

Highlander II: The Quickening, InterStar Releasing, 1991.

City of Joy (also known as La cite de la joie), 1992.

Film Special Effects Senior Technician:

Air America, 1990.

(Ireland) Far and Away, Universal, 1992.

Cutthroat Island (also known as Corsari, L'ile aux pirates, and Die Piratenbraut), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995.

Film Special Effects Supervisor:

The Fifth Element (also known as Le cinquieme element), Columbia, 1997.

Event Horizon, Paramount, 1997.

Saving Private Ryan, Paramount, 1998.

Entrapment (also known as Verlockende Falle), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Vertical Limit, Columbia, 2000.

The Mummy Returns, Universal, 2001.

Timeline, Paramount, 2003.

Kingdom of Heaven (also known as Konigreich der Himmel and El reino de los cielos), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

Superman Returns, Warner Bros., 2006.

Blood Diamond, Warner Bros., 2006.

Fred Claus, Warner Bros., 2007.

(United Kingdom) National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Buena Vista, 2007.

Defiance, Paramount Vantage, 2008.

Stopping Power, IM Global, 2008.

Film Work; Other:

(Uncredited) Special effects workshop supervisor, Highlander II: The Quickening (also known as High-lander I: The Renegade Version, Highlander—Le retour, and Highlander 2), 1991.

Floor supervisor (special effects) Muppet Treasure Island, Buena Vista, 1996.

Special and prosthetics effects supervisor, Gladiator, Universal, 2000.

Special effects consultant and coordinator, Four Feathers, Paramount, 2001.

Prosthetics effects supervisor, Black Hawk Down, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001.

Prosthetics and animatronics supervisor and special effects coordinator, Beyond Borders (also known as Jenseits aller Grenzen), Paramount, 2003.

Physical effects, Timeline, Paramount, 2003.

Special effects director, The Day After Tomorrow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

Special effects coordinator and makeup effects supervisor, King Arthur, Buena Vista, 2004.

Prosthetics supervisor, Kingdom of Heaven (also known as Konigreich der Himmel and El reino de los cielos), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

Film Appearances:

Himself, The Essence of Combat: Making "Black Hawk Down" (documentary), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003.

Himself, Journey Through "Timeline" (documentary), Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.

Himself, "Saving Private Ryan": Re-Creating Omaha Beach (documentary short), DreamWorks, 2004.

Himself, "Kingdom of Heaven": Interactive Production Grid (documentary), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2005.

Himself, Unholy War: Mounting the Siege (documentary short), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

Himself, Beware the Moon: Remembering "An American Werewolf in London" (documentary), Indywood Films, 2008.

Television Work; Movies:

Special effects technician, A Christmas Carol, 1984.

Special effects technician, The Old Man and the Sea (also known as Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea"), NBC, 1990.

Special effects supervisor, The Crucifer of Blood, TNT, 1991.

Special effects floor supervisor, MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis, ABC, 1994.

Special effects floor supervisor, MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday, ABC, 1994.

Television Work; Episodic:

Special effects, Two Thousand Acres of Sky, BBC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The 73rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2001.

Kingdom of Hope: The Making of "Kingdom of Heaven," 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Making of ‘The Day After Tomorrow,’" HBO First Look, HBO, 2004.

"Kingdom of Heaven," HBO First Look, HBO, 2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Neil Corbould Website,http://www.neilcorbouldsfx.co.uk, January 5, 2008.