Fisher, Thomas L. (Thomas Fischer, Thomas Fisher, Thomas Luther Fisher, Tom Fisher, Tommy Fisher)

PERSONAL

Full name, Thomas Luther Fisher; children: Scott Fisher (a special effects specialist).

Career:

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

Awards, Honors:

Saturn Award nomination (with others), best special effects, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1991, for Total Recall; Academy Award nomination (with others), best effects—visual effects, and Film Award nomination (with others), best special effects, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1995, both for True Lies; Saturn Award nomination (with others), best special effects, 1996, for Batman Forever; Academy Award (with others), best effects—visual effects, and Film Award nomination (with others), best special effects, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1998, both for Titanic.

CREDITS

Film Special Effects:

(As Thomas Fisher) The Devil's Rain, Byranston Pictures, 1975.

Demon Seed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1977.

Fast Company, Topar Films, 1978.

A Perfect Company, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979.

Quintet, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979.

The Last Chase, Crown International Pictures, 1981.

(As Tom Fisher) Death Hunt, 1981.

Impulse, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984.

Red Dawn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1984.

Legal Eagles, Universal, 1986.

(As Tom Fisher) Extreme Prejudice, TriStar, 1987.

Titanic, Paramount, 1997.

Men in Black II (also known as MIB 2 and MIIB), Columbia TriStar, 2002.

Film Special Effects Assistant:

City on Fire, AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1979.

Maria Chapdelaine, 1982.

Film Special Effects Coordinator:

(As Thomas Fisher) First Blood (also known as Rambo: First Blood), Orion, 1982.

Certain Fury, New World Pictures, 1984.

(As Thomas Fisher) Rambo: First Blood Part II, TriStar, 1985.

Nowhere to Hide, New Century/Vista Film Company, 1987.

Desperate Hours, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1990.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (also known as T2, Terminator 2—Le jugement dernier, El exterminator 2, and T2—Terminator 2: Judgment Day), TriStar, 1991.

The Taking of Beverly Hills (also known as Boomer: The Taking of Beverly Hills), Columbia, 1991.

(As Tom Fisher) The Last of the Mohicans, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992.

Under Siege (also known as Piege en haute mer), Warner Bros., 1992.

(As Tommy Fisher) Last Action Hero, Columbia, 1993.

True Lies, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994.

On Deadly Ground, Warner Bros., 1994.

(As Tommy Fisher) Batman Forever (also known as Forever), Warner Bros., 1995.

(TRIX Unlimited Special Effects) High School High, 1996.

The Shadow Conspiracy, Buena Vista, 1997.

The 13th Warrior (also known as The Thirteenth Warrior), Buena Vista, 1999.

End of Days, Universal, 1999.

Supernova, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2000.

(As Tommy Fisher) Ticker, Nu Image Films, 2001.

(F-18 mock up and T R I X Unlimited) Behind Enemy Lines, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001.

Collateral Damage, Warner Bros., 2002.

Men in Black II (also known as MIB 2 and MIIB), Columbia TriStar, 2002.

(As Tom Fisher) The Cat in the Hat (also known as Dr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat"), Universal, 2003.

Collateral, DreamWorks, 2004.

(As Tommy Fisher) Van Helsing, Universal, 2004.

(As Tom Fisher; second unit) Premonition, Sony, 2007.

Film Special Effects Supervisor:

Rambo III, TriStar, 1988.

Total Recall, TriStar, 1990.

Film Work:

Gorilla body actor, George of the Jungle, Buena Vista, 1997.

Film Puppeteer:

(Steve Johnson's XFX) Phantoms, Dimension, 1998.

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Universal, 2000.

Film Video Consultant:

The Guardian, Buena Vista, 2006.

Television Work; Series:

Puppeteer, Dinosaurs, ABC, 1990-94.

Television Specials Effects Supervisor; Miniseries:

Louisiana (also known as Lousiane), 1984.

Television Special Effects; Movies:

Fer-de-Lance (also known as Death Dive and Operation Serpent), 1974.

(As Tom Fisher) All the Kind Strangers (also known as Evil in the Swamp), 1974.

SST: Death Flight (also known as Death Flight, Flight of the Maiden, and SST: Disaster in the Sky), 1977.

Man from Atlantis, 1977.

Television Special Effects Coordinator; Movies:

(As Thomas Luther Fisher) Riviera, 1987.

Unconditional Love, Starz!, 2002.