American special effects people

Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema and he is the second highest-grossing film director of all time. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Awards, twelve Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Grammy Award, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, an honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. According to Forbes, he is one of the world's wealthiest celebrities. He is one of 22 people to achieve EGOT status.

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American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

American special effects specialist and television host

American musician

American animator and special effects pioneer (1901–1971)

American animator (1920–2013)

American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host, and actor (1970–2020)

American special effects specialist and television host

American special effects artist (1946–2008)

American effects animator and film director (born 1960)

Film maker and model maker, MythBusters build team member

American actor, stuntman, director and makeup artist

American musician and artist

American special makeup effects artist

American filmmaker (1922–2023)

American rocket engineer (1914–1952)

American rapper, singer and record producer

American animator (1886–1962)

American film director, special effects designer (1942–2022)

American actor

American film and television director (1899-1984)

American director (1952-2019)

American film director

American film director and producer

American designer (1894-1970)

American film special effects artist

American computer graphics professional

American make-up artist

American science fiction and space illustrator (1888-1986)

American special effects artist

motion picture visual effects artist

special effects designer (1892-1947)

American CIA technical operations officer and writer

American special effects person (1888-1968)

American make-up artist

American special effects cinematographer

American special effects artist and film director

American sound engineer (1896–1967)

American film director

American sound engineer (1894-1962)

American sound engineer and composer (1898–1981)

American sound engineer (1900-1985)

American special effects director (1943-2010)

special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman (1908-1985)

sound engineer (1905-1992)

American film special effects artist and animator (1911-1965)

special effects artist (1896-1953)

Czechoslovak/American painter and cinema special effects artist (1890–1962)

American film director

American production designer and visual effects artist

American film director

former chief of disguise for the United States Central Intelligence Agency

American makeup artist

special effects technician

American photographer

visual effects artist (1903-1968)

American film directors, producers and special effects artists

American special effects supervisor (born 1954)