John Nelson

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Detroit, Michigan, USA

John Nelson (born July 21, 1953) is an American visual effects supervisor. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects for his work on the films Gladiator (2000) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). He has also been nominated for I, Robot (2004) and Iron Man (2008). He also won the 2018 British Academy of Film and Television Arts for the Special Visual Effects in Blade Runner 2049. After…

Known for

• Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' — Self2005
• Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport — Self2000

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26,501

John Wilton Nelson (born 6 December 1941, San Jose, Costa Rica, of American parents) is an American conductor. Nelson studied at Wheaton College, and later at the Juilliard School of Music with Jean Morel . Nelson was Music Director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra from 1976 to 1987. Nelson made two commercial recordings with the Indianapolis Symphony, of music by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Charles Martin Loeffler, for the New World Records label. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Nels

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

John

Family name

Nelson

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Detroit

Educated at

University of Michigan

Award

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

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