John Richardson
Sign in to savespecial effects supervisor from the United Kingdom
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It sits within the topics 1946 births, Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners and Best Visual Effects BAFTA Award winners.
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Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
John Richardson (born 1946 in England) is a British special effects supervisor. He is best known for his work on the James Bond film series (at least Casino Royale, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and Die Another Day), all the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Aliens (1986). For the latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 1987…
Known for
- Harry Potter: The Official Film Podcast — Self - Special Effects Supervisor2026
- When Harry Left Hogwarts — Self2011
- Building a Scene2003
- Die Another Day: From Script to Screen — Self2002
- The Omen Legacy — Self2001
- Inside Q's Lab — Self2000
- Inside 'Moonraker' — Self2000
- Inside 'Octopussy' — Self2000
- Inside 'The Living Daylights' — Self2000
- Inside 'Licence to Kill' — Self2000
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John Richardson aka Jayadev was born and raised in the county of Essex in the south east of England. He taught himself to play the drums at an early age and eventually became a session musician playing on many successful pop records in the UK. He found fame in the 1970’s as the drummer with glam rock band The Rubettes. Between 1974 and 1979 The Rubettes enjoyed chart success with a string of hit records in the UK and Europe including the number <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Richardson"
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Richardson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Brentford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1946-06-10
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
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