John Richardson

Known for Visual EffectsBorn 1946-06-10 (age 80)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 ceremony.[1] He won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award at the 2012 ceremony. In 2019, he published the book "Making Movie Magic" which detailed his career in film.Read more

Movies & web series

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Inside 'Licence to Kill'

When Harry Left Hogwarts

The Day of the Jackal

The Omen

The Devils

Starship Troopers

The Omen Legacy

Highly Classified: The World of 007

Superman

A Bridge Too Far

Straw Dogs

Ladyhawke

Inside 'Moonraker'

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

Battle of Britain

Die Another Day: From Script to Screen

Cliffhanger

Licence to Kill

Dark of the Sun

Inside 'Octopussy'

North Sea Hijack

Phase IV

Deep Blue Sea

Play Dirty

Juggernaut

Young Winston

Duffy

Scorpio

The Watcher in the Woods

Escape to Athena

Warlords of Atlantis

Inside Q's Lab

The People That Time Forgot

Building a Scene

Rosebud

Hennessy

Harry Potter: The Official Film Podcast