special effect
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s designer and
software developer
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Minneapolis
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,
Minnesota
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, USA. He graduated from Fitchburg State College with a degree in communications. He lives in the
San Francisco Bay Area
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with his wife and two sons. In 2005, Egstad was interviewed by Fxguide where they referred to him as "one of the most talented digital effects supervisors in the film industry today."
Filmography
* ''
Æon Flux
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'' (2005) (co-visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain)
* ''
I, Robot
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'' (2004) (digital effects supervisor: Digital Domain)
* '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'' (2003) (associate visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain)... aka Looney Tunes Back in Action: The Movie (USA: DVD box title)
* '' Star Trek: Nemesis'' (2002) (lead digital compositor)
* ''
The Time Machine
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'' (2002) (digital effects supervisor: Digital Domain)
* ''
X-Men
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'' (2000) (compositing supervisor: Digital Domain) ... aka X-Men 1.5 (USA: DVD box title)
* '' Supernova'' (2000/I) (digital effects supervisor: Digital Domain) (as Jonathan D. Egstad)
* '' What Dreams May Come'' (1998) (digital compositor: Digital Domain) (as Jonathan D. Egstad)
* ''
Titanic
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'' (1997) (digital compositor: Digital Domain)
* ''
The Fifth Element
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Apollo 13
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'' (1995) (digital compositor) (uncredited)... aka Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
* ''
True Lies
''True Lies'' is a 1994 American spy action comedy film written and directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Art Malik, Tia Carrere, Bill Paxton, Eliza Dushku, Grant Heslov and Charlton Heston ...
'' (1994) (offline compositing: Digital Domain)
Awards
In 2002 Egstad won an
Academy Award for Technical Achievement
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(w. Bill Spitzak, Paul Van Camp and Price Pethel) for their work on Nuke-2D Compositing Software.Jonathan Egstad – Awards /ref>