Steve Preeg is an American Academy Award-winning special effects artist. He won at the

81st Academy Awards The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2008 and took place on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 ...

for the film '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'', in the category of Best Visual Effects. He shared his Oscar with

Eric Barba Eric Barba is a visual effects supervisor for television, film, and commercial advertising. After studying at the Art Center College of Design, Barba began his career at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Imaging as a digital artist on ''SeaQuest 2032'' ...

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and

Burt Dalton Burt Dalton is an American visual effects supervisor. Dalton and his fellow visual effects artists are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2013 film ''Star Trek Into Darkness ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' is a 2013 Am ...

. He graduated in 1989 from

Los Alamos High School Los Alamos High School (LAHS) is the public high school in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States. The school opened in 1946, and was originally supported by the Atomic Energy Commission. It has been academically recognized by ''Newsweek'', '' U. ...

Filmography

* '' Oblivion'' (2013) * ''

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (original title in ) is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in 2005, translated into English in 2008, and became an international bestseller. ''T ...

'' (2011) * '' TRON: Legacy'' (2010) * '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008) * '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' (2007) * ''

Flags of Our Fathers ''Flags of Our Fathers'' (2000) is a book by James Bradley with Ron Powers about his father, Navy corpsman John Bradley, and five United States Marines, who were made famous by Joe Rosenthal’s ''Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima'' photograph. T ...

'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (2002) * '' Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'' (2001) * ''

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'' (1999) * ''

Ri¢hie Ri¢h's Christmas Wish ''Richie Rich's Christmas Wish'' (also known as ''Richie Rich 2'') is a 1998 American Christmas comedy film based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Richie Rich. It is a stand-alone sequel to the 1994 film '' Richie Rich'', starring David Ga ...

'' (1998) * '' Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace'' (1996)

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