Jacques Stroweis is a visual effects artist and computer scientist who began his career as a member of the

New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab The Computer Graphics Lab was a computer lab located at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) in the late 1970s and 1980s, founded by Dr. Alexander Schure. It was originally located at the "pink building" on the NYIT campus. The lab was in ...

. He was nominated at the 67th Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects for the film ''

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. ...

''. He shared his nomination with John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher and

Patrick McClung Patrick McClung is a two-time Oscar nominated visual effects artist. Oscar Nominations Both are in the category of Best Visual Effects. * 67th Academy Awards-Nominated for ''True Lies''. Nomination shared with John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher a ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Predator 2 ''Predator 2'' is a 1990 American science fiction action film written by brothers Jim and John Thomas, directed by Stephen Hopkins, and starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Peter Hall ...

'' (1990) * '' Demolition Man'' (1993) * ''

Last Action Hero ''Last Action Hero'' is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film directed and produced by John McTiernan and co-written by Shane Black and David Arnott. It is a satire of the action genre and associated clichés, containing several parodies ...

'' (1993) * ''

'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' Broken Arrow'' (1996) * '' The Covenant'' (2006) * ''

Ghost Rider Ghost Rider is the name of multiple antiheroes and superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rider. The first s ...

'' (2007) * '' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'' (2009) * '' Robosapien: Rebooted'' (2013) * '' Dracula: The Dark Prince'' (2013) * ''

The Monkey King 2 ''The Monkey King 2'' (Chinese: 西遊記之孫悟空三打白骨精) is a 2016 Hong Kong-Chinese action fantasy film based on the classic 16th-century novel ''Journey to the West'' by Wu Cheng'en. The film was shot in 3D and is a sequel to the ...

'' (2016)

References

External links

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NYIT Computer Graphics Lab, People Behind The Pixels
* Cinefex No. 59, September 1994, "True Lies" * Rolling Stones, Issue 668, August 11, 1994, "True Lies"
"Intangible Biomorphs" Film & Mutoscope installation, Annecy Animation Film Festival, 1987
*"Spatial set operations on manifolds", Jacques.Stroweis and Pat Hanrahan, SIAM Conference on Geometric Modeling and Robotics, Albany, NY,1985
"Redefining Sculpture Digitally", Michael O'Rourke, CAT 2010 London Conference
Living people Special effects people Visual effects supervisors Computer graphics Year of birth missing (living people) New York Institute of Technology faculty {{film-bio-stub