Jerome Chen is a Chinese American

visual effects supervisor In the context of film and television production, a visual effects supervisor is responsible for achieving the creative aims of the director or producers through the use of visual effects Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process ...

and director. He is a founding member of

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. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the

72nd Academy Awards The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1999 and took place on March 26, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST ...

for his work on ''

Stuart Little ''Stuart Little'' is a 1945 American children's novel by E. B. White. It was White's first children's book, and it is now widely recognized as a classic in children's literature. ''Stuart Little'' was illustrated by the subsequently award-winnin ...

'', shared with

John Dykstra John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, pioneer in the development of the use of computers in filmmaking and recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one o ...

, Henry F. Anderson III, and Eric Allard. He also shares several patents for facial/body motion capture and interactive camera technologies.

Partial filmography

* ''

James and the Giant Peach ''James and the Giant Peach'' is a popular children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl. The first edition, published by Alfred Knopf, featured illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. There have been re-illustrated versions of ...

'' (1996) (computer graphics supervisor) * ''

Contact Contact may refer to: Interaction Physical interaction * Contact (geology), a common geological feature * Contact lens or contact, a lens placed on the eye * Contact sport, a sport in which players make contact with other players or objects * ...

'' (1996) (computer graphics supervisor) * ''

'' (1999) (visual effects supervisor) * '' Stuart Little 2'' (2002) (visual effects supervisor) * ''

The Polar Express ''The Polar Express'' is a children's book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg and published by Houghton Mifflin in 1985. The book is now widely considered to be a classic Christmas story for young children. It was praised for its detai ...

'' (2004) (visual effects supervisor) * '' Beowulf'' (2007) (senior visual effects supervisor) * ''

The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a bimonthly per ...

'' (2012) (visual effects supervisor) * ''

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' (internationally titled ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro'') is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The film was directed by Marc Webb and produced by Avi A ...

'' (2014) (visual effects supervisor) * '' Fury'' (2014) (visual effects supervisor) * ''

Suicide Squad The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #25 (September 1959) and the second and modern version, cre ...

'' (2016) (visual effects supervisor) * '' Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle'' (2017) (visual effects supervisor) * '' Men in Black: International'' (2019) (visual effects supervisor) * '' Love, Death, & Robots: Lucky 13'' (2019) (director) * '' Love, Death, & Robots: In Vaulted Halls Entombed'' (2022) (director)

References

External links

* *https://www.imageworks.com/our-team/jerome-chen {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Jerome Living people Special effects people Visual effects supervisors 1963 births