Martin Hill is a special effects artist. He was nominated at the

85th Academy Awards The 85th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2012 and took place on February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p. ...

for his work on the film ''

Prometheus In Greek mythology, Prometheus (; , , possibly meaning " forethought")Smith"Prometheus". is a Titan god of fire. Prometheus is best known for defying the gods by stealing fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, kn ...

'', in the category of Best Visual Effects. He shared his nomination with

Charley Henley Charley Henley is a visual effects supervisor. He was nominated at the 85th Academy Awards for his work on the film ''Prometheus'', in the category of Best Visual Effects. He shared his nomination with Martin Hill, Richard Stammers and Trevor ...

Richard Stammers Richard Stammers is a British visual effects artist. He was nominated for the Best Visual Effects at the 85th Academy Awards for his work on the film ''Prometheus'' and at the 87th Academy Awards for his work on the film '' X-Men: Days of Futur ...

and Trevor Wood. In 2014, Hill was awarded at the 86th Academy Scientific and Technical Awards, an

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, for the Spherical Harmonics-based Efficient Lighting System at Weta Digital. He shares this award with Nick McKenzie and Jon Allitt. Hill also won an Primetime Emmy Award.

Selected filmography

* ''

Enemy at the Gates ''Enemy at the Gates'' (''Stalingrad'' in France and ''L'Ennemi aux portes'' in Canada) is a 2001 war film directed, co-written, and produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book '' Enemy at the Gates: The Batt ...

'' (2001) * ''

Batman Begins ''Batman Begins'' is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. The film is based on the DC Comics character Batman, it stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, with Michael Caine, ...

'' (2005) * ''

King Kong King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelizat ...

'' (2005) * '' X-Men: The Last Stand'' (2006) * ''

Avatar Avatar (, ; ), is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means "descent". It signifies the material appearance or incarnation of a powerful deity, goddess or spirit on Earth. The relative verb to "alight, to make one's appeara ...

'' (2009) * '' The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn'' (2011) * ''

Rise of the Planet of the Apes ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' is a 2011 American science fiction film directed by Rupert Wyatt from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It is a reboot of the ''Planet of the Apes'' film franchise, which is based on the 1963 nov ...

'' (2011) * '' The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' (2012) * ''

'' (2012) * '' The Wolverine'' (2013) * ''

Furious 7 ''Furious 7'' (also known as ''Fast & Furious 7'') is a 2015 American action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to ''Fast & Furious 6'' (2013) and '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006), and ser ...

'' (2015) * ''

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'' (french: Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes) is a 2017 space opera film written and directed by Luc Besson, and produced by his wife, Virginie Besson-Silla. It is based on the French scie ...

(2017)

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