Dale Duguid is an Australian

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supervisor and production designer who is credited on multiple films and TV series. After a career spanning

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, directing and

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, Duguid established a viable visual effects industry for long form production within Australia through the creation of the Visual Effects design and production company Photon Stockman in 1991. Duguid was recognised with a medal from Queen Elizabeth II for having been a prime mover for the VFX industry in Australia. According to one report: "He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to the Queensland film industry." Duguid’s VFX credits include ''

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'', ''Australia'', ''House of Wax'', ''Ghost Ship'', and several others. His most recent listed movie which he worked on was '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' (2010). Duguid has worked with some noted Hollywood talent, and contributed to visual effects nominated for an

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(on ''

'' produced by Gil Adler), and an

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award (for mini-series, ''Moby Dick'', which starred

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as Captain Ahab, and was produced by

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'Gold Coast Bulletin''. Duguid was also an executive producer and CEO of SMI-photon, a visual effects and animation multi-national with interests in

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and Australia.

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