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

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for his work on the film ''

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

Charley Henley Charley Henley is a British visual effects supervisor. He was nominated at the 85th Academy Awards for his work on the film ''Prometheus (2012 film), Prometheus'', in the category of Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Best Visual Effects. He ...

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

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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 (author), William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book ''Enemy ...

'' (2001) * ''

Batman Begins ''Batman Begins'' is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne (Dark Knight trilogy), Bruce Wayne / B ...

'' (2005) * ''

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

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'' (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 action 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 series and is the seventh install ...

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

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

Furious 7 ''Furious 7'' (also known as ''Fast & Furious 7'') is a 2015 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 the seventh i ...

'' (2015) * ''

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'' () 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 science fiction comics series '' Valérian and Laurel ...

'' (2017)

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* Living people Visual effects artists Year of birth missing (living people) Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners Primetime Emmy Award winners {{film-artist-stub