Richard Bluff is an English

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. Known for his works in

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's visual effects company

Industrial Light & Magic Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American motion picture visual effects company that was founded on May 26, 1975 by George Lucas. It is a division of the film production company Lucasfilm, which Lucas founded, and was created when he began ...

(ILM) as a digital matte artist and visual effects supervisor in acclaimed films such as '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' (2005), ''

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'' (2005), ''

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'' (2007-11), '' Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' (2008), ''

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'' (2009), ''

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'' (2009), '' The Avengers'' (2012), ''

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'' (2012) ''

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'' (2013), ''

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'' (2015) and '' Doctor Strange'' (2016), for which he received an

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nomination at the 89th Academy Awards. He previously worked at

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as digital artist.

Awards and nomination

* Nominated:

- '' Doctor Strange'' * Nominated:

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- '' Doctor Strange'' * Nominated:

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- '' Doctor Strange'' * Nominated: Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture - '' Doctor Strange''

References

External links

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