Simone Coco is an Italian

visual effects artist Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated as VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production. The integration of live-action footage and other live-action fo ...

from

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...

. He was nominated for two

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in ...

in the category Best Visual Effects for the films '' Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One'' and ''

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

''.

Selected filmography

* '' Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One'' (2023; co-nominated with Alex Wuttke,

Jeff Sutherland Jeff Sutherland (born June 20, 1941) is one of the creators of Scrum, a framework for product management. Together with Ken Schwaber, he presented Scrum at OOPSLA'95. Sutherland contributed to the creation of the Agile Manifesto in 2001. Along w ...

and

Neil Corbould Neil Corbould (; born 24 December 1962) is a British special effects supervisor best known for his work on major blockbuster films such as ''Gladiator'', ''Saving Private Ryan'', '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' and '' Black Hawk Down''. He i ...

) * ''

'' (2023; co-nominated 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 ...

, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet and

)

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* Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom Living people People from Cagliari Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Italian visual effects artists Visual effects supervisors {{Italy-film-bio-stub