Tom Wood is an

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supervisor. Wood worked at

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, where he worked on various feature films, including ''

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'' (1997) and ''

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'' (1998). He then worked at

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on films including ''

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'' (2002), '' Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005) and ''

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'' (2007). He worked independently on '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' (2010). Wood moved to

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in 2012 to head up the VFX work on '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' with Iloura. He is nominated at the

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for this work in the category for Best Visual Effects. His nomination is shared with

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, and

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Awards

* 2015:

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– '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' * 2015:

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– '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' * 2015:

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– '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' * 2010: Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature – '' Knowing''

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