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Brad Look, CCM '88, did special effects makeup for the new Indiana Jones movie.

MOVIES

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"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" ('08, w/Harrison Ford)

"Cloverfield" ('08)

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's 

End” (’07, w/Johnny Depp)

"The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" ('06, w/Tim Allen)
"Poseidon" ('06, w/Richard Dreyfuss)
• Emmy-winning makeup by Brad 
Look, MFA (CCM) ’88
(View older projects.) (View TV credits.)



"Open Season" ('07, animated, also in Imax 3-D)
"Monster House" ('06, computer  animated using performance capture technology, also in 3-D)
"Click" ('06, w/Adam Sandler)
"Superman Returns" ('06)
"The Polar Express" ('04, computer animated using performance capture technology, also in Imax 3-D)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" ('01)

Beowulf

"Beowulf," a computer-animated movie starring Sir Anthony Hopkins (right), opens Nov. 16, 2007. Alumna Debbie Denise is visual effects executive producer. Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures.

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visual effects executive producer Debbie Denise, CCM '73, exec. VP, Sony Pictures Imageworks (previously head 
of production at ILM)
(View older projects.)


"Zodiac" ('07, w/Robert   Downey Jr. and Jake  Gyllenhall)

"Fracture" ('07, w/Sir Anthony Hopkins)

"Flightplan" ('05, w/Jodie Foster)

•actor (Ray) Cooper Thornton, CCM '92 ) (View older projects.) (View TV credits.)

CCM grad Debbie Denise was visual effects executive producer for "Monster House."  Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures.

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer" ('08, w/Brendan Fraser)

"27 Dresses" ('08)

"Balls of Fury" ('07, w/Christopher Walken)

“Surviving Christmas” ('04, w/Ben Affleck)

"The Son of Mask" ('05, w/Alan Cumming)
• score by Randy Edelman, CCM ’69
(View older projects.)

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End” (’07, w/Johnny Depp)

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest” (’06, w/Johnny Depp)

Alumnus Charlie Bailey was a model maker for all three "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies. Photo courtesy of Disney Enterprises.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl” (’03, w/Johnny Depp)

"War of the Worlds" ('05, directed by Steven Spielberg)
• model maker, supervisor Charlie Bailey, DAAP ’71, who created and/or oversaw all the miniature model work for these Industrial Light and Magic films (View older projects.)

"Speed Racer" (Imax version, '08)
"The Last Mimsy" ('07)

“V for Vendetta" ('05)

"Constantine" ('05)
• visual effects concept illustrator/designer George Hull, DAAP ’93

"Sex and the City: The Movie" ('08)

"Smart People" ('08, w/Dennis Quaid)

"Failure to Launch" ('06, w/Matthew McConaughey)

actress Sara Jessica Parker, CCM Prep School (View older movies.) (View TV credits.)

"Georgia Rule" ('07, w/Jane Fonda)

"Click" ('06, w/Adam Sandler)

"Flightplan" ('05, w/Jodie Foster)

"Princess Diaries 2" ('04)

"Spider-Man 2” (’04 w/Tobey Maguire)
• assistant costume director Jessica Peel, DAAP ’93 (View older projects.)

“Memoirs of a Geisha" ('05)

"Legend of Zorro" ('05, w/Antonia Banderas)

"Princess Diaries 2" ('04, w/Julie Andrews)

"Spider-Man 2" ('04, w/Tobey Maguire)
• costumer Guy Miracle, DAAP ’93 (View older projects.)

"The Island" ('05, w/Ewan McGregor)

“Ocean's Twelve" ('04, w/George Clooney, Brad Pitt)

"Collateral" ('04, w/Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx)

"Italian Job” (’03 w/Donald Sutherland)
“Solaris” (’02 w/George Clooney)
“Ali” (’01 w/Will Smith)
assistant costume designer, cutter/fitter Catherine Wall, DAAP ’83

Behind the Scenes: ILM Stage/Model Shop

Modelmaker Charlie Bailey applies the distinctive yellow hue to Anakin Skywalker's full-size Jedi starfighter used for stage photography.

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“Star Wars Attack of the Clones" ('02)

“Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” (’80)
“Star Wars: Phantom Menace” (’99)

"Jurassic Park III" ('01)

“Jurassic Park” (’93)
“E.T.” (’82)

“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (’89)
“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (’84)

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" ('81)

"Poltergeist" ('82)

"Back to the Future II" ('89, w/Michael J. Fox)

"Back to the Future III" ('90,w/Michael J. Fox)

"Peter Pan" ('03, w/Lynn Redgrave)

"Dreamcatcher" ('03, w/Morgan Freeman)

"Mars Attacks!" ('96, w/Jack Nicholson)

“Pirates of the Caribbean”: Charlie Bailey, DAAP ’71, works on the miniature model used to create the ghost ship at right. photo/Elliot Marks, Disney Enterprises and Jerry Bruckheimer.

• special-effects model-maker, supervisor Charlie Bailey, DAAP ’71, who created and/or oversaw miniature model work for these Industrial Light and Magic films

(See current movie credits, too.)

"Seabiscuit" ('03, w/Jeff Bridges)
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" ('01)
"Cast Away" ('00, w/Tom Hanks)
"What Lies Beneath" ('00, w/Harrison Ford)
"Stuart Little" ('99 Academy Award nominee, computer animated)
"Snow Falling on Cedars ('99 Academy Award nominee)
"Forrest Gump"* ('94 w/Tom Hanks, Academy Award winner for best visual effects and best picture)
"Death Becomes Her"* ('92, w/Meryl Streep & Goldie Hawn, Academy Award winner for best visual effects)
visual effects producer, visual effects executive producer Debbie Denise, CCM '73, exec. VP, Sony Pictures Imageworks (See current movie credits, too.)
(* She was visual effects producer at Industrial Light and Magic at the time of these two shows .)

"Shanghai Knights" ('03, w/Jackie Chan)

"Shanghai Noon" ('00, w/Jackie Chan)

“EDtv” (’99, w/Matthew McConaughey)
“The Last of the Mohicans” (’92, w/Daniel Day-Lewis)
• scores by Randy Edelman, CCM ’69, HonDoc '04

(received BMI’s Outstanding Career Achievement Award last May) (See newer movie credits, too.)

“Seabiscuit”: Professor Brian Adams is the third reporter from the left.
photo/Francois Duhamel. Universal Pictures, Dreamworks LLC.

“Finding Nemo”
Disney Enterprises Inc./Pixar Animation Studios.

“Finding Nemo” (’03, animated w/Albert Brooks)
• actress Vicki Lewis, att. CCM, voice of Deb, Flo (the blue and white fish in the tank)
(See TV credits.)

“Star Trek: First Contact” (’96)
“Star Trek: Insurrection” (’98)
• Emmy-winning makeup by Brad Look, MFA (CCM) ’88
(See current movie credits, too.)

"The Matrix: Revolutions” (late '03)
“The Matrix: Reloaded” (early ’03, w/Keanu Reeves)
• visual effects concept illustrator George Hull, DAAP ’93


“Bewitched" ('05 w/Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell)

"Van Helsing" ('04 w/Hugh Jackman)

"Bruce Almighty" ('03 w/Jim Carrey)

"Galaxy Quest" ('99 w/Tim Allen)

"James and the Giant Peach” (’96, animated w/Richard Dreyfuss)
“What Dreams May Come” (’98, w/Robin Williams)

“Patch Adams” (’98, w/Robin Williams)
• assistant art director, set designer Dawn Swiderski, CCM ’89

“Second Hand Lions” (’03 w/Michael Caine, Robert Duvall)
“Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” (’02)
“The Princess Diaries” (’01, w/Julie Andrews)
• assistant costume director Jessica Peel, DAAP ’93
(See current movie credits, too.)

"Catch Me If You Can” (’02 w/Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio)
“Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?” (’00 w/George Clooney)
“Blow” (’01 w/Johnny Depp)
• costumer Guy Miracle, DAAP ’93
(See current movie credits, too.)

"The House of Sand and Fog" ('03, w/Ben Kingsley)

•actor (Ray) Cooper Thornton, CCM '92 (See current movie credits, too.)   (See TV credits.)

“What Women Want” (’00, w/Mel Gibson)
“The Third Wheel” (’02, w/Ben Affleck)
• actress Diana Maria Riva (Uhlenbrock as a UC student), MFA (CCM) ’95

(See Riva's TV credits, too.)

“Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” (’01 Academy Award nominee, best animated film)
• lead character animator Mike Gasaway, DAAP ’93 (See TV credits.)

“Gothika” ('03, w/Halle Berry)
• actor Dorian Harewood, CCM ’72 (See TV credits.)

“Seabiscuit” (’03, w/Tobey Maguire)
• UC dermatology professor Brian Adams plays a reporter as an extra

“Together” (’03, w/Chinese subtitles; Washington Post: “Thrilling classical soundtrack.”)
• soundtrack violin soloist Chuan Yun Li, att. CCM

“Dave” (’93, w/Kevin Kline)
• actress Faith Prince, CCM ’79

(See Broadway credits, too.)

“Sleepy Hollow” (’99, w/Johnny Depp)

"Spawn" ('97, w/John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen)
“Flubber” (’97, w/Robin Williams)

"101 Dalmatians" ('96)
• visual effects by Scott Leberecht, DAAP ’94 (now directing independent films)

“Titanic” (’97)
• system architect of the digital effects computer system Darrell Donaldson, MS (Eng) ’77

"The First Wives Club" ('96, w/Bette Midler, Maggie Smith, Goldie Hawn, Diana Keaton)

“Mars Attacks!” (’96, w/Jack Nicholson & featuring body-less head of Sara Jessica Parker)

“Ed Wood" ('94, Tim Burton movie w/Johnny Depp)

"LA Story” (’91, w/Steve Martin)

actress Sara Jessica Parker, CCM Prep School (See current movie credits, too.) (View TV credits, too.)

“Full Metal Jacket” (Stanley Kubrick’s ’87 film)
“The Falcon and the Snowman” (’85, w/Sean Penn)
• actor Dorian Harewood, CCM ’72

“Prizzi’s Honor” (’85)
• actress Teddi Siddall, CCM ’75

“My Little Pony: The Movie" ('86)

• tech adviser Bob Kelley, DAAP '58 (also a speaking role in "Rollercoaster," '77, w/Helen Hunt, Henry Fonda)

Some of it brought to you by ...

Paramount Studios senior vice president for technical operations, Tom Bruehl, CCM '68

— D. Rieselman

Truly vintage

"Charlotte's Web" ('73, animated version)

• producer, screen writer Earl Hamner, CCM ’48

(See TV credit, too.)

“Picnic” (’55, w/William Holden, Kim Novak)

"Bell Book and Candle" ('59, w/Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak)

"1001 Arabian Nights" ('59, w/Jim Backus)

"The World of Suzie Wong" ('60, w/William Holden)

"Gidget Goes Hawaiian" ('61)

"Toys in the Attic" ('63, w/Dean Martin)

"The Eddy Duchin Story" ('56, w/ Tyrone Power and Kim Novak)
• score by George Dunning, CCM ’33 (more than 400 TV film credits in all)


“Little Big Man” (’70, w/Dustin Hoffman)
• original book author Thomas Berger, A&S ’48

“Sweet Charity” (’69, w/Shirley MacLaine)
• actor/dancer Lee Roy Reams, CCM ’64, MA (CCM) ’82, HonDoc ’98

(See Broadway credits, too.)

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