Ken Ralston Biography (1954-)

Full name, Kenneth Ralston; born 1954. Addresses: Office: Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc., 9050 West Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.; Agent: Paul Hook, International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., BeverlyHills, CA 90211.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Visual effects artist, camera operator, director

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Visual Effects Supervisor
(And special effects artist; with others) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Paramount, 1982
(With others; and special effects artist; with others) Return of the Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Paramount, 1984
Out of Africa, MCA/Universal, 1985
(Uncredited) Back to the Future, MCA/Universal, 1985
(And special effects artist; with others) Cocoon, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (also known as The Voyage Home: Star Trek IV), Paramount, 1986
The Golden Child, Paramount, 1986
(And special effects artist; with others) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Touchstone, 1988
Back to the Future Part II, Universal, 1989
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (also known as Dreams, I Saw a Dream Like This, Such Dreams I Have Dreamed, Konna yume wo mita, and Yume), Warner Bros., 1990
(And visual effects artist; with others) Back to the Future III, Universal, 1990
(And second unit director) The Rocketeer, Buena Vista, 1991
Forrest Gump, Paramount, 1994
Jumanji, TriStar, 1995

The American President, Columbia, 1995
Sabrina, 1995
Phenomenon, Buena Vista, 1996
Cast Away, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Michael, New Line Cinema, 1996
Contact, Warner Bros., 1997
Men in Black II (also known as MIB 2 and MIIB), Columbia, 2002
Other
Optical effects photographer, The Empire Strikes Back (also knownas Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
Special effects artist (with others) and dragon supervisor, Dragonslayer, Paramount, 1981
Special effects supervisor, second unit director, and special effects artist (with others), Death Becomes Her (also known as La muerte la sienta bien), Universal, 1992
Visual effects consultant, The Mask, New Line Cinema, 1994
Television Appearances
Specials
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town, 1988
The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy, syndicated, 1990
Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air, 1991
A Night of Movie Magic, The Discovery Channel, 1995
The Inside Reel: Digital Filmmaking, PBS, 2001
Television Work
Episodic
Visual effects supervisor, "You, Murderer," Tales from the Crypt,HBO, 1995
WRITINGS
Periodicals
Contributor to periodicals, including American Cinematographer.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, St. James Press, 1996

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