- John Knoll
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spouse = Jennifer Knoll ( -Present)
children = Sarah Knoll, Lisa Knoll, Alex Knoll, Jane Knoll
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footnotes =John Knoll (Born 1962) is an Academy-award winning
motion picture visual effects specialist atIndustrial Light & Magic (ILM). One of the original creators ofAdobe Photoshop (along with his brother, Thomas), he is recently best known for his work as Visual Effects Supervisor on the "Star Wars " prequels and the 1997 special editions of the original trilogy. He also served as ILM's visual effects supervisor for "Star Trek Generations " and ', as well as the ' series.Knoll was also the Computer Graphics Project Designer on "
The Abyss ", an achievement which earned ILM its tenthAcademy Award for Visual Effects .Knoll also worked on two
Star Trek episodes - 's pilot episode ("Encounter at Farpoint ") and the "" episode "Explorers". In the latter episode, he created the award winning and popularBajoran solar sail ship.Feature Films
Books
*John Knoll, J. W. Rinzler: Creating the Worlds of Star Wars: 365 Days with CDROM; Book about the Making of the Star Wars Saga; ISBN 0-8109-5936-4
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