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Dave Carson(I)

  • Visual Effects
  • Art Director
  • Special Effects
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Dave Carson is known for Jurassic Park (1993), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Enemy Mine (1985).
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    Known for

    Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Ariana Richards, BD Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck in Jurassic Park (1993)
    Jurassic Park
    8.2
    • Visual Effects(as David Carson)
    • 1993
    Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
    8.6
    • Visual Effects(1997 special version, ILM)
    • 1977
    Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. in Enemy Mine (1985)
    Enemy Mine
    6.8
    • Visual Effects
    • 1985
    Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Billy Barty, Warwick Davis, Kevin Pollak, Kate Greenfield, Ruth Greenfield, Jean Marsh, Rick Overton, and Pat Roach in Willow (1988)
    Willow
    7.2
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 1988

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    Visual Effects



    • The Primevals (2023)
      The Primevals
      5.7
      • model maker: miniature and optical effects unit
      • 2023
    • Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, and Frances Fisher in Titanic (1997)
      Titanic
      7.9
      • visual effects supervisor: ILM
      • 1997
    • James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Marla Gibbs, Sinbad, Luther Vandross, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, Big Daddy Kane, Robert Townsend, and Another Bad Creation in The Meteor Man (1993)
      The Meteor Man
      5.2
      • digital effects artist
      • 1993
    • Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Ariana Richards, BD Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck in Jurassic Park (1993)
      Jurassic Park
      8.2
      • digital artist (as David Carson)
      • 1993
    • Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Robin Williams, Bob Hoskins, Dante Basco, David Crosby, Robert Amico, Jasen Fisher, Stephanie Furst, Raushan Hammond, James Madio, Regina Russell Banali, Alex Zuckerman, and Paul Babb in Hook (1991)
      Hook
      6.8
      • computer graphics
      • 1991
    • Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
      Joe Versus the Volcano
      5.9
      • visual effects supervisor (as David I. Carson)
      • 1990
    • Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Billy Barty, Warwick Davis, Kevin Pollak, Kate Greenfield, Ruth Greenfield, Jean Marsh, Rick Overton, and Pat Roach in Willow (1988)
      Willow
      7.2
      • visual effects art director: ILM
      • 1988
    • Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon, and Cher in The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
      The Witches of Eastwick
      6.6
      • visual effects art director: ILM
      • 1987
    • Star Tours (1987)
      Star Tours
      8.0
      Short
      • storyboard artist: ILM
      • visual effects supervisor: ILM (uncredited)
      • 1987
    • Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. in Enemy Mine (1985)
      Enemy Mine
      6.8
      • visual effects art director
      • 1985
    • Sophie Ward, Alan Cox, and Nicholas Rowe in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
      Young Sherlock Holmes
      6.8
      • effects art director: ILM
      • 1985
    • Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Kerri Green, and Ke Huy Quan in The Goonies (1985)
      The Goonies
      7.7
      • visual effects art director: ILM (as David Carson)
      • 1985
    • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Merritt Butrick, and Robin Curtis in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
      Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
      6.6
      • visual effects art director (as David Carson)
      • 1984
    • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
      Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
      8.3
      • visual effects supervisor (special version)
      • 1983
    • Peter MacNicol and Caitlin Clarke in Dragonslayer (1981)
      Dragonslayer
      6.6
      • dragon set designer: ILM
      • 1981

    Art Director



    • Suspended Belief
      • SFX VFX art director
      • Pre-production



    • Sean Connery in From Russia with Love (2005)
      From Russia with Love
      7.7
      Video Game
      • Art Director
      • 2005
    • 007: Nightfire (2002)
      007: Nightfire
      7.9
      Video Game
      • art director: Electronic Arts
      • 2002

    Special Effects



    • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
      Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
      8.3
      • key sculptor
      • 1983

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      • David I. Carson

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