Tim Alexander joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 and since then has rapidly ascended from the rank of compositor to acclaimed Visual Effects Supervisor. As a testament to his drive and tremendous talent, Alexander has twice been nominated for the BAFTA award, one resulting in a win for The Perfect Storm. He has also received a Visual Effects Society award nomination for Best Visual Effects of the Year for his work on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Prior to joining ILM, Alexander spent three years at Walt Disney Studios where he worked on the feature film James and the Giant Peach. In 2011, His work as the Visual Effects Supervisor on Gore Verbinski’s and ILM’s first animated feature, Rango, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2012. The film also won the Visual Effects Society Award and the Annie Award for best animated film. After his foray in animation, Tim supervised the work on the big-screen feature film adaptation of The Lone Ranger. Tim’s work on the film won a Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Alexander’s work can be seen in the latest installment of the mammoth franchise, Jurassic World.
Tim Alexander holds a masters degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University. While there he was a member of the Advanced Undergraduate Theatre Program where he studied lighting design.
ILM CREDITS
2015 JURASSIC WORLD (c– Visual Effects Supervisor
2012 THE LONE RANGER– Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Society Award – Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Academy Award Nomination – Best Visual Effects
2011 RANGO – Visual Effects Supervisor
Annie Award – Best Animated Feature*
Visual Effects Society Award – Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
Academy Award – Best Animated Feature (awarded to Director, Gore Verbinski)
2009 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE – Visual Effects Supervisor
2008 THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES – Visual Effects Supervisor
2007 HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Visual Effects Supervisor
2005 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE – Visual Effects Supervisor
British Academy of Film and Television Award – Best Visual Effects
Visual Effects Society Award Nomination –Best Visual Effects
2004 THE VILLAGE – Compositor
2004 HIDALGO – Visual Effects Supervisor
2003 DREAMCATCHER – Visual Effects Co-Supervisor
2002 PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE – Visual Effects Supervisor
2001 ET: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (re-release) – Additional Visual Effects Supervision
2001 THE MAJESTIC – Visual Effects Supervisor
2000 THE PERFECT STORM – Associate Visual Effects Supervisor
British Academy of Film and Television Award – Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1999 DEEP BLUE SEA – Compositing Supervisor
1999 STAR WARS: EPISODE I “The Phantom Menace” – CG Supervisor
1997 TITANIC – Compositor
1997 THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK – Compositor
1997 DEEP RISING – Compositor
1997 CONTACT – Compositor
1996 STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT – Compositor