Pablo Helman

Argentine visual effects supervisor

Pablo Helman
Born	(1959-07-05) July 5, 1959 (age 64) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation	Visual effects supervisor
Years active	1995–present

Pablo Helman (born July 5, 1959) is an Argentine visual effects supervisor. He was nominated for three Academy Awards for his work on the films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), War of the Worlds (2005) and The Irishman (2019).

Visual effects supervisor

Wicked, 2024
Killers of the Flower Moon, 2023
The Fabelmans, 2022
Mank, 2020
The Irishman, 2019
The Mummy, 2017
Silence, 2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, 2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 2014
Pain & Gain, 2013
Battleship, 2012
The Last Airbender, 2010
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, 2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles, 2008
Munich, 2005
War of the Worlds, 2005
The Bourne Supremacy, 2004
The Chronicles of Riddick, 2004
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, 2003
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, 2002
The Pledge, 2001

Awards and nominations

2003: Nominated, 75th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones with Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Ben Snow^[1]
2003: Won, 29th Saturn Awards for Special Special Effects, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones with Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Ben Snow.^[2]
2006: Nominated, 78th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, War of the Worlds with Randal M. Dutra, Dennis Muren and Daniel Sudick
2019: Won, Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture, The Irishman, with Leandro Estebecorena, Mitchell Ferm, Jill Brooks and Jeff Brink^[3]
2020: Nominated, 92nd Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, The Irishman with Leandro Estebecorena Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, and Stephane Grabil

References

^ "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
^ "Minority Report & Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Win Big at the 29th Annual Saturn Awards" (PDF). Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
^ McLean, Thomas J. (2020-01-30). "'Lion King,' 'Mandalorian' Crowned With Top Prizes at VES Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-22.

External links

Pablo Helman at IMDb

Saturn Award for Best Special Effects

1970s

Marcel Vercoutere (1972)
Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt (1973)
Douglas Knapp, Bill Taylor, John Carpenter, and Dan O'Bannon (1974/75)
L. B. Abbott (1976)
John Dykstra and John Stears (1977)
Colin Chilvers (1978)
Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, and Richard Yuricich (1979)

1980s

Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund (1980)
Richard Edlund (1981)
Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren (1982)
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Ken Ralston (1983)
Chris Walas (1984)
Kevin Pike (1985)
Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak (1986)
Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, and Rocco Gioffre (1987)
George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, and Richard Williams (1988)
Ken Ralston (1989/90)

1990s

Stan Winston (1991)
Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993)
John Bruno (1994)
Stan Parks (1995)
Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, and Joe Viskocil (1996)
Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997)
Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, and Clay Pinney (1998)
Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires (1999)

2000s

Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, and Stan Parks (2000)
Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (2001)
Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow (2002)
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003)
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004)
Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, and Brian Van't Hul (2005)
John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006)
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, and John Frazier (2007)
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, and Paul J. Franklin (2008)
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009)

2010s

Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Paul J. Franklin, and Peter Bebb (2010)
Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett (2011)
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick (2012)
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013)
Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014)
Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould (2015)
John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould (2016)
Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Dan Sudick (2017)
Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick (2018/19)
Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20)

2020s

John “D.J.” Des Jardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Andrew Smith, and Mike Meinardus (2021/22)
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (2022/23)

Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.