Charles Gibson (special effects artist)
Charles " Charlie" Gibson is an American special effects artist who has an Oscar in the category Best received the 1996 and 2007 visual effects.
Life
He was born the son of actor Henry Gibson and the screenwriter Lois Gibson. His first job in the field of Visual Effects was for the television series Knight Rider and Other World. In 1987 he founded the with on the production of visual effects companies specializing Rhythm and Hues, for which he collaborated in 1995 as director of Babe. For this he received the 1996 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
In the following years, he worked on such films as The Green Mile, Ring and Pirates of the Caribbean, for which he was nominated in 2004 for a second time for an Oscar. For the sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean - Pirates of the Caribbean 2, 2007, he received another Oscar in the same category and for the third installment of the series, he was nominated for a fourth time. Then served as Head Visual Effects films such as Terminator Salvation and Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides.