Janek Sirrs
Janek Sirrs ( born October 20, 1965) is a specialist for Visual Effects. For his work he was three times nominated visual effects for the Oscar in the category of Best, which he received in 2000 for the film matrix an Oscar.
Life
Sirrs ' first participation in a film was in 1988 with The Fruit Machine - Rendezvous with a killer for director Philip Saville. In the early 1990s he worked on a variety of films, including, for example, 1492 - Conquest of Paradise by Ridley Scott, for whom he later worked in White Squall. There followed the first Hollywood blockbusters such as in 1993, Last Action Hero, or the two films Braveheart and Waterworld from the year 1995. During the 1990 Sirrs partially worked on several films per year, where it covered a wide range of comedies and action films of the genre. He was repeatedly worked for some directors, they were, for example, Ron Underwood (4 Souls, Mighty Joe Young ), Tom Shadyac ( The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar ) or Danny DeVito ( Matilda, Gattaca ). With In a small town and Dolores, he was also involved in two film adaptations of novels by author Stephen King.
Later he also repeatedly worked for the brothers Ethan and Joel Coen. He was responsible for the visual effects in the films Hudsucker - Der große Sprung, The Big Lebowski, The Man Who Was not There and The Ladykillers responsible. From about 2000, Sirrs limited to one or two films a year, but they were mostly equipped with elaborate visual effects.
A highlight in Sirrs ' career is the participation in the first two films of the Matrix trilogy. For the first part of the series in 1999, he won at the Academy Awards in 2000, among others, along with John Gaeta the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. For the film, he has also won the BAFTA Award and was nominated for a Saturn Award.
In 2005 and 2006 he made the visual effects in the films Batman Begins and Prestige - The Master of Magic by Christopher Nolan. For the former, he was again nominated for Best Visual Effects at the BAFTA Awards and the Saturn Awards.
2011 Sirrs was nominated for the movie Iron Man 2 for the second time for an Oscar, but was not ultimately win this. For Marvel's The Avengers, he again won at the Academy Awards 2013 nomination for Best Visual Effects.
Filmography (selection)
Awards and nominations
Oscar
- 2000: Winner in the category Best Visual Effects for matrix
- 2011: nomination for Best Visual Effects for Iron Man 2
- 2013: nomination for Best Visual Effects for Marvel's The Avengers
Saturn Award
- 2000: nominated for Best Special Effects for matrix
- 2006: nominated for Best Special Effects for Batman Begins
- 2011: nominated for Best Special Effects for Iron Man 2
BAFTA Award
- 2000: Winner in the category Best Visual Effects for matrix
- 2006: nomination for Best Visual Effects for Batman Begins
Satellite Award
- 2010: nomination for Best Visual Effects for Iron Man 2
VES Awards
- 2008: nominated for I Am Legend
- 2011: nominated for Iron Man 2