Colin Chilvers
Directing · Director · Special Effects · Special Effects Coordinator
London, United Kingdom
Active 1971–2024
Colin Chilvers (1945 – 19 November 2024) was a British visual effects pioneer who earned a Special Achievement Academy Award in 1979 for making Superman fly. He also directed the "Smooth Criminal" segment in Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.
Filmography
X-Men (2000) — Special Effects CoordinatorThe Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) — Special EffectsSuperman (1978) — Special Effects SupervisorSuperman II (1980) — Special Effects SupervisorShoot 'Em Up (2007) — Special Effects CoordinatorThe Pacifier (2005) — Special Effects CoordinatorMoonwalker (1988) — DirectorSuperman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) — Special Effects SupervisorHIStory on Film, Volume II (1997) — DirectorMurphy's War (1971) — Special EffectsSaturn 3 (1980) — Special EffectsCondorman (1981) — Special Effects SupervisorCurtains (1983) — Special EffectsHome Beyond the Sun (2004) — Director · ProducerWar of the Worlds (1988) — DirectorSuperboy (1988) — DirectorLisztomania (1975) — Special EffectsKingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure (1986) — DirectorHIStory on Film, Volume II (1997) — Director