Randall William Cook
Visual Effects · Creature Design · Screenplay · Visual Effects Supervisor
Born Jan 1, 1951 · USA
Active 1982–present
Randall William Cook (born 1951) is an American special effects artist most known for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He worked on Ghostbusters, as designer, sculptor and animator of the 'Terror Dogs'; The Gate, as visual effects designer…
Filmography
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — Animation DirectorThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — Cave Troll (uncredited) · Animation SupervisorThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — Animation SupervisorKing Kong (2005) — Second Unit DirectorFright Night (1985) — Creature DesignThe Gate (1987) — Visual Effects SupervisorQ (1982) — Visual EffectsTrinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995) — Newsreel Narrator (archive sound)Highway to Hell (1991) — Visual Effects DesignerI, Madman (1989) — Dr. Alan Kessler · Visual EffectsThe Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2006)The Primevals (2023) — ScreenplayDoctor Mordrid (1992) — AnimationDeathline (1997) — Vanya the Special Prosecutor · Visual EffectsDragonworld (1994) — Digital Effects SupervisorDemon in the Bottle (1996) — Pirate Captain / Mr. Lambert / Voice of the Guardian · Screenplay · DirectorLeapin' Leprechauns (1995) — Visual EffectsUnited We Fall (2025) — Leo McCarey and Hal Roach