Alex Funke (born in Santa Barbara, California on October 12, 1944) is an Oscar winning special effects person.

[edit] Career

He worked with Charles and Ray Eames for eleven years, a period he deemed important to his career success. His first Oscar was a shared one for Total Recall.^[1] Funke became noted as an expert on miniatures^[2] and was brought to New Zealand for work on the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.^[3] At the 76th Academy Awards he shared an Oscar for his work on Return of the King, the third film of the series.

[edit] Selected filmography

• 1977 – Powers of Ten
• 1978 – Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
• 1979 – Buck Rogers
• 1981 – Heavy Metal
• 1988 – The Blob (1988 film)
• 1989 – The Abyss
• 1990 – Total Recall - Shared an Academy Special Achievement Award for this.
• 1991 – Grand Canyon
• 1992 – Freejack
• 1992 – The Lawnmower Man
• 1995 – The Indian in the Cupboard
• 1995 – Waterworld
• 1996 – Executive Decision
• 1996 – The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
• 1997 – Starship Troopers
• 1998 – Snake Eyes
• 1998 – Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)
• 1999 – Mystery Men
• 2001 – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• 2002 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• 2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 2005 – King Kong
• 2008 – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

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