CS Alumnus Bill Westenhofer Wins An Oscar

Our alumnus, Bill Westenhofer, won an Academy Award for Visual Effects. Bill is the visual effects supervisor for Rhythm & Hues, and led the Rhythm and Hues studios' team on The Golden Compass.

Westenhofer led a crew of 500 on two continents over a period of 18 months to produce nearly 400 shots featured in the movie, which stars Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and Dakota Blue Richards.

He was previously nominated in 2005 in the same category for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He is also nominated for The Golden Compass in the Special Visual Effects category by the Orange BAFTA Awards, and The Golden Compass is one of the Visual Effects’ Society’s nominees for Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture Category.

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