John Richardson
John Richardson (born 1946 in England) is a British special effects supervisor. He is best known for his work on the James Bond film series (at least Casino Royale, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and Die Another Day), all the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Aliens (1986). For the latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 1987 ceremony.[1] He won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award at the 2012 ceremony. In 2019, he published the book "Making Movie Magic" which detailed his career in film.
Known for
Visual EffectsBirthday
June 10, 1946Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
19Place of birth
Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/pwRKXgc1vpasvq7nyMuycxYN11X.jpg)
Cast credits
Crew credits
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/z7uo9zmQdQwU5ZJHFpv2Upl30i1.jpg)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Special Effects Supervisor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/aWxwnYoe8p2d2fcxOqtvAtJ72Rw.jpg)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Special Effects Supervisor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/b6KnSrnQl5HRAmBO4AIksU2jqqV.jpg)
Scorpio
Special Effects![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5aOyriWkPec0zUDxmHFP9qMmBaj.jpg)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Special Effects Supervisor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/iGoXIpQb7Pot00EEdwpwPajheZ5.jpg)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Special Effects Supervisor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8nzJve63EXA79HGAyidZwivZrQ2.jpg)
Licence to Kill
Visual Effects![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lszOk3Xmh7qpLaM9J4K9E6ADLk1.jpg)
A Bridge Too Far
Special Effects Supervisor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/v7YvYI95fGgadM1Vsz15UbscI9g.jpg)
North Sea Hijack
Special Effects Supervisor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/y1k7eiOFc6fzm8XeTa1kNGx6JIs.jpg)
The Devils
Special Effects![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/r3NqnqdTxkN1GxpgEwlw6GTDq7g.jpg)
Warlords of Atlantis
Visual Effects Supervisor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/d7px1FQxW4tngdACVRsCSaZq0Xl.jpg)
Superman
Special Effects