Allen Hall (special effects artist)

Allen Hall (born May 4, 1946) is an American special effects artist who has won two Academy Awards and two BAFTA awards.

, he has 65 film credits since he began his career in 1979.

Oscar history
(In the category Best Visual Effects)


 * 1991 Academy Awards-Backdraft, nomination shared with Scott Farrar, Clay Pinney and Mikael Salomon. Lost to Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
 * 1994 Academy Awards-Forrest Gump, shared with George Murphy, Ken Ralston and Stephen Rosenbaum. Won.
 * 1998 Academy Awards-Mighty Joe Young, nomination shared with Rick Baker, Jim Mitchell and Hoyt Yeatman. Lost to What Dreams May Come.
 * 2006 Academy Awards-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, shared with Charles Gibson, Hal Hickel and John Knoll. Won.

Selected filmography

 * 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
 * Man of Steel (2013)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
 * Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
 * How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
 * U-571 (2000)
 * Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
 * Contact (1997)
 * Forrest Gump (1994)
 * Backdraft (1991)
 * Top Gun (1986)
 * The Man with Two Brains (1983)
 * Popeye (1980)