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Patricia Blau(1955-2019)

  • Visual Effects
  • Special Effects
  • Location Management
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Patricia Blau was born on 16 August 1955 in Winnetka, Illinois, USA. She is known for Starship Troopers (1997), Minority Report (2002) and Star Trek: Generations (1994). She died on 17 September 2019 in San Francisco, California, USA.
BornAugust 16, 1955
DiedSeptember 17, 2019(64)
BornAugust 16, 1955
DiedSeptember 17, 2019(64)
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Known for

Dina Meyer and Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers (1997)
Starship Troopers
7.3
  • Visual Effects(as Patricia Blau Price)
  • 1997
Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002)
Minority Report
7.6
  • Visual Effects(as Patty Blau)
  • 2002
William Shatner and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: Generations
6.6
  • Visual Effects
  • 1994
Billy Campbell in The Rocketeer (1991)
The Rocketeer
6.6
  • Visual Effects
  • 1991

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002)
    Minority Report
    7.6
    • senior staff: ILM (as Patty Blau)
    • 2002
  • Planet of the Apes (2001)
    Planet of the Apes
    5.7
    • senior staff: ILM
    • 2001
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Philip Baker Hall, Jason Robards, and Jeremy Blackman in Magnolia (1999)
    Magnolia
    8.0
    • senior staff: ILM
    • 1999
  • Tommy Lee Jones, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Frank Langella, and Clint Walker in Small Soldiers (1998)
    Small Soldiers
    6.3
    • senior staff: ILM
    • 1998
  • Bruce Willis and Miko Hughes in Mercury Rising (1998)
    Mercury Rising
    6.1
    • senior staff: ILM (as Patricia Blau Price)
    • 1998
  • Deep Rising (1998)
    Deep Rising
    6.1
    • senior staff: ILM (as Patricia Blau Price)
    • 1998
  • Dina Meyer and Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers (1997)
    Starship Troopers
    7.3
    • senior staff: ILM (as Patricia Blau Price)
    • 1997
  • Michael Jai White in Spawn (1997)
    Spawn
    5.2
    • senior staff: ILM (as Patty Blau)
    • 1997
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)
    Men in Black
    7.3
    • senior staff member: ILM (as Patricia Blau Price)
    • 1997
  • Sandra Bullock and Jason Patric in Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
    Speed 2: Cruise Control
    4.0
    • senior production staff: ILM (as Patricia Blau Price)
    • 1997
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
    The Lost World: Jurassic Park
    6.6
    • senior staff: ILM
    • 1997
  • Daylight (1996)
    Daylight
    6.0
    • senior staff: ILM (as Patty Blau)
    • 1996
  • Glenn Close in 101 Dalmatians (1996)
    101 Dalmatians
    5.8
    • senior staff: ILM (as Patty Blau)
    • 1996
  • Alice Krige, Brent Spiner, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
    Star Trek: First Contact
    7.6
    • senior staff: ILM (as Patricia Blau Price)
    • 1996
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)
    Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
    7.3
    Short
    • executive in charge of production: ILM
    • 1996

Special Effects

  • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    8.3
    • production & creature coordinator (as Patty Blau)
    • 1983

Location Management

  • Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, and Ke Huy Quan in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    7.5
    • location coordinator: ILM (as Patty Blau)
    • 1984

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Patty Blau
  • Born
    • August 16, 1955
    • Winnetka, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • September 17, 2019
    • San Francisco, California, USA(complications from Alzheimer's disease)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Went to New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, as did Ralph Bellamy, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Hugh O'Brien, Ann-Margret, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Virginia Madsen, Adam Baldwin, Liz Phair.
  • Nickname
    • Patty

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