John Frazier(I)
- Special Effects
- Actor
John Frazier was born on September 23, 1944 in Richmond, California. As
a child his family moved to Southern California, USA, where he was
raised. He attended Canoga Park High School and attended college at Los
Angeles Trade Tech, where he studied high-rise construction and freeway
design. In 1963 he began designing special effects props at the Haunted
House nightclub in Hollywood, California. The owner recognized him and
got him a job on NBC. In 1970 he joined Local 44 and started working
special effects for motion pictures. He has been the special effects
coordinator on dozens of films, and has been honored with
Academy Award nominations for "Twister", "Armageddon", "The Perfect
Storm", "Pearl Harbor", "Spider-Man" before finally winning in 2005 for
"Spider-Man 2". He has won two CLIO awards and a British Academy Award.
He currently resides in Southern California, USA.
