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Ron Gress

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  • Special Effects
  • Art Department
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Ron Gress is known for The Fifth Element (1997), I Am Legend (2007) and Looper (2012).
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

    Known for

    Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element (1997)
    The Fifth Element
    7.6
    • Visual Effects
    • 1997
    Will Smith, Kona, and Abbey in I Am Legend (2007)
    I Am Legend
    7.2
    • Visual Effects
    • 2007
    Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, and Cody Wood in Looper (2012)
    Looper
    7.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 2012
    Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)
    Armageddon
    6.7
    • Visual Effects(as Ronald A. Gress)
    • 1998

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, and Cody Wood in Looper (2012)
      Looper
      7.4
      • dmt supervisor: Base-FX Beijing
      • 2012
    • Boardwalk Empire (2010)
      Boardwalk Empire
      8.5
      TV Series
      • digital matte painting supervisor
      • 2011
    • Neil Patrick Harris, Anna Faris, Bill Hader, and Jeremy Shada in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
      Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
      6.9
      • matte painter
      • 2009
    • Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in Australia (2008)
      Australia
      6.6
      • matte painter: Animal Logic
      • 2008
    • Will Smith in Hancock (2008)
      Hancock
      6.4
      • matte painter: Sony Pictures Imageworks
      • 2008
    • Will Smith, Kona, and Abbey in I Am Legend (2007)
      I Am Legend
      7.2
      • matte painter: Sony Pictures Imageworks
      • 2007
    • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
      Flags of Our Fathers
      7.1
      • matte painter
      • 2006
    • Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
      Looney Tunes: Back in Action
      5.8
      • digital matte painter
      • 2003
    • Sean Connery, Jason Flemyng, Tony Curran, Naseeruddin Shah, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, and Peta Wilson in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
      The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
      5.8
      • lead painter: Tiger Bay, New Deal Studios
      • 2003
    • Brent Spiner, Patrick Stewart, and Tom Hardy in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
      Star Trek: Nemesis
      6.4
      • visual effects art director
      • 2002
    • Guy Pearce and Samantha Mumba in The Time Machine (2002)
      The Time Machine
      6.0
      • digital paint lead: Digital Domain
      • 2002
    • Promo One Sheet
      Red Planet
      5.7
      • visual effects art director: Digital Domain
      • 2000
    • Supernova (2000)
      Supernova
      4.9
      • visual effects art director
      • 2000
    • Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)
      Armageddon
      6.7
      • lead scenic painter: miniatures (as Ronald A. Gress)
      • 1998
    • Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element (1997)
      The Fifth Element
      7.6
      • visual effects art director
      • 1997

    Special Effects

    • Robert Englund in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
      Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
      4.7
      • miniature painter: Stetson Visual Services, Inc.
      • 1991
    • Alessandro Rabelo in Where the River Runs Black (1986)
      Where the River Runs Black
      6.4
      • special effects: Donald Pennington Inc.
      • 1986
    • Brainstorm (1983)
      Brainstorm
      6.4
      • miniatures and action props (as Ronald Gress)
      • 1983

    Art Department

    • Christina Ricci, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Hart, Judith Malina, Carel Struycken, and Jimmy Workman in The Addams Family (1991)
      The Addams Family
      7.0
      • scenic artist (as Ronald Gress)
      • 1991
    • Solarbabies (1986)
      Solarbabies
      4.8
      • head painter
      • 1986
    • Short Circuit (1986)
      Short Circuit
      6.6
      • painter
      • 1986

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Ronald A. Gress

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