Con Pederson(1934-2026)

Visual Effects
Animation Department
Director

Con Pederson was born on 15 April 1934 in Minnesota, USA. He was a director, known for Mortal Kombat (1995), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and View from the Top (2003). He was married to Carole Pederson and Sharleen Collicott. He died on 2 January 2026 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

Mortal Kombat

5.9

Visual Effects

1995

2001: A Space Odyssey

8.3

Visual Effects

1968

View from the Top

5.3

Visual Effects

2003

BASEketball

6.5

Visual Effects

1998

Credits

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Visual Effects

Garfield: The Movie
5.1
- animator: Rhythm & Hues
- 2004
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
5.4
- animator: Rhythm & Hues
- 2004
View from the Top
5.3
- lead animator: MetroLight Studios
- 2003
Gods and Generals
6.2
- 3d animator: MetroLight Studios
- 2003
Impostor
6.2
- CGI technical animator: MetroLight
- 2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
6.8
- 2d and 3d artist: MetroLight Studios
- 2001
BASEketball
6.5
- supervising animator: MetroLight Studios
- 1998
From the Earth to the Moon
8.5
TV Mini Series
- visual effects supervisor: MetroLight Studios, Inc.
- 1998
Mortal Kombat
5.9
- animator: end title sequence, Metrolight Studios
- 1995
Odyssey
6.8
Video
- slit-scan film sequence
- 1979
2001: A Space Odyssey
8.3
- special photographic effects supervisor
- 1968

Animation Department

Director

Personal details

Alternative name
- Conrad Pederson
Born
- April 15, 1934
- Minnesota, USA
Died
- January 2, 2026
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(Alzheimer's disease)
Spouses
Children
- Eric Pederson

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He was an animator and a specialist in the use of animation techniques. He became best known for his work as one of the "special photographic effects supervisors" on Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968).