Charles Staffell(1915-1999)

Visual Effects
Special Effects
Additional Crew

Charles Staffell was born on 11 April 1915 in Middlesex, Surrey, England, UK. He is known for Aliens (1986), Superman (1978) and Dune (1984). He died on 12 December 1999 in Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 3 wins total

Known for

Aliens

8.4

Visual Effects

1986

Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Jeff East, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, and Susannah York in Superman (1978)

Superman

7.4

Visual Effects

1978

Dune

6.2

Visual Effects

1984

Barbarella

5.9

Visual Effects

1968

Credits

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Visual Effects

Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771
6.5
TV Movie
- process projection supervisor
- 1993
Kafka
6.8
- process photography
- 1991
Hudson Hawk
5.7
- process projection: Rome (as Charles Staffel)
- 1991
Lenin: The Train
6.9
TV Movie
- process photography
- 1988
Aliens
8.4
- process photographer: visual effects
- 1986
Murder Elite
5.4
- special photography
- 1985
The Holcroft Covenant
5.7
- process photography
- 1985
D.A.R.Y.L.
6.3
- process photography (as Charles D. Staffell)
- 1985
A View to a Kill
6.3
- front projection
- 1985
Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
6.2
TV Movie
- special photographer
- 1984
Dune
6.2
- front projection consultant
- 1984
Octopussy
6.5
- front projection
- 1983
Ragtime
7.3
- process photography (as Charles D. Staffell)
- 1981
Silver Dream Racer
5.5
- process photography (as Charles D. Staffell)
- 1980
Arabian Adventure
5.7
- process photography
- 1979

Special Effects

Eyes Wide Shut
7.5
- back projection supervisor
- 1999
The Man Who Haunted Himself
6.4
- special effects
- 1970
2001: A Space Odyssey
8.3
- special effects additional supervisor (uncredited)
- 1968
Fahrenheit 451
7.2
- special effects (uncredited)
- 1966
Bunny Lake Is Missing
7.3
- special effects
- 1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
5.5
- special effects
- 1965
This Sporting Life
7.5
- special effects (uncredited)
- 1963
The Prince and the Showgirl
6.4
- special effects
- 1957
Above Us the Waves
6.6
- special effects (uncredited)
- 1955
Secret File, U.S.A.
6.5
TV Series
- special effects (as Charles Staffel)
- 1955
Simba
6.2
- special effects
- 1955
The Purple Plain
6.5
- special effects
- 1954
A Day to Remember
6.7
- special effects (uncredited)
- 1953
Both Sides of the Law
6.7
- special effects (uncredited)
- 1953
Island Rescue
6.1
- special effects (as C. Staffel)
- 1951