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Darren Cranford

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  • Director
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Darren Cranford is known for X-Men (2000), Left Behind: The Movie (2000) and Frankenstein (2025).
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      • 1 win & 6 nominations total

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    Known for

    Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, and Hugh Jackman in X-Men (2000)
    X-Men
    7.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 2000
    Kirk Cameron, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Brad Johnson, and Chelsea Noble in Left Behind: The Movie (2000)
    Left Behind: The Movie
    4.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 2000
    Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein (2025)
    Frankenstein
    7.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 2025
    Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone in Zombieland (2009)
    Zombieland
    7.5
    • Visual Effects
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Amélie Hoeferle and Ella Rubin in Sterling Point (2026)
      Sterling Point
      7.4
      TV Series
      • vfx artistic supervisor
      • 2026
    • Cale Ambrozic and Madelyn Keys in Finding Her Edge (2026)
      Finding Her Edge
      5.9
      TV Series
      • visual effects director
      • 2026
    • Demon House (2025)
      Demon House
      • visual effects producer
      • 2025
    • Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein (2025)
      Frankenstein
      7.4
      • visual effects: Ticket VFX
      • 2025
    • Believer (2024)
      Believer
      4.7
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2024
    • Chucky (2021)
      Chucky
      7.2
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor: Krow VFX
      • 2022–2024
    • Diana Gardner and Fabián Castro in You Shouldn't Have Let Me In (2024)
      You Shouldn't Have Let Me In
      4.1
      • visual effect director
      • 2024
    • Martin Huss, Michael Borkovic, Maya Modzynski, Connor Scambler, Callum Keane, Angel Mackenzie Patton, Adam Benish, Heidi Michelle Thomas, Daniel Duguay, Mike T. King, M.M. Dillon, Laura Denmar, and Lauren Ramsay in War Games (2023)
      War Games
      8.3
      Short
      • visual effects director
      • 2023
    • I Woke Up a Vampire (2023)
      I Woke Up a Vampire
      5.4
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor: Krow VFX
      • 2023
    • Ruby and the Well (2022)
      Ruby and the Well
      7.8
      TV Series
      • vfx director
      • 2022
    • Shohreh Aghdashloo, Wes Chatham, Steven Strait, Frankie Adams, Cara Gee, and Dominique Tipper in The Expanse (2015)
      The Expanse
      8.5
      TV Series
      • visual effects producer: Keyframe Digital
      • 2015–2021
    • What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
      What We Do in the Shadows
      8.5
      TV Series
      • visual effects producer: Krow VFX
      • 2020
    • Before I Wake (2016)
      Before I Wake
      6.2
      • supervisor: vfx: Keyframe Digital Prod.
      • 2016
    • Kris Holden-Ried, Anna Silk, and Zoie Palmer in Lost Girl (2010)
      Lost Girl
      7.6
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • visual effects on-set supervisor
      • visual effects on set supervision
      • 2010–2015
    • George Buza and Rob Archer in A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
      A Christmas Horror Story
      5.8
      • visual effects director: Keyframe Digital
      • 2015

    Animation Department

    • Dust Bunnies (2011)
      Dust Bunnies
      Short
      • animator
      • 2011
    • Kevin Clash in Pinky Dinky Doo (2005)
      Pinky Dinky Doo
      6.4
      TV Series
      • art director: animation
      • photography: animation
      • 2008–2009
    • The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree (2002)
      The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree
      3.6
      Short
      • director of animation
      • lead animator
      • 2002
    • The Unholy War (1998)
      The Unholy War
      7.9
      Video Game
      • video sequences
      • 1998

    Director

    • Happy House of Frightenstein (2021)
      Happy House of Frightenstein
      7.3
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2021
    • Ollie the Boy Who Became What He Ate (2017)
      Ollie the Boy Who Became What He Ate
      8.0
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2019
    • Imaginext Adventures (2013)
      Imaginext Adventures
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Sidney Leeder in The Killer (2013)
      The Killer
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Pinky Dinky Doo: Pinky's Happy Doo Year
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010–2011
    • Kevin Clash in Pinky Dinky Doo (2005)
      Pinky Dinky Doo
      6.4
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2008

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