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3 unusual facts about John Gaeta


John Gaeta

2000 BAFTA Awards for Best Achievement in Special Effects, for The Matrix

Trumbull was visual effects supervisor for such films as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well as the director of such films as Silent Running and Brainstorm.

After co-supervising development for 3-D paint effect stylizations and LIDAR laser scanning for What Dreams May Come (1998 Visual Effects Oscar winner), Gaeta began his first solo effects supervision project for Larry and Andy Wachowski's film, The Matrix.


Burlyman Entertainment

According to visual effects supervisor, John Gaeta, the title is a reference to a film they all loved; the Coen brothers' Barton Fink.


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