John Stephenson
| John Stephenson | |
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| Born | May 28, 1952 London, England, UK. |
| 💼 Occupation | Director, Special Effects |
| 📆 Years active | 1980–present |
| 👶 Children | 3 |
John Stephenson (born 28 May 1952) is a British director and a former vice-president and creative supervisor for Jim Henson's Creature Shop.[1]
Early life
Stephenson was born in London, England. Educated at the Kingston School of Art and then the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1979. He moved to the USA and had a brief spell working as a designer of prestigious-fashion West End Interiors in Los Angeles.
Career
Joining the Jim Henson's Creature Shop in the early 80s, Stephenson became a member of the unique group of artists designers and crafts people working on the ground-breaking film The Dark Crystal. in addition to working as a mechanical designer, he also served as an assistant cable control puppeteer on Dreamchild. Subsequently, in 1985, he became Creative Supervisor and later served as Executive Vice President and CEO of the Creature Shop.[2]
His work for Henson productions included The Storyteller (TV series), Labyrinth (1986 film), The Witches (1990 film), and Dinosaurs (TV Series). Stephenson art directed Jacque Annaud's The Bear (1988 film) and contributed to the film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film) for which Jim Henson's Creature Shop provided ninja turtle suit puppets.[3]
In the 1991 64th Academy Awards, John received a Scientific and Engineering Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the development of the Henson Performance Control System.[4]
John Stephenson gained vast experience with supervising puppetry, CG animation, creature-effects, animatronics and visual effects which span a wide range of stories and styles that include Return to Oz, The Flintstones (film), The Neverending Story III, Babe (film), Loch Ness (film), The English Patient (film) and Lost in Space (film).
With this broad experience, he drew on to launch his directing career, applying his hand to both commercials and feature films involving creature-effects, helming the Hallmark/Creature Shop co-production of Animal Farm (1999 film)[5] and it’s this background that has shaped his directing style into what it is today.[6]
In 2000, John was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Millennium 2000 New Year Honours list for services to computer animation industry as a designer for the Millennium Project.[7]
In 2014, John Stephenson developed, co-wrote and directed Interlude in Prague which was shot entirely on location in the Czech Republic. In November 2017, the film won a Golden Angel Award for the Best International Co-Production Film at the Chinese American Film Festival.[8][9][10]
Filmography
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996 film) – Second Unit Director (1996)
- Lost in Space (film) – Second Unit Director (1998)
- Five Children and It (film) – Director (2004)
- The Nutcracker in 3D – Second Unit Director (2010)
- The Christmas Candle – Director (2013)
- Interlude in Prague – Director (2017)
Television
- Animal Farm (1999 film) – Director (1999)
Commercials
- Flymo "Rake"[11]
- Legoland "Fire"[12]
- Lemsip "Day & Night"[13]
- Coral (bookmaker) "Hot Air"[14]
- McDonalds "Monopoly"[15]
- Comfort (fabric softener) "A Day In The Life"[16]
References
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-01-ca-17470-story.html
- ↑ "Archived Copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-09-15.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-untold-785653
- ↑ http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Search/Nominations?categoryExactId=108&awardShowFrom=64&view=3-Award%20Category-Chron
- ↑ https://www.netribution.co.uk/features/interviews/2000/john_stephenson/1.html
- ↑ "Archived Copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2019-09-15.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/new-year-honours-5384555.html
- ↑ http://cafilmfestival.org/en/2017-golden-angel-award/
- ↑ https://www.derbyshirelife.co.uk/people/brian-ashby-derbyshire-entrepreneur-on-writing-the-interlude-in-prague-1-5346355
- ↑ Interview with John Stephenson
- ↑ "Flymo : Rake". Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ↑ "Legoland : Fire". Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ↑ "Lemsip : Day & Night". basproduction.com. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ↑ "Coral : Hot Air". Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ↑ "McDonalds : Monopoly". Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ↑ "Comfort : A Day In The Life". Retrieved August 11, 2019.
External links
- John Stephenson on IMDb
- John Stephenson at Rotten Tomatoes
- John Stephenson at Metacritic
- John Stephenson at AllMovie
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