special effects
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Don Iwerks, an Academy Award-winning special effects pioneer whose innovations transformed film and Disney theme parks, died peacefully Thursday at the age of 96, the Walt Disney Co. announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
The British-American director, who once again makes use of spectacular special effects in "The Odyssey", added that he expected AI to result in some useful "imaging tools".
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Coffin was especially interested in alluding to the work of special effects master Ray Harryhausen, who created the creepy hovering aircraft in 1956’s “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“The venue wasn’t set up for the amount of production and special effects we brought,” Kenney said.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
It seemed like a part of a movie, like the moonlight shining off the surface wasn’t even real, it was special effects.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
