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'''John Knoll''' is a visual effects artist, best known for his work on the ''[[Science fiction references in Star Trek#Star Wars|Star Wars]]'' Special Editions and prequel [[film]]s at [[Industrial Light and Magic]].
  
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| Birth name = John A. Knoll
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| Date of birth = {{d|9|February|1962}}
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| Place of birth = Ann Arbor, Michigan
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| Awards for Trek = [[Satellite Award|1 Satellite Award nomination]]<br/>[[Saturn Award|1 Saturn Award nomination]]
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| Roles = [[:Category:ILM production staff| ILM Visual Effects Artist]]
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'''John A. Knoll''' {{born|9|February|1962}} from Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, is an [[Academy Award]] winning visual effects artist, best known for his work on the ''Star Wars'' [[starwars:Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition)|Special Editions]] and [[starwars:Prequel trilogy|prequel films]] at [[Industrial Light & Magic]].
   
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He also worked on several ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[:Category:Episodes|episodes]] and [[Star Trek films|films]]. He was the visual effects supervisor on ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''. He had earlier designed the warp effect of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise''-D]] for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
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He also worked on several ''[[Star Trek]]'' episodes and [[Star Trek films|films]]. He was the visual effects supervisor on {{film|7}} and {{film|8}} and had earlier designed the [[Warp drive|warp effect]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. He is also believed to have inserted a small digital model of the [[Unnamed Federation starships#Cylindrical Ship at the Battle of Sector 001|''Millennium Falcon'']] into the [[Battle of Sector 001]] in ''First Contact''. Knoll served as visual effects supervisor for the three new ''Star Wars'' films, personally creating the [[starwars:opening crawl|beginning]] of each and making cameos in the [[starwars:Rya Kirsch|first]] and [[starwars:Tannon Praji|third]] installments.
   
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[[File:Bajoran lightship (aft).jpg|thumb|left|Knoll's CGI lightship]]
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He also created the acclaimed [[CGI model]] of the [[Bajoran lightship]] for the popular [[DS9 Season 3|third season]] ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Explorers]]". He also rendered it again for the [[DS9 Season 4|fourth season]] episode "[[Accession]]".
  
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He also created the acclaimed [[CGI model]] of the [[Bajoran lightship]] for the popular [[DS9 Season 3|third season]] ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode {{e|Explorers}} and rendered it again for the [[DS9 Season 4|fourth season]] episode {{e|Accession}}. In the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'', he notes that, although he was busy with ''Star Trek Generations'', for which he built the first version of the [[Galaxy class model#ILM's CGI model|CGI ''Enterprise''-D model]], and ''Mission: Impossible'', he found the time to create the lightship [[CGI]] model as he felt it was a cool design.
   
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Knoll later worked on the [[Work Bee]]s, the starship with the blue engines and the [[Deep Space 9]] engineers wearing [[environmental suit]]s seen in the new ''Deep Space Nine'' title sequence that first appeared in {{e|The Way of the Warrior}}. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'') He was interviewed for the special feature "Industrial Light & Magic: The Next Generation" on the {{y|2009}} [[DVD]] [[Star Trek: First Contact (2009 DVD)|release]] of {{film|8}}. His work with ILM on ''First Contact'' earned him a [[Saturn Award]] nomination as well as a Golden [[Satellite Award]] nomination in the visual effects categories.
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Knoll has also worked on other films such as ''Willow'', ''The Hunt for Red October'', ''Mission: Impossible'', ''Deep Blue Sea'' and the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' trilogy.
  
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== ''Star Wars'' ==
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Knoll was the visual effects supervisor on the 1997 special edition releases of the two films ''Star Wars'' and ''Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi''. He also worked as visual effects supervisor on the prequel trilogy ''Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace'' (1999), ''Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones'' (2002), and ''Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'' (2005). In the first and third film of the prequel trilogy Knoll had small cameo parts. For the first two films he also received his first two Academy Award nominations in 2000 and 2003 for Best Visual Effects, the first shared with [[Scott Squires]] and [[Rob Coleman]] and the second with Rob Coleman and [[Ben Snow]].
   
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The team of the prequel trilogy received several more awards and nominations for their work: two Saturn Awards (2000 and 2003), one Saturn Award nomination (2006), a BAFTA Film Award nomination in 2000, a Video Premiere Award nomination in 2001, a Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination in 2003, a Satellite Award in 2005, and three Visual Effects Society Award nominations in 2003 and 2006.
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Knoll and his brother Thomas created Adobe Photoshop.
  
   
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== Non-''Trek'' work ==
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Knoll and his brother Thomas created {{w|Adobe Photoshop}}. In 2007, ''Entertainment Weekly'' named John Knoll as the 10th Smartest Person in Hollywood. [http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20163012_40,00.html]
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Beside his work on ''Star Trek'' and ''Star Wars'', Knoll worked for ILM on the science fiction comedy ''Innerspace'' (1987), the fantasy adventure ''Willow'' (1988), the adventure ''The Abyss'' (1989), the thriller ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1990), the comedy ''Baby's Day Out'' (1994), the action film ''Mission: Impossible'' (1996), the science fiction thriller ''Deep Blue Sea'' (1999), and the science fiction film ''Mission to Mars'' (2000).
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He then worked as visual effects supervisor on the three ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films between 2003 and 2007 for which he earned two Academy Award nominations in 2004 and 2008 for Best Visual Effects/ Best Achievement in Visual Effects. He shared the first one with Terry D. Frazee. In 2007 he won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for the second ''Pirates'' film, ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest''. Knoll also received three Visual Effects Society Award nominations in 2004 and 2008 and two wins in 2007, a Golden Satellite Award nomination in 2004 and a Satellite Award in 2006, a Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination in 2004, a Hollywood Film Award in 2006, two BAFTA Film Award nominations in 2004 and 2008, a BAFTA Film Award in 2007, two Saturn Award nominations in 2004 and 2008, and a Saturn Award in 2007.
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More recent work for ILM includes the fantasy adventure ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' (2009), James Cameron's science fiction film ''Avatar'' (2009, starring [[Zoe Saldana]]), and the action sequel ''Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'' (2011, co-written by [[J.J. Abrams]]). For ''Avatar'', Knoll was again nominated for a Visual Effects Society Award for Best Single Visual Effect of the Year, shared with [[Jill Brooks]], [[Frank Losasso Petterson]], and [[Tory Mercer]].
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== ''Star Trek'' credits ==
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** {{film|4}} - Motion Control Camera Operator
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** {{film|7}} - Visual Effects Supervisor
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** {{film|8}} - Visual Effects Supervisor
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* {{TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}} - Visual Effects Artist: [[warp drive|warp effect]] (uncredited)
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** [[DS9 Season 4|Season 4]] - [[Work Bee]] - title sequence designer (uncredited)
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** {{e|Explorers}} - Visual Effects Artist: [[Bajoran lightship]] (uncredited)
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** {{e|Accession}} - Visual Effects Artist: [[Bajoran lightship]] (uncredited)
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== ''Star Trek'' awards ==
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Knoll received the following award nominations for his work on ''Star Trek''
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* {{y|1996}} [[Saturn Award]] nomination in the category Best Special Effects for {{film|8}}
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* {{y|1997}} [[Satellite Award]] nomination in the category Outstanding Visual Effects for ''Star Trek: First Contact''
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== External links ==
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John A. Knoll (born 9 February 1962; age 62) from Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, is an Academy Award winning visual effects artist, best known for his work on the Star Wars Special Editions and prequel films at Industrial Light & Magic.

He also worked on several Star Trek episodes and films. He was the visual effects supervisor on Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact and had earlier designed the warp effect of the USS Enterprise-D for Star Trek: The Next Generation. He is also believed to have inserted a small digital model of the Millennium Falcon into the Battle of Sector 001 in First Contact. Knoll served as visual effects supervisor for the three new Star Wars films, personally creating the beginning of each and making cameos in the first and third installments.

Bajoran lightship (aft)

Knoll's CGI lightship

He also created the acclaimed CGI model of the Bajoran lightship for the popular third season Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Explorers" and rendered it again for the fourth season episode "Accession". In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, he notes that, although he was busy with Star Trek Generations, for which he built the first version of the CGI Enterprise-D model, and Mission: Impossible, he found the time to create the lightship CGI model as he felt it was a cool design.

Knoll later worked on the Work Bees, the starship with the blue engines and the Deep Space 9 engineers wearing environmental suits seen in the new Deep Space Nine title sequence that first appeared in "The Way of the Warrior". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion) He was interviewed for the special feature "Industrial Light & Magic: The Next Generation" on the 2009 DVD release of Star Trek: First Contact. His work with ILM on First Contact earned him a Saturn Award nomination as well as a Golden Satellite Award nomination in the visual effects categories.

Star Wars

Knoll was the visual effects supervisor on the 1997 special edition releases of the two films Star Wars and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. He also worked as visual effects supervisor on the prequel trilogy Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). In the first and third film of the prequel trilogy Knoll had small cameo parts. For the first two films he also received his first two Academy Award nominations in 2000 and 2003 for Best Visual Effects, the first shared with Scott Squires and Rob Coleman and the second with Rob Coleman and Ben Snow.

The team of the prequel trilogy received several more awards and nominations for their work: two Saturn Awards (2000 and 2003), one Saturn Award nomination (2006), a BAFTA Film Award nomination in 2000, a Video Premiere Award nomination in 2001, a Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination in 2003, a Satellite Award in 2005, and three Visual Effects Society Award nominations in 2003 and 2006.

Non-Trek work

Knoll and his brother Thomas created Adobe Photoshop. In 2007, Entertainment Weekly named John Knoll as the 10th Smartest Person in Hollywood. [1]

Beside his work on Star Trek and Star Wars, Knoll worked for ILM on the science fiction comedy Innerspace (1987), the fantasy adventure Willow (1988), the adventure The Abyss (1989), the thriller The Hunt for Red October (1990), the comedy Baby's Day Out (1994), the action film Mission: Impossible (1996), the science fiction thriller Deep Blue Sea (1999), and the science fiction film Mission to Mars (2000).

He then worked as visual effects supervisor on the three Pirates of the Caribbean films between 2003 and 2007 for which he earned two Academy Award nominations in 2004 and 2008 for Best Visual Effects/ Best Achievement in Visual Effects. He shared the first one with Terry D. Frazee. In 2007 he won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for the second Pirates film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Knoll also received three Visual Effects Society Award nominations in 2004 and 2008 and two wins in 2007, a Golden Satellite Award nomination in 2004 and a Satellite Award in 2006, a Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination in 2004, a Hollywood Film Award in 2006, two BAFTA Film Award nominations in 2004 and 2008, a BAFTA Film Award in 2007, two Saturn Award nominations in 2004 and 2008, and a Saturn Award in 2007.

More recent work for ILM includes the fantasy adventure Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), James Cameron's science fiction film Avatar (2009, starring Zoe Saldana), and the action sequel Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011, co-written by J.J. Abrams). For Avatar, Knoll was again nominated for a Visual Effects Society Award for Best Single Visual Effect of the Year, shared with Jill Brooks, Frank Losasso Petterson, and Tory Mercer.

Star Trek credits

Star Trek awards

Knoll received the following award nominations for his work on Star Trek

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