Someone who went to school with actor-director Ron Howard, developed special effects for Jurassic Park, as well as a 1989 American action-adventure film that was co-written by George Lucas, and directed by who?
Michael Lantieri Michael Lantieri (born 13 August 1954) went to school in Los Angeles, California with actor-director Ron Howard, wanting to be in films from an early age though as a director. However, he went to work in the special effects department of Universal Studios, staying for ten years and working on television shows such as "Buck Rogers" and "Battlestar Galactica" before branching out on his own. Lantieri also worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland and has provided effects for video games. He directed his own film, called "Komodo", and has worked on numerous films with Steven Spielberg. One of his most famous movies was "Mars Attacks!" where he had the job of creating lifelike animations. In addition, Lantieri developed special effects for "Jurassic Park" (for which he received an Oscar), "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", as well as "". He was also part of the destruction of the Steve Bartman baseball.
Harrison Ellenshaw Harrison Ellenshaw (born Peter Ellenshaw, July 20, 1945 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American matte painter, following his British-born father Peter Ellenshaw. He started his career at Walt Disney Studios. He later joined George Lucas's effects studio Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), where he produced many of the matte visual effects backgrounds for the films "Star Wars" (1977) and "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980). He then returned to Disney to work on the film "Dick Tracy" (1990), and eventually headed Disney Studio's effects department, Buena Vista Visual Effects (BVVE). He was also visual effects supervisor for "Tron" (1982), where he had the distinction of being the first person to have that credit in a film.