Craig Barron, is an American creative director and film historian who specializes in seamless matte painting effects, while at Industrial Light & Magic, or Matte World Digital, he worked on, or supervised the crews of more than a hundred films, including which 1995 American epic crime drama film ?
Craig Barron Craig Barron (born April 6, 1961) is an American creative director and film historian who specializes in seamless matte painting effects. Starting at Industrial Light & Magic, and at his own VFX studio, Matte World Digital, Barron worked on or supervised the crews to create the matte painting effects of more than a hundred films, including "The Empire Strikes Back", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Titanic", "Casino", "Zodiac", "Hugo", and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", for which he won the Academy Award for best visual effects.
Matte World Digital Matte World Digital was a visual effects company based in Novato, California that specialized in realistic matte painting effects and digital environments for feature films, television, electronic games and IMAX large-format productions. The company closed in 2012 after 24 years of service in the entertainment industry.