John Knoll

Q: Has John Knoll received any awards?

John Knoll has received several awards for his work in visual effects, including nominations for the Academy Awards and wins from the Visual Effects Society.

Q: What was John Knoll's first major film project?

John Knoll's first significant project was working on 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope,' where he contributed to the visual effects that defined the franchise.

Q: What is John Knoll's estimated net worth?

John Knoll's estimated net worth is reported to be around $1 million, primarily earned through his successful career in visual effects.

Q: What technology did John Knoll help develop?

John Knoll co-created the software 'Photoshop,' which has become the industry standard for image editing and manipulation, impacting both film and photography.

Q: What films has John Knoll worked on?

John Knoll has worked on numerous high-profile films, including the 'Star Wars' series, 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' and 'The Avengers,' showcasing his expertise in visual effects.

Q: How did John Knoll start his career in visual effects?

John Knoll began his career in visual effects by working as an intern at Industrial Light & Magic, where he quickly rose through the ranks due to his talent and innovation.

Q: Is John Knoll involved in any other creative projects?

In addition to his work in film, John Knoll has been involved in various creative projects, including teaching and mentoring aspiring visual effects artists.

Known for

Avatar (2009)

IMDb 7.9 / 10

2009 / Action, Adventure / 162 min

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and...

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

IMDb 8.1 / 10

2003 / Action, Adventure / 143 min

Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 18th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

IMDb 7.4 / 10

2006 / Action, Adventure / 151 min

Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.

Name

John Knoll

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Born

17 December 1963, USA

Spouses

Not publicly known

Children

Not publicly known

Parents

Not publicly known

Estimated Net Worth

$1 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2022	TV LIGHT & MAGIC When George Lucas set out to make Star Wars, little did he know he would end up revolutionizing an industry....	Self - Visual Effects Supervisor	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2022	TV LIGHT & MAGIC When George Lucas set out to make Star Wars, little did he know he would end up revolutionizing an industry....	Self - Computer Graphics	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2020	TV Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian Executive producer Jon Favreau invites the cast and crew of The Mandalorian to share an unprecedented look at the making...	Self - ILM Visual Effects Supervisor	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2020	TV Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian Executive producer Jon Favreau invites the cast and crew of The Mandalorian to share an unprecedented look at the making...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2020	Movie Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle	Unknown character	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2018	Movie A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making A glimpse behind the scenes into the complicated process of recovering and completing Orson Welles' final film The Other Side...	Self - Visual Effects Supervisor	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	Movie The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' is a 2017 documentary detailing the production of the...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2013	Movie The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim Set the large tasks of putting life into the 2D artistic renderings Gillaume created. See how ILM craftsmen put life...	Self	TMDB 9.8 / 10
2012	Movie Side by Side Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades,...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2010	Movie Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible Leslie Iwerks' documentary takes audiences behind the scenes at ILM with in depth interviews with some of the company's top...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2005	Movie Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III This documentary offers a glimpse into all the people, departments, and work that went into creating the film, specifically, the...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2005	Movie Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises...	Fire Ship Pilot (uncredited)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2003	Movie No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects A look at the digital effects in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2002	Movie From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' For Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), there were to be many more visual effects than...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2002	Movie State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II' Documentary breaking down the planning of the film's set pieces particularly the aerial car chase, conveyor-belt fight and climactic Clone...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1999	Movie From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic The incredible evolution of George Lucas' special effects dream factory, including an inside look at "Star Wars: Episode One -...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1999	Movie Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting...	Lt. Rya Kirsch - Bravo 4 / Flag Bearer (uncredited)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1996	Movie Mission: Impossible When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers...	Passenger on Train in Tunnel (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie The Mandalorian and Grogu The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2026	Movie The Mandalorian and Grogu The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to...	VFX Director of Photography Visual Effects	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2024	TV Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Four ordinary kids search for their home planet after getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy.	VFX Director of Photography Visual Effects	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2024	TV Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Four ordinary kids search for their home planet after getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy.	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2021	TV The Book of Boba Fett Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2021	Movie Jungle Cruise Dr. Lily Houghton enlists the aid of wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff to take her down the Amazon in his dilapidated...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2019	TV The Mandalorian After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through...	Additional Visual Effects Visual Effects	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2019	TV The Mandalorian After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2018	Movie The Other Side of the Wind At a media-swamped party to celebrate his seventieth birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2016	Movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2016	Movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new...	Story Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2016	Movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2013	Movie Pacific Rim Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2011	Movie Hugo Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris....	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2011	Movie Super 8 In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after,...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2011	Movie Rango When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging Western town of Dirt, the theater-loving lizard...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie Avatar In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2009	Movie Confessions of a Shopaholic In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2008	Movie Speed Racer Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life,...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2007	Movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End After losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2006	Movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2005	Movie Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2003	Movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann,...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2002	Movie Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2000	Movie Mission to Mars When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1999	Movie Deep Blue Sea Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1999	Movie Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1996	Movie Star Trek: First Contact The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1996	Movie Mission: Impossible When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1994	Movie Star Trek: Generations Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1991	Movie Hudson Hawk Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1991	Movie Hook The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1990	Movie Spaced Invaders A crew of Martians overhears a radio broadcast of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" coming from Earth, and, thinking...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1990	Movie The Hunt for Red October A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain...	Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Effects	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1987	Movie Innerspace Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac,...	Visual Effects Camera Visual Effects	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1984	Movie Terminal Velocity A short student film by visual effects artist John Knoll from 1984, made as an exercise for an advanced animation...	Director Directing	Not rated

A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

2018 / TMDB 6.8

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

2017 / TMDB 5.6

Side by Side

2012 / TMDB 7.3

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

2010 / TMDB 6.6

Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III

2005 / TMDB 7.2

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005 / TMDB 7.5

Got a question about John Knoll?

What are John Knoll's most notable contributions to film?

John Knoll is best known for his groundbreaking work in visual effects, particularly for films like 'Star Wars' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' His innovations have set new standards in the industry.

Has John Knoll received any awards?

What was John Knoll's first major film project?

What is John Knoll's estimated net worth?

What technology did John Knoll help develop?

What films has John Knoll worked on?

How did John Knoll start his career in visual effects?

Is John Knoll involved in any other creative projects?

Known for

Avatar (2009)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

Personal details

Credits

Latest Release

A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

Side by Side

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

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