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Colin Chilvers Dies: Oscar-Winning VFX Director Who Helped Christopher Reeve Fly and Michael Jackson Lean Into ‘Smooth Criminal’ Was 79
In 1986, Chilvers created the trickery that allowed Michael Jackson to lean forward 45 degrees in the music video for "Smooth Criminal."
Colin Chilvers, a pioneering Oscar-winning Hollywood visual effects artist who created movie magic for , apocalyptic scenarios and even The Who’s Tommy, died Tuesday November 19 in Fort Erie, Ontario, where he lived. Born in 1945 in London, England, he trained for his chosen career through Hornsey College of Art, and worked as an uncredited trainee animation director for a short time on the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Even before his Superman breakthrough, Chilvers had worked on special effects for such offbeat, often countercultural 1970s fare as 200 Motels, Frankenstein: The True Story, Tommy, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Lisztomania.
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