Henry LaBounta

Henry LaBounta
Henry LaBounta
Occupations	Special and visual effects artist

Henry LaBounta is an American-Canadian special and visual effects artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Twister.^[1]^[2]^[3]

At the 50th British Academy Film Awards, he won a BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects. His win was shared with Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier and Habib Zargarpour.^[4]

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v t e BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
1982–2000	Richard Edlund – Poltergeist (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Kit West – Return of the Jedi (1983) Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, and Lorne Peterson – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) George Gibbs and Richard Conway – Brazil (1985) Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, Suzanne M. Benson, John Richardson, and Stan Winston – Aliens (1986) Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Edward Jones, and Bruce Walters – The Witches of Eastwick (1987) George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, and Edward Jones – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, and Steve Gawley – Back to the Future Part II (1989) The production team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990) Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang, and Douglas Smythe – Death Becomes Her (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri – Jurassic Park (1993) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall – Forrest Gump (1994) Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney, and Leslie Ekker – Apollo 13 (1995) Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, and Habib Zargarpour – Twister (1996) Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould, and Nick Dudman – The Fifth Element (1997) Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, and Neil Corbould – Saving Private Ryan (1998) John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, and Jon Thum – The Matrix (1999) Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, and Tim Alexander – The Perfect Storm (2000)
2001–2020	Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook, and Mark Stetson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, and Remo Balcells – The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul, and Richard Taylor – King Kong (2005) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood – The Golden Compass (2007) Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, and Edson Williams – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones – Avatar (2009) Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb – Inception (2010) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, and David Vickery – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, and Erik-Jan de Boer – Life of Pi (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould, and Nikki Penny – Gravity (2013) Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley, and Ian Hunter – Interstellar (2014) Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, and Neal Scanlan - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez – The Jungle Book (2016) Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, and John Nelson – Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick – Black Panther (2018) Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, and Dominic Tuohy – 1917 (2019) Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley – Tenet (2020)
2021–present	Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer – Dune (2021) Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, and Eric Saindon – Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Simon Hughes – Poor Things (2023) Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, and Rhys Salcombe – Dune: Part Two (2024)

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