Hal Hickel
Known for
Visual Effects
Birthplace
Bailey, Colorado, USA
Biography
Hal T. Hickel is a visual effects animator for Industrial Light & Magic.
At the age of 12, Hickel wrote a letter to Lucasfilm, outlining his ideas for a sequel to the original Star Wars movie (now known as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), and received a polite rejection letter from producer Gary Kurtz. The letter now hangs on the wall of Hickel's office at ILM. Twenty years later, Hickel found himself working on Star Wars after all, as a lead animator on Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
A native of Bailey, Colorado, Hickel joined the Film Graphics Program at CalArts in 1982. He worked at An-FX from 1982 until 1988, and then joined Will Vinton Studios, working in stop-motion and...
Best known work
Iron Man
2008
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
Toy Story
1995
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
Pacific Rim
2013
The Mandalorian
2019
Warcraft
2016Filmography
2026
The Mandalorian and GroguAnimation Supervisor
2023
2022
Claydreamas Self
2022
LIGHT & MAGICTVas Self - Animation Supervisor, Iron Man (1 episode), as Self - Animation Supervisor (1 episode)
2020
2019
2017
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryAnimation Supervisor
2016
WarcraftAnimation Supervisor
2013
Pacific RimAnimation Supervisor
2011
RangoAnimation Director, Animation Supervisor
2008
Iron ManAnimation Supervisor
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndAnimation Supervisor
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestAnimation Supervisor
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlAnimation Supervisor
2003
DreamcatcherAnimation Supervisor
2002
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesAnimation Supervisor
2001
A.I. Artificial IntelligenceAnimation Supervisor
1995
Toy StoryAnimation
1992
Will Vinton's Claymation EasterAnimation
1991
1990