Ken Ralston
Known for
Visual Effects
Biography
Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, Dennis Muren hired him at Industrial Light & Magic to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained at ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis.
Ralston has won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Academy Award for...
Best known work
Forrest Gump
1994
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Cast Away
2000
Back to the Future Part III
1990
Jumanji
1995
Men in Black 3
2012
Men in Black II
2002
The Polar Express
2004
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016Filmography
2022
2021
2016
Alice Through the Looking GlassVisual Effects Supervisor
2015
Star Wars: Greatest Momentsas Self
2012
2012
Men in Black 3Visual Effects Supervisor
2010
2010
Alice in WonderlandSenior Visual Effects Supervisor
2007
BeowulfVisual Effects Design Consultant
2004
The Polar ExpressVFX Supervisor
2004
2002
Men in Black IISenior Visual Effects Supervisor
2001
America's SweetheartsVisual Effects Coordinator
2000
Cast AwayVisual Effects Supervisor
1999
1997
ContactSenior Visual Effects Supervisor
1996
PhenomenonVisual Effects Supervisor
1995
JumanjiVisual Effects Supervisor
1995
The American PresidentVisual Effects Supervisor
1994
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gumpas Self, Thanks
1994
Forrest GumpVisual Effects Supervisor
1992
Death Becomes HerSecond Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor
1991
The RocketeerVisual Effects Supervisor
1991
1990