Independence Day: Creating Reality 2000

A look into the making of the state of the art special effects for the film Independence Day (1996). This crew spent a long time creating these 400 plus effects shots, and ended up winning an Academy Award for their work. Very interesting to see how hard these people worked in order to make the battles etc. seem so realistic.

Where to watch US

Not streaming in US right now.

On location

No pins on the map for this one yet. Check IMDB filming locations ↗

The cast

Roland Emmerich Himself - Director (as Roland Emmrich)

Dean Devlin Himself - Producer

Patrick Tatopoulos Himself - Production Designer

M

Michael R. Joyce Himself - Model Shop Supervisor

B

Bob Hurrie Himself - VFX Production Supervisor

J

Joe Viskocil Himself - Miniature Pyrotechnics / Mechanical Effects Supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil)

Volker Engel Himself - VFX Supervisor

J

James Balsam Himself - Motion Control Camera Operator

T

Tricia Henry Ashford Herself - Digital Effects Supervisor / Producer (as Tricia Ashford)

T

Tara Handy Turner Herself - Computer Graphic Supervisor

H

Hartmut Engel Himself - Unit Digital Animation Supervisor

R

Rob Bredow Himself - Technical Supervisor: Vision Art

J

Josh Rose Himself - Digital Producer: Vision Art

A

Andrea D'Amico Herself - Digital VFX Supervisor: P.O.P.

Top billing shown. Full cast and crew on IMDB ↗

More like this

2010

Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented

2011

The Captains

2004

The Matrix Recalibrated

2013

Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story

2014

Chaos on the Bridge

2004

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing