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Ken Ralston

Ken Ralston

Known For Visual Effects
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Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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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 the visual effects in Return of the Jedi (1983), and regular awards for his work on Cocoon (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was nominated three more times for Dragonslayer (1981), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Ralston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016

Visual Effects Supervisor

Men in Black 3

Men in Black 3

2012

Visual Effects Supervisor

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

2010

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

Beowulf

Beowulf

2007

Visual Effects Design Consultant

The Polar Express

The Polar Express

2004

VFX Supervisor

Men in Black II

Men in Black II

2002

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

America's Sweethearts

America's Sweethearts

2001

Visual Effects Coordinator

Cast Away

Cast Away

2000

Visual Effects Supervisor

Contact

Contact

1997

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

Phenomenon

Phenomenon

1996

Visual Effects Supervisor

The American President

The American President

1995

Visual Effects Supervisor

Jumanji

Jumanji

1995

Visual Effects Supervisor

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

1994

Visual Effects Supervisor

Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

1992

Visual Effects Supervisor, Second Unit Director

The Rocketeer

The Rocketeer

1991

Visual Effects Supervisor

Back to the Future Part III

Back to the Future Part III

1990

Visual Effects Supervisor

Back to the Future Part II

Back to the Future Part II

1989

Visual Effects Supervisor

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988

Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1986

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Golden Child

The Golden Child

1986

Visual Effects Supervisor

Cocoon

Cocoon

1985

Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

1984

Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1982

Visual Effects Supervisor

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The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

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Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 05, 2021

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