John Bruno is an American visual effects artist and filmmaker known for his prolific collaborations with director James Cameron on films like Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar, and The Abyss, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
He has also contributed to other blockbuster films including Ghostbusters, Batman Returns, Cliffhanger, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Kingsman: The Secret Service. He also directed the 1999 science fiction horror film Virus, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland.
He currently holds five Oscar nominations and two BAFTA Award nominations.
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Academy Awards
Best Visual Effects
Known For
The Abyss
(1989)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Titanic
(1997)
Visual Effects
Avatar
(2009)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Kingsman: The Secret Service
(2014)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991)
Visual Effects Designer
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
(2011)
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
(2012)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Movie 43
(2013)
Visual Effects
Hercules
(2014)
Visual Effects Supervisor
True Lies
(1994)
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Batman Returns
(1992)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Cliffhanger
(1993)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Poltergeist
(1982)
Animation Supervisor
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
(2004)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Heavy Metal
(1981)
Visual Effects Director
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
(1984)
Visual Effects
Full Filmography
Visual Effects
Shinbone Alley
(1970)
Animation
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
(1974)
Animation
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
(1977)
Animation
Heavy Metal
(1981)
Visual Effects Director
Poltergeist
(1982)
Animation Supervisor
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
(1984)
Visual Effects
The Abyss
(1989)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991)
Visual Effects Designer
Batman Returns
(1992)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Cliffhanger
(1993)
Visual Effects Supervisor
True Lies
(1994)
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Titanic
(1997)
Visual Effects
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
(2004)
Visual Effects Supervisor
X-Men: The Last Stand
(2006)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Avatar
(2009)
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
(2011)
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
(2012)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Movie 43
(2013)
Visual Effects
Hercules
(2014)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Kingsman: The Secret Service
(2014)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Acting
True Lies
(1994)
Custodian
Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
(1999)
Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
(2020)
Self
Crew
Heavy Metal
(1981)
Special Effects and Sequence Supervisor
Ghostbusters
(1984)
Visual Effects Art Director
Fright Night
(1985)
Visual Effects Art Director
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
(1986)
Visual Effects Art Director
Rush Hour 3
(2007)
Visual Effects Design Consultant
Monsters vs Aliens
(2009)
Thanks
Season of the Witch
(2011)
Visual Effects Design Consultant
Writing
Directing
Production