Biography of Dennis Lowe An image from Cathedral III, an alternative film by Dennis Lowe
CV of Dennis Lowe

Dennis Lowe

Born:  March 13 1950

DATE PRODUCT STATUS DIRECTOR
1968/71 FALMOUTH SCHOOL OF ART    
1971/74 NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL    
1974/76 SPARKS ASSOCIATES Chief Scenic Artist  
1975 EXCORCIST II SFX Assistant John Boorman
1975/76 SPACE 1999 SFX Assistant Charles Crichton + Others
1976 MEDUSA TOUCH SFX Assistant Jack Gold
1977 REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER SFX Assistant Blake Edwards
1978 ALIEN SFX Assist - Model Camera Ridley Scott
1979 STAR WARS - EMPIRE STRIKES BACK SFX Assistant Irvin Kershner
1980 DRAGONSLAYER Camera Technician Mathew Robbins
1980 FINAL CONFLICT Optical Effects Supervisor Graham Baker
1980 LOOPEHOLE SFX Technican - Practical John Quested
1980/81

ARKADON COMPANY FORMED
(motion control)

SFX Supervisor Nick Pollock and Dennis Lowe
1981/82 SPACEWORKS (Motion Simulator) SFX Director  
1982 KRULL Motion Control Consultant Peter Yates
1982/83 NEVER ENDING STORY Optical Effects Director Wolfgang Peterson
1984 LEGEND Optical Effects Director Ridley Scott
1984/85 LORCA & THE OUTLAWS Motion Control Director Roger Christian
1985 ENEMY MINE Blue Screen Effects Wolfgang Peterson
1985 LABRYNTH Field Recorder Consultant Jim Henson
1985 GUNBUS Motion Control Consultant Zoran Peresic
1985/86 AMERICAN WAY Optical Effects Director  
1985/86 CARNIVAL NIGHT Optical Effects Director  
1986 ALIENS Optical Effects Director Jim Cameron
1988 SLIPSTREAM Motion Control Director Steven Lisberger
1989/90

2 years sabbatical taken in Italy to study
painting and sculpture

   
1991 MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART Model Lighting Camerman Vincent Ward
1992 Mural painting in Italy    
1993/94 FRANKENSTEIN Model Lighting Camerman Kenneth Branagh
1994 MARY REILLY Motion Control Consultant Stephen Frears
1994/95 FIRST KNIGHT Visual Effects Consultant Jerry Zucker
1995 SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Visual Effects Consultant Ang Lee
1996 ENGLISH PATIENT Visual Effects Supervisor Anthony Minghela
1996/97 ODYSSEY Model Lighting Camerman Andrei Konchalovsky
1997 INVASION EARTH Visual Effects Supervisor Patrick Lau
1998 DARK BLUE WORLD Visual Effects Supervisor Jan Sverak
1999 OLIVER TWIST Visual Effects Supervisor Renny Rye
1999 THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY Visual Effects Supervisor Anthony Minghela
2000 DARK BLUE WORLD Visual Effects Supervisor Jan Sverak
2000 THE DREAMER (Short) Visual Effects Supervisor Miguel Sapochnik
2001 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON Visual Effects Supervisor Philip Saville
2001 2000 ACRES IN THE SKY Visual Effects Supervisor Renny Rye
2002 YELLOWBIRD (Short) Visual Effects Supervisor Tom Hooper
2002 COLD MOUNTAIN Visual Effects Supervisor Anthony Minghela
2002 2000 ACRES IN THE SKY (2nd series) Visual Effects Supervisor Renny Rye
2003 COLD MOUNTAIN Visual Effects Supervisor Anthony Minghela
2004 HOTEL RWANDA Visual Effects Supervisor Terry George
2005/06 PERFUME Visual Effects Supervisor Tom Tykwer