{"product_id":"making-movie-magic-a-lifetime-creating-special-effects-for-james-bond-harry-potter-superman-and-more-hardcover","title":"Making Movie Magic: A Lifetime Creating Special Effects for James Bond, Harry Potter, Superman and More - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Donner\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOHN RICHARDSON is an Oscar-winning special effects supervisor and designer, who has been involved in over 100 movies, including nine James Bond adventures, all eight Harry Potter films, Aliens, Superman, A Bridge Too Far, Straw Dogs, The Omen, Cliffhanger, Far and Away, Willow . . . and many, many more. In creating the magic that flows through these films - by creating huge explosions, beheading people, producing futuristic gadgets, making a man fly or breathing life into creatures that amaze and haunt us - Richardson has come to hold a unique place in cinema history.The son of pioneering FX technician Cliff Richardson, he learned his trade at the feet of a master of the craft. With over five decades of adventures under his belt, and a vast photographic collection of unseen pictures, Richardson now lifts the lid on his exciting and fascinating career of making movie magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Richardson has enjoyed a fifty-seven-year career in the film business as an acclaimed special effects technician and supervisor, working on well over 100 films and several of cinema's biggest franchises. He has been Oscar-nominated six times and won for Aliens in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.7 x 7.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42150637731975,"sku":"9780750991230","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a2cdd5937cb39834ac5538c3ce7db595.webp?v=1733201094","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/making-movie-magic-a-lifetime-creating-special-effects-for-james-bond-harry-potter-superman-and-more-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}