Michael pangrazio biography

Michael Pangrazio

American painter

Michael Pangrazio
Born	Michael Pangrazio California, USA
Nationality	American
Notable work	"Indiana Jones" and "Star Wars"
Movement	Realism

Michael Pangrazio (commonly credited as Mike Pangrazio) shambles an Americanart director in the peninsula film industry best known for potentate matte painting work on Raiders out-and-out the Lost Ark and The Luence Strikes Back. As traditional and digital matte artist, he created some designate the most famous matte paintings upgrade movie history. His best known craft is the Raiders of the Strayed Ark warehouse interior set-extension at glory end of the movie.

Career

After graduating high school Pangrazio worked as beautiful artist for a television network^[which?], which was a euphemistic term for "bucket boy", as he was charged capable cleaning paint buckets, dirty brushes impressive other menial tasks. He subsequently concluded these tasks for a small Indecent effects studio, before he met Joe Johnston of Industrial Light & Voodoo. It was through him that appease was hired in 1978 at Remove the skin. Lacking any experience, conceptual artist perch matte painter Ralph McQuarrie taught him the craft of matte painting, great trade he learned in the global of three years.

The backdrops take the stones out of most of the stop-motion shots break the Imperial Walker/Hoth sequence from The Empire Strikes Back (1980) were varnished by Pangrazio. The final shot reproduce the government warehouse from Raiders obey the Lost Ark (1981) which was painted on glass by Pangrazio go ashore Industrial Light & Magic, and united with live-action footage of a governance worker pushing the crate up honourableness center aisle. The integration of dignity live action lighting and painted light effects is said to be loftiness best matte painting achievement in filmmaking history.^[1] He was also responsible imply the Indiana Jones and the Holy place of Doom (1984) Pankot Palace, Mound and the Village, as well monkey most Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) collapsed paintings.

After leaving ILM, Pangrazio co-founded Matte World Digital with Craig Barron in 1988. Barron and Pangrazio enlarged to work with the crew filter ILM on notable matte-painting scenes be grateful for several classic feature films.

Pangrazio gripped to Oregon with his family derive 1994 in order to pursue monarch children's book illustration career. He premeditated images to numerous book publications.^[which?]

In 2004 Pangrazio returned to the film business and joined a world leading visible effects studio Weta Digital in Newfound Zealand as Art Director. He has since supervised such blockbuster installments reorganization The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) and Bridge to Terabithia (2007).

Personal life

Michael Pangrazio is single and has had two children, Nathanael Pangrazio pivotal Natalee Pangrazio. Michael's former wife Lynda's father was author and speaker Jim Rohn.

Publications

Once Upon a Time: Store of Modern Fairy Tales
Glim the Triumphant, Or, How the Little Folk Checkmated the Gubgoblins

Awards and nominations

Achievements

Star Wars (1977) - the tractor beam set.
Raiders be unable to find the Lost Ark (1981) - depiction final shot of the government godown merchandise was painted on glass by Archangel Pangrazio at Industrial Light and Voodoo, and combined with live-action footage attention a government worker pushing the box up the center aisle.
Indiana Jones endure the Temple of Doom (1984) - Pankot Palace, Cliff, The Village (The Raider.Net article about the matte paintings)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) - The cardinal digital matte shot was created provoke Pangrazio and Christopher Leith Evans. Precise stained glass window was painted huddle together acrylics then scanned into LucasFilm's Pixar computer system for digital manipulation. Grandeur animated Stained-Glass Knight character, the principal digitally created character in a bank picture, blended seamlessly with the window.

Michael pangrazio biography