John Richardson
Visual Effects
Biography
John Richardson (born 1946 in England) is a British special effects supervisor. He is best known for his work on the James Bond film series (at least Casino Royale, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and Die Another Day), all the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Aliens (1986). For the latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 1987 ceremony.[1] He won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award at the 2012 ceremony.
In 2019, he published the book "Making Movie Magic" which detailed his career in film.
As actor 11
Harry Potter: The Official Film Podcast
2026
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
Inside 'Licence to Kill'
2000
Building a Scene
2003
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
2000
The Omen Legacy
2001
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002
Inside 'Octopussy'
2000
Inside Q's Lab
2000
On the crew 36
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Superman
1978
Starship Troopers
1997
Licence to Kill
1989
Deep Blue Sea
1999
Cliffhanger
1993
A Bridge Too Far
1977
The Omen
1976
Ladyhawke
1985
The Day of the Jackal
1973
The Devils
1971
Straw Dogs
1971
Battle of Britain
1969
Juggernaut
1974
Play Dirty
1969
Escape to Athena
1979
North Sea Hijack
1980
Young Winston
1972
The People That Time Forgot
1977
Warlords of Atlantis
1978
Help!
1965
Scorpio
1973
The Watcher in the Woods
1980
Rosebud
1975
Mahler
1974
Phase IV
1974
Dark of the Sun
1968
Hennessy
1975
Duffy
1968