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Tim McGovern

Tim McGovern

Visual Effects1955Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Tom McGovern (June 24, 1955 - March 30, 2024) worked in visual effects for film for over 40 years. He was a senior visual effects supervisor, founding member of Sony Pictures Imageworks where he was senior VP of creative and technical affairs, and chief creative officer of animation development at the production company Whisper Pictures. He was also a founding member and board member of Visual Effects Society (VES) as well as a founding co-chair of the VES Awards.

He began his career in the early days of digital, computer-based VFX, including work on pioneering 1982 movie Tron while at the former Robert Abel and Associates. He went on to become a founding member of Sony Pictures Imageworks, serving as senior VFX supervisor, as well as senior VP of creative and technical affairs. At Imageworks, his work ranged from Last Action Hero to The Ghost and the Darkness.

He received a Special Achievement Oscar for the VFX in the 1990 sci-fi classic Total Recall on which he served as CGI director.

He was working at DNEG, earning credits on movies including Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, Dunkirk, Ant-Man at the Wasp, First Man, Men in Black: International, and Jungle Cruise. In recent years he lived in Mumbai, where DNEG has a base, and additionally served as chief creative officer of animation development at the production company Whisper Pictures.

He received the Visual Effects Society Founders Award and was awarded VES Fellowship and Lifetime Membership. He was a founding member of the Society and a board member for nearly 20 years, including a stint as vice chair.  For VES, he also served as founding co-chair of the VES Awards, which were presented for the 22nd time in February 2024.

Info from Variety article: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/tim-mcgovern-dead-vfx-total-recall-1235956282/amp/

Acting History

2023
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Visual Effects Supervisor
2021
Jungle Cruise
Digital Effects Supervisor
2019
Triple Frontier
Digital Effects Supervisor
Men in Black: International
Digital Effects Supervisor
2018
First Man
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Digital Effects Supervisor
2017
Dunkirk
Visual Effects Supervisor
2015
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Visual Effects Supervisor
2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Visual Effects Supervisor
2002
Equilibrium
Visual Effects Supervisor
FearDotCom
Visual Effects Supervisor
1999
Stigmata
Visual Effects Supervisor
1997
As Good as It Gets
Visual Effects Supervisor
1996
The Ghost and the Darkness
Visual Effects Supervisor
1990
Total Recall
CGI Director
1982
Tron
Systems Administrators & Support

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Personal Info

Known For
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/24/1955
Day of Death
3/30/2024
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA