Independence Day: Creating Reality

"A look into the making of the state of the art special effects for the film Independence Day (1996). This crew spent a long time creating these 400 plus effects shots, and ended up winning an Academy Award for their work. Very interesting to see how hard these people worked in order to make the battles etc. seem so realistic."

Cast

Roland Emmerich

as Himself - Director (as Roland Emmrich)

Dean Devlin

as Himself - Producer

Patrick Tatopoulos

as Himself - Production Designer

Michael R. Joyce

as Himself - Model Shop Supervisor

Bob Hurrie

as Himself - VFX Production Supervisor

Joe Viskocil

as Himself - Miniature Pyrotechnics / Mechanical Effects Supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil)

Volker Engel

as Himself - VFX Supervisor

James Balsam

as Himself - Motion Control Camera Operator

Tricia Henry Ashford

as Herself - Digital Effects Supervisor / Producer (as Tricia Ashford)

Tara Handy Turner

as Herself - Computer Graphic Supervisor

Hartmut Engel

as Himself - Unit Digital Animation Supervisor

Rob Bredow

as Himself - Technical Supervisor: Vision Art

Josh Rose

as Himself - Digital Producer: Vision Art

Andrea D'Amico

as Herself - Digital VFX Supervisor: P.O.P.

Lawrence Littleton

as Himself - Digital Compositor: P.O.P.

Pablo Helman

as Himself - Digital Compositing Supervisor: P.O.P.

Crew

Thomas C. Grane

Director

Thomas C. Grane

Producer