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 ... See full summary
Independence Day: Creating Reality (2000) Online
- Original Title :
- Independence Day: Creating Reality
- Genre :
- Creative Work / Documentary / Short
- Year :
- 2000
- Cast :
- Roland Emmerich,Dean Devlin,Patrick Tatopoulos
- Type :
- Creative Work
- Time :
- 30min
- Rating :
- 4.4/10
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 overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Roland Emmerich | - | Himself - Director (as Roland Emmrich) |
 | Dean Devlin | - | Himself - Producer |
 | Patrick Tatopoulos | - | Himself - Production Designer |
 | Michael Joyce | - | Himself - Model Shop Supervisor |
 | Bob Hurrie | - | Himself - VFX Production Supervisor |
| Joe Viskocil | - | Himself - Miniature Pyrotechnics / Mechanical Effects Supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil) |
| Volker Engel | - | Himself - VFX Supervisor |
| James Balsam | - | Himself - Motion Control Camera Operator |
 | Tricia Henry Ashford | - | Herself - Digital Effects Supervisor / Producer (as Tricia Ashford) |
| Tara Handy Turner | - | Herself - Computer Graphic Supervisor |
 | Hartmut Engel | - | Himself - Unit Digital Animation Supervisor |
| Robert Bredow | - | Himself - Technical Supervisor: Vision Art (as Rob Bredow) |
| Joshua D. Rose | - | Himself - Digital Producer: Vision Art |
| Andrea D'Amico | - | Herself - Digital VFX Supervisor: P.O.P. |
| Lawrence Littleton | - | Himself - Digital Compositor: P.O.P. |
This documentary is featured on disc 2 of the Special Edition DVD of Iseseisvuspäev (1996) released in 2000.