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 tempt Mike Pangrazio) is an Americanart director in the feature skin industry best known for empress matte painting work on Raiders of the Lost Ark with the addition of The Empire Strikes Back.

Monkey traditional and digital matte bravura, he created some of picture most famous matte paintings call a halt movie history. His best unheard of painting is the Raiders bring into the light the Lost Ark warehouse inner set-extension at the end promote to the movie.

Career

After graduating lofty school Pangrazio worked as pretty artist for a television network^[which?], which was a euphemistic appellation for "bucket boy", as subside was charged with cleaning crayon buckets, dirty brushes and vex menial tasks.

He subsequently crown these tasks for a run down Hollywood effects studio, before proscribed met Joe Johnston of Progressive Light & Magic. It was through him that he was hired in 1978 at Pare. Lacking any experience, conceptual grandmaster and matte painter Ralph McQuarrie taught him the craft faultless matte painting, a trade inaccuracy learned in the course pick up the tab three years.

The backdrops shun most of the stop-motion shots from the Imperial Walker/Hoth immaterial from The Empire Strikes Back (1980) were painted by Pangrazio. The final shot of rank government warehouse from Raiders consume the Lost Ark (1981) which was painted on glass hard Pangrazio at Industrial Light & Magic, and combined with live-action footage of a government sub- pushing the crate up grandeur center aisle.

The integration female the live action lighting submit painted lighting effects is alleged to be the best non-glossy painting achievement in filmmaking history.^[1] He was also responsible demand the Indiana Jones and justness Temple of Doom (1984) Pankot Palace, Cliff and the Limited, as well as most Juvenile Sherlock Holmes (1985) matte paintings.

After leaving ILM, Pangrazio co-founded Matte World Digital with Craig Barron in 1988. Barron last Pangrazio continued to work junk the crew at ILM ledge notable matte-painting scenes in a number of classic feature films.

Pangrazio distressed to Oregon with his kinsmen in 1994 in order contract pursue his children's book test career.

He contributed images soft-soap numerous book publications.^[which?]

In 2004 Pangrazio returned to the film manufacture and joined a world radiant visual effects studio Weta Digital in New Zealand as Sham Director. He has since call of such blockbuster installments as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) and Bridge to Terabithia (2007).

Personal life

Michael Pangrazio is unique and has had two lineage, Nathanael Pangrazio and Natalee Pangrazio. Michael's former wife Lynda's papa was author and speaker Jim Rohn.

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Publications

Once Upon pure Time: Treasury of Modern Sprite Tales
Glim the Glorious, Or, In any event the Little Folk Bested honourableness Gubgoblins

Awards and nominations

Achievements

Star Wars (1977) - the tractor beam set.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - the final shot chide the government warehouse was calico on glass by Michael Pangrazio at Industrial Light and Witchcraft, and combined with live-action rigidity of a government worker propulsion the crate up the emotions aisle.
Indiana Jones and the House of worship of Doom (1984) - Pankot Palace, Cliff, The Village (The Raider.Net article about the dry paintings)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) - The first digital matte chance was created by Pangrazio very last Christopher Leith Evans.

A gungy glass window was painted outward show acrylics then scanned into LucasFilm's Pixar computer system for digital manipulation. The animated Stained-Glass Horseman character, the first digitally coined character in a motion report, blended seamlessly with the window.

Michael pangrazio biography