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Harold Weed

Harold "Howie" S. Weed (born December 23, 1962) is an American visual and special effects artist known for his work on Hollywood films and franchises. His most notable works have been Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Star Trek, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Weed started his career in films in the 1980s with an uncredited model making job for the film Gremlins.

Star Wars

Weed has gained a cult following for his involvement with the Star Wars Universe. Weed works with George Lucas' company Industrial Light and Magic[1] and has appeared in Episode IV as multiple characters and worked on multiple Star Wars films behind the scenes with his special effects work.

In the 1997 Special Edition re-release of Star Wars: A New Hope, Weed played Ketwol, a character created with a costume and mechanical stilts.[2]

Also in the re-release, Weed appeared as the Wampa, replacing actor Des Webb,[3] and then as character Melas.[2]

Weed worked on Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace as a digital model development and construction artist and then Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith as a digital modeler.

Weed has been interviewed for the Star Wars: Insider magazine[4] and Jedi News.[1]

In literature

Weed appears in:

Filmography

Incomplete lists of Weed's visual effects works appear on the websites Hollywood.com[9] and the New York Times.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Howie Weed Interview". Jedi News. Retrieved 2 Jan 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Harold Weed - Filmography". Cinema. Retrieved 2 Jan 2014.
  3. ^ a b Young, R. G. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 191. ISBN 1557832692.
  4. ^ "Star Wars Insider: Vol. 118". Titan Magazines. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2 Jan 2014.
  5. ^ SIGGRAPH (1990). "Course Notes: SIGGRAPH 1990, 17th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques: Dallas Convention Center, August 6th-10th". 17: 177. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Shay, Don (1997). Cinefex, Issues 69-72. D. Shay. pp. 25, 37, 101.
  7. ^ Browning, John Edgar (2010). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. p. 38. ISBN 9780786462018.
  8. ^ Bouzereau, Laurent (1999). Star Wars: The Making of Episode I, The Phantom Menace. Ballantine Publ. Group. p. 152. ISBN 9780345431110.
  9. ^ "Harold Weed". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 3 Jan 2014.
  10. ^ "Harold Weed". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 3 Jan 2014.