Paul Franklin
Biography
Paul J. Franklin is an English visual effects supervisor who has worked with visual effects since the 1990s. Born in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, he has earned widespread recognition in his field, including multiple Academy Awards and British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations and wins. Franklin won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for Inception, released in 2010. He later secured a second Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Interstellar in 2014, sharing these wins with Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb, and Chris Corbould. In addition to these victories, Franklin received an Academy Award nomination for The Dark Knight in 2008, alongside BAFTA nominations for Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises.
Career overview
Paul J. Franklin is an English visual effects supervisor who has worked with visual effects since the 1990s. His work has earned him widespread recognition, including multiple Academy Awards and British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations and wins.
Franklin won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for Inception in 2010. He earned a second Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Interstellar in 2014. He shared these two winning achievements with Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb, and Chris Corbould. In addition to these victories, Franklin received an Academy Award nomination for The Dark Knight in 2008.
His recognition by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts extends across several major feature films. Franklin was nominated for BAFTA Awards for Batman Begins, The Dark Knight in 2008, and The Dark Knight Rises in 2012.
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- Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (2027) Visual Effects Supervisor
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Visual Effects Supervisor
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) Visual Effects Supervisor
- Fireworks (2022) Director
- Venom (2018) Visual Effects Supervisor
- The Escape (2017) Director
- The Escape (2017) Writer
- Inside 'Interstellar' (2015) as Self - VFX Supervisor
- Interstellar (2014) Visual Effects Supervisor
- The Science of Interstellar (2014) as Self
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Visual Effects Supervisor
- Ending the Knight (2012) as Self
- Inception (2010) Visual Effects Supervisor
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) Visual Effects Supervisor
- The Dark Knight (2008) Visual Effects Supervisor
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Visual Effects Supervisor
- Batman Begins (2005) Visual Effects Supervisor
- The Spider-Man Story (2002) as Self
- Enemy at the Gates (2001) Sequence Supervisor
- Revelation (2001) Visual Effects Supervisor
- Hunting Lila Director