title: George Gibbs (special effects artist)
text: # George Gibbs (special effects artist)
  
  George Gibbs (18 July 1937 – 15 December 2020) was a British special effects artist who is best known for his work in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Gibbs was born in Islington, London in 1937. In 1953, Gibbs started his career at his local theatre, the Hackney Empire in East London where he trained as a theatre electrician with Strand Electric Company. He worked in this line for 5 years until 1958, when he landed a job at Pinewood Film Studios.
  
  He died on 15 December 2020.
  
  ## Oscar history
  
  All these were for Best Visual Effects:
  
  * 1984 Academy Awards-Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, award shared with Michael J. McAlister, Dennis Muren and Lorne Peterson. Won.
  * 1988 Academy Awards-Who Framed Roger Rabbit, award shared with Edward Jones, Ken Ralston and Richard Williams. Won.
  * 1992 Academy Awards-Alien³, nomination shared with Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. Lost to Death Becomes Her.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * Doom (2005)
  * The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
  * From Hell (2001)
  * The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
  * The Saint (1997)
  * 101 Dalmatians (1996)
  * First Knight (1995)
  * Alien³ (1992)
  * Patriot Games (1992)
  * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  * Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  * Labyrinth (1986)
  * Brazil (1985)
  * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
  * Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
  * Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
  * Conan the Barbarian (1982)
  * Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
  * Flash Gordon (1980)
  