Over the years, Craig has contributed to the visual effects on more than 100 films, bringing artistic visions to life for Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, and Tim Burton to name a few. He received an Emmy Award for his work on By Dawn's Early Light, and an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects on Batman Returns. In 2009, he won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
At Magnopus, Craig has led the creative team on numerous award-winning projects, including the original short film Remembering for Disney+ which was produced using virtual production techniques.
Craig is a film historian, museum exhibit curator, and educator with a focus on the history of visual effects in classic films—from Hollywood’s studio age to the modern era.
Craig Barron
Creative Director
Oscar-winning visual effects specialist Craig Barron has spent his career evolving visual effects into new and immersive experiences.
Joining Magnopus in 2014, he’s been helping to shape the future of virtual and augmented reality in filmmaking and beyond. Starting out at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Craig played a part in the visual effects for films such as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
He then went on to produce VFX for feature films, commercials, television, computer games and IMAX from his own studio, Matte World Digital. It was there he worked on Zodiac, Alice in Wonderland and Hugo.
