Jonathan D. Egstad is an Academy Award-winning special-effects designer and software developer. He was born October 21, 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is an alumnus of Fitchburg State College

Fitchburg State College

Fitchburg State University, also known as Fitchburg State, is a four-year public institution of higher learning with a compact urban campus, located in the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Fitchburg State University has over 3,500 undergraduate and over 1650 graduate/continuing education...

. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife and two sons. In 2005, Egstad was interviewed by fxguide.com where they referred to him as "one of the most talented digital effects supervisors in the film industry today."

Filmography

1. Æon Flux (2005) (co-visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain)
2. I, Robot (2004) (digital effects supervisor: Digital Domain)
3. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) (associate visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain)
... aka Looney Tunes Back in Action: The Movie (USA: DVD box title)
4. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) (lead digital compositor)
5. The Time Machine (2002) (digital effects supervisor: Digital Domain)
6. X-Men (2000) (compositing supervisor: Digital Domain)
... aka X-Men 1.5 (USA: DVD box title)
7. Supernova (2000/I) (digital effects supervisor: Digital Domain) (as Jonathan D. Egstad)
8. What Dreams May Come (1998) (digital compositor: Digital Domain) (as Jonathan D. Egstad)
9. Titanic (1997) (digital compositor: Digital Domain)
10. The Fifth Element (1997) (lead digital compositing supervisor)
... aka Le cinquième élément (France)
11. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) (digital compositor)
12. T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996) (digital compositor)
... aka T2: Terminator 2:3-D
... aka Terminator 2: 3-D
13. Apollo 13 (1995) (digital compositor) (uncredited)
... aka Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
14. True Lies (1994) (offline compositing: Digital Domain)

Awards

Academy Awards, USA Recipient(s) 2002 Won Technical Achievement Award
Technical Achievement Awards (Certificates)
For their pioneering effort on the Nuke

Nuke (software)

Nuke is a node-based compositor produced by The Foundry, and used for film and television post-production. Nuke is cross-platform, and is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux...

-2D Compositing Software. (w. Bill Spitzak, Paul Van Camp and Price Pethel)
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