NEIL KREPELA ASC Visual Effects Supervisor www.neilkrepela.net
FILM DIRECTOR STUDIO & PRODUCERS
“THE FIRST COUPLE” NEIL KREPELA BERLINER FILM COMPANIE (Development – Animated Feature) Mike Fraser, Rainer Soehnlein
“CITY OF EMBER” GIL KENAN FOX/WALDEN MEDIA Visual Effects Consultant Gary Goetzman, Steven Shareshian
“TORTOISE AND THE HIPPO” JOHN DYKSTRA WALDEN MEDIA Visual Effects Consultant
“TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE JONATHAN MOSTOW WARNER BROTHERS MACHINES” Joel B. Michaels, Gale Anne Hurd, VFX Aerial Unit Director Colin Wilson & Cameraman
“SCOOBY DOO” RAJA GOSNELL WARNER BROTHERS Additional Visual Effects Supervision Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
“DINOSAUR” ERIC LEIGHTON WALT DISNEY PICTURES RALPH ZONDAG Pam Marsden
“MULTIPLICITY” HAROLD RAMIS COLUMBIA PICTURES Visual Effects Consult Trevor Albert Pre-production
“HEAT” MICHAEL MANN WARNER BROTHERS/FORWARD PASS Michael Mann, Art Linson
“OUTBREAK” WOLFGANG PETERSEN WARNER BROTHERS (Boss Film Studio) Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz, Arnold Kopelson
“THE FANTASTICKS” MICHAEL RITCHIE UNITED ARTISTS Linne Radmin, Michael Ritchie
“THE SPECIALIST” LUIS LLOSA WARNER BROTHERS Jerry Weintraub
“THE SCOUT” MICHAEL RITCHIE TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX (Boss Film Studio) Andre E. Morgan, Albert S. Ruddy
“TRUE LIES” JAMES CAMERON TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX (Boss Film Studio) James Cameron, Stephanie Austin
“LAST ACTION HERO” BARRY SONNENFELD COLUMBIA PICTURES (Boss Film Studio) John McTiernan, Steve Roth
“CLIFFHANGER” RENNY HARLIN TRISTAR PICTURES Academy Award Nominee Renny Harlin, Alan Marshall
“BATMAN RETURNS” – (Boss Film) TIM BURTON WARNER BROTHERS DP – Plate Photography Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi
“SOLAR CRISIS” ALAN SMITHEE TRIMARK PICTURES Visual Effects Producer Richard Edlund, Morris Morishima, James Nelson
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“FLETCH LIVES” MICHAEL RITCHIE UNIVERSAL PICTURES Peter Douglas, Alan Greisman
“TALES FROM THE CRYPT” STEVEN DODD HBO Director of Photography (Opening) Robert Zemeckis, Richard Donner, Joel Silver, Walter Hill, David Giler
“VIBES” KEN KWAPIS COLUMBIA PICTURES Effects Director of Photography Deborah Blum, Tony Ganz (Boss Film)
“BIG TOP PEE-WEE” RANDAL KLEISER PARAMOUNT PICTURES Paul Reubens, Debra Hill
“DATE WITH AN ANGEL” TOM MCLOUGHLIN DE LAURENTIS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP VFX Supervisor/Effects DP Martha Schumacher
“THE MONSTER SQUAD” FRED DEKKER TRISTAR PICTURES VFX Supervisor/Effects DP Jonathan A. Zimbert (Boss Film)
“MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE” GARY GODDARD THE CANNON GROUP VFX Matte Department Supervisor Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan
“SOLARBABIES” ALAN JOHNSON MGM Visual Effects Matte Super Jack Frost Sanders, Irene Walzer
“THE BOY WHO COULD FLY” NICK CASTLE TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Gary Adelson
“BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA” JOHN CARPENTER TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Matte Department Supervisor Larry J. Franco
“LEGAL EAGLES” IVAN REITMAN UNIVERSAL PICTURES Special Effects Photography Ivan Reitman
“POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE” BRIAN GIBSON MGM (Boss Film) Matte Depart. Supervisor Michael Grais, Mark Victor
“DESERT BLOOM” EUGENE CORR COLUMBIA PICTURES HOME VIDEO Effects Director of Photography Michael Hausman
“FRIGHT NIGHT” TOM HOLLAND COLUMBIA PICTURES (EEG aka Boss Film) Herb Jaffe Matte Department Supervisor
“2010” PETER HYAMS MGM Matte Department Supervisor (Boss) Peter Hyams, Neil Machlis, Academy Award Nominee Jonathan Zimbert
“GHOSTBUSTERS” IVAN REITMAN COLUMBIA PICTURES (Boss Film aka EEG) Ivan Reitman Matte Department Supervisor
“STAR WARS: EPISODE VI – RETURN RICHARD MARQUAND TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX OF THE JEDI” – (ILM) LUCASFILM Matte Photography Howard Kazanjian, Rick McCallum
“THE DARK CRYSTAL” – (ILM) JIM HENSON UNIVERSAL PICTURES Scenic Matte Painting FRANK OZ Jim Henson, Gary Kurtz
“POLTERGEIST” – (ILM) TOBE HOOPER MGM Matte Photography Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall
Neil Krepela -Continued-
“STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF NICHOLAS MEYER PARAMOUNT PICTURES KAHN” – (ILM) Robert Sallin Matte Photography
“E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL” STEVEN SPIELBERG UNIVERSAL PICTURES (ILM) Matte Photography Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
“DRAGONSLAYER” – (ILM) MATTHEW ROBBINS PARAMOUNT PICTURES Matte Photography Hal Barwood
“RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK” (ILM) STEVEN SPIELBERG PARAMOUNT PICTURES Matte Photography Frank Marshall
“STAR WARS: EPISODE V - THE IRVIN KERSHNER TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX EMPIRE STRIKES BACK” – (ILM) Gary Kurtz, Rick McCallum Matte Photography – Miniatures
Member: The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: 32 year member at large and 14 year member of the nominated Visual Effects Committee
Education: University of Nebraska Omaha, Laney College
Locations: Italy (Cortina & Rome), Ireland (Belfast), Thailand (Bangkok & Phuket), Morocco (Marrakech), England (Oxford), Kenya, Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil, Holland, Venezuela