Erik Nash is an American visual effects specialist, three times nominated for an Oscar. Born on December 21, 1959, he attended Western College Los Angeles and earned a bachelor’s degree in visual arts. After graduation, Eric began working as a visual effects assistant at Apogee, Inc., where he created special effects for Star Trek: The Movie (1979). He later worked on a number of short films with Douglas Trumball, a special effects wizard with whom he collaborated on Star Trek. In the early 1990s,
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Erik Nash is an American visual effects specialist, three times nominated for an Oscar.
Born on December 21, 1959, he attended Western College Los Angeles and earned a bachelor’s degree in visual arts. After graduation, Eric began working as a visual effects assistant at Apogee, Inc., where he created special effects for Star Trek: The Movie (1979). He later worked on a number of short films with Douglas Trumball, a special effects wizard with whom he collaborated on Star Trek.
In the early 1990s, Nash worked on two now cult TV series – Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
Star Trek: The Next Generation" . And since 1995 he moved to the special effects studio Digital Domain, where he worked on such films as Titanic, Armageddon, Red Planet, Three X’s.
Star Trek: Retribution" “I Am a Robot” was his first Oscar nomination. Nash was also nominated for this award for the films Living Steel and Iron Man 3.