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Phil Meador

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Phil Meador was born on 31 October 1939 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is known for Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), The Black Hole (1979) and Cronos (1992). He was previously married to Hildur Musson.
BornOctober 31, 1939
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    Known for

    Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert in Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
    Highlander II: The Quickening
    4.2
    • Visual Effects
    • 1991
    The Black Hole (1979)
    The Black Hole
    5.9
    • Visual Effects(as Philip L. Meador)
    • 1979
    Cronos (1992)
    Cronos
    6.7
    • Visual Effects(as Philip Meador, titles design)
    • 1992
    Splash (1984)
    Splash
    6.3
    • Visual Effects(as Philip Meador)
    • 1984

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Sally Kirkland and Jameson Baltes in Little Ghost (1997)
      Little Ghost
      6.0
      • location visual effects supervisor (as Philip Meador)
      • 1997
    • Whoopi Goldberg, Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Jim Cummings, Phil Hartman, and Frank Welker in The Pagemaster (1994)
      The Pagemaster
      6.2
      • camera operator: animation reference photography
      • visual effects producer: Mercer Title & Optical Effects (as Phillip Meador)
      • 1994
    • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
      Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
      4.1
      • general manager: Mercer Titles & Optical Effects (as Philip Meador)
      • 1993
    • Cronos (1992)
      Cronos
      6.7
      • supervisor: titles design (as Philip Meador)
      • 1992
    • Bad Channels (1992)
      Bad Channels
      5.1
      Video
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 1992
    • Ed Gale in Dolly Dearest (1991)
      Dolly Dearest
      4.8
      • special effects camera operator
      • 1991
    • Keanu Reeves, William Sadler, and Alex Winter in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
      Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
      6.3
      • optical consultant
      • 1991
    • Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert in Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
      Highlander II: The Quickening
      4.2
      • optical supervisor
      • 1991
    • Millennium (1989)
      Millennium
      5.7
      • optical supervisor (as Philip Meador)
      • 1989
    • Call from Space (1989)
      Call from Space
      6.0
      Short
      • optical supervisor: special photographic effects
      • 1989
    • Vincent Price, Val Bettin, Eve Brenner, Candy Candido, Diana Chesney, Barrie Ingham, Melissa Manchester, Susanne Pollatschek, Frank Welker, and Alan Young in The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
      The Great Mouse Detective
      7.1
      • special photographic effects (uncredited)
      • 1986
    • Fisher Stevens, John Stockwell, Raphael Sbarge, and Danielle von Zerneck in My Science Project (1985)
      My Science Project
      5.9
      • photographic effects supervisor (as Philip Meador)
      • 1985
    • Nigel Hawthorne, Grant Bardsley, John Byner, Phil Fondacaro, and Susan Sheridan in The Black Cauldron (1985)
      The Black Cauldron
      6.3
      • special photographic effects (as Philip Meador)
      • 1985
    • Splash (1984)
      Splash
      6.3
      • special photographic effects supervisor (as Philip Meador)
      • 1984
    • Choose Your Tomorrow
      8.6
      Short
      • visual effects
      • 1983

    Special Effects

    • Demonic Toys (1992)
      Demonic Toys
      5.0
      Video
      • effects supervisor
      • 1992
    • Bill Cosby, Brooke Fontaine, Salim Grant, and Kimberly Russell in Ghost Dad (1990)
      Ghost Dad
      4.4
      • process plate supervisor: second unit
      • 1990
    • Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
      Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
      5.1
      • special photographic effects (as Philip Meador)
      • 1985
    • Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard in Country (1984)
      Country
      6.6
      • special photographic effects
      • 1984
    • Corey Feldman, Jack Albertson, Pearl Bailey, Richard Bakalyan, Pat Buttram, Candy Candido, Keith Coogan, Clarence Nash, Jeanette Nolan, Paul Winchell, and 'Squeeks' the Caterpillar in The Fox and the Hound (1981)
      The Fox and the Hound
      7.2
      • special photographic effects (uncredited)
      • 1981

    Additional Crew

    • Fairuza Balk in Return to Oz (1985)
      Return to Oz
      6.7
      • supervisor: Disney Efx (as Philip Meador)
      • 1985
    • Wayne Allwine, Dick Billingsley, and Alan Young in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
      Mickey's Christmas Carol
      8.0
      Short
      • film processor (uncredited)
      • 1983
    • Corey Feldman, Jack Albertson, Pearl Bailey, Richard Bakalyan, Pat Buttram, Candy Candido, Keith Coogan, Clarence Nash, Jeanette Nolan, Paul Winchell, and 'Squeeks' the Caterpillar in The Fox and the Hound (1981)
      The Fox and the Hound
      7.2
      • film processing (uncredited)
      • 1981
    • Eva Gabor, Joe Flynn, Jim Jordan, James MacDonald, Bob Newhart, and Geraldine Page in The Rescuers (1977)
      The Rescuers
      6.9
      • process lab (uncredited)
      • 1977

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Philip L. Meador
    • Born
      • October 31, 1939
      • Los Angeles County, California, USA
    • Spouse
      • Hildur MussonNovember 6, 1963 - February 7, 2011 (his death, 2 children)

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      Son of artist Joshua Meador.

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