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Dick Dova

  • Visual Effects
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Dick Dova is known for Men in Black (1997), Star Trek: Generations (1994) and Howard the Duck (1986).
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    Known for

    Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)
    Men in Black
    7.3
    • Visual Effects(saucer crash miniature and blue screen unit)
    • 1997
    William Shatner and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Generations (1994)
    Star Trek: Generations
    6.6
    • Visual Effects(miniature crash sequence, ILM)
    • 1994
    Howard the Duck (1986)
    Howard the Duck
    4.8
    • Visual Effects(as Richard Dova Spah, ILM visual effects unit)
    • 1986
    Billy Campbell in The Rocketeer (1991)
    The Rocketeer
    6.6
    • Visual Effects(as Richard Spah)
    • 1991

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Kenny Baker, Ahmed Best, Keira Knightley, Ray Park, and Peter Serafinowicz in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
      Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
      6.5
      • grip: ILM (uncredited)
      • 1999
    • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)
      Men in Black
      7.3
      • grip: saucer crash miniature and blue screen unit
      • 1997
    • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
      The Lost World: Jurassic Park
      6.6
      • stage technician
      • 1997
    • Congo (1995)
      Congo
      5.3
      • stage technician: ILM
      • 1995
    • William Shatner and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Generations (1994)
      Star Trek: Generations
      6.6
      • first company grip: miniature crash sequence, ILM
      • 1994
    • Jim Carrey in The Mask (1994)
      The Mask
      7.0
      • stage technician
      • 1994
    • James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Marla Gibbs, Sinbad, Luther Vandross, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, Big Daddy Kane, Robert Townsend, and Another Bad Creation in The Meteor Man (1993)
      The Meteor Man
      5.2
      • stage technician (as Richard Dova)
      • 1993
    • Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Robin Williams, Bob Hoskins, Dante Basco, David Crosby, Robert Amico, Jasen Fisher, Stephanie Furst, Raushan Hammond, James Madio, Regina Russell Banali, Alex Zuckerman, and Paul Babb in Hook (1991)
      Hook
      6.8
      • stage department
      • 1991
    • Billy Campbell in The Rocketeer (1991)
      The Rocketeer
      6.6
      • stage technician (as Richard Spah)
      • 1991
    • Backdraft (1991)
      Backdraft
      6.7
      • key grip: ILM
      • 1991
    • Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 (1990)
      Die Hard 2
      7.2
      • key grip: ILM
      • 1990
    • Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
      Joe Versus the Volcano
      5.9
      • visual effects key grip
      • 1990
    • Richard Dreyfuss, John Goodman, and Holly Hunter in Always (1989)
      Always
      6.4
      • visual effects key grip (as Richard Dova Spah)
      • 1989
    • Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Denholm Elliott, Michael Byrne, Alison Doody, and John Rhys-Davies in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
      Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
      8.2
      • stage technician: ILM
      • 1989
    • Steve Guttenberg, Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Tahnee Welch, Jack Gilford, Maureen Stapleton, and Gwen Verdon in Cocoon: The Return (1988)
      Cocoon: The Return
      5.4
      • key grip: ILM (as Dick Dova Spah)
      • 1988

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Drew Barrymore in Scream (1996)
      Scream
      7.4
      • grip
      • 1996
    • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)
      Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
      7.3
      Short
      • key grip
      • 1996
    • Paul Terry in James and the Giant Peach (1996)
      James and the Giant Peach
      6.7
      • key grip (as Dick Dova Spah)
      • 1996
    • Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, and Ralph Waite in Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
      Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
      5.9
      • key grip: San Francisco (as Dicky Dova)
      • 1996
    • Lauren Holly, Kelsey Grammer, and Rob Schneider in Down Periscope (1996)
      Down Periscope
      6.2
      • best boy grip: second unit (as Richard Dova Spah)
      • 1996
    • D.B. Sweeney in Fire in the Sky (1993)
      Fire in the Sky
      6.5
      • grip: first company, alien sequence
      • 1993
    • Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and Mary Steenburgen in Back to the Future Part III (1990)
      Back to the Future Part III
      7.5
      • grip
      • 1990
    • Jeff Bridges in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
      Tucker: The Man and His Dream
      6.9
      • key grip (as Richard Dova Spah)
      • 1988
    • Loni Anderson and Lynda Carter in Partners in Crime (1984)
      Partners in Crime
      6.3
      TV Series
      • key grip
      • 1984
    • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
      Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
      8.3
      • key grip (as Dick Dova Spah)
      • 1983
    • The Stereo Demonstration Film (1982)
      The Stereo Demonstration Film
      Short
      • key grip
      • 1982
    • Die Laughing (1980)
      Die Laughing
      4.9
      • key grip
      • 1980
    • Donald Sutherland and Veronica Cartwright in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
      Invasion of the Body Snatchers
      7.4
      • key grip (as Dick Dova Spah)
      • 1978
    • Stephanie Zimbalist and Dean Butler in Forever (1978)
      Forever
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • key grip
      • 1978
    • Sunburst (1975)
      Sunburst
      3.1
      • key grip (as Richard Spah)
      • 1975

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    • Alternative names
      • Dicky Dova
    • Parents
      • Ben Dova
    • Relatives
      • Gil Dova(Sibling)

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