John Bruno
- Known for
- Visual Effects
John Bruno is an American visual effects artist and filmmaker known for his prolific collaborations with director James Cameron on films like Terminator 2: Judgement Day, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar, and The Abyss, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He has also contributed to other blockbuster films, including Ghostbusters, Batman Returns, Cliffhanger, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Kingsman: The Secret Service. He also directed the 1999 science fiction horror film Virus, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland. He currently holds five Oscar nominations and two BAFTA Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Bruno, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting 7
- 2026Virus: Ghost in the Machine as Self
- 2025In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 as Self
- 2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
- 2006Brett Ratner's X-Diaries as Self
- 2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection as Self
- 1999Imagining 'Heavy Metal' as Self
- 1994True Lies as Custodian
Production 2
- 2021All the Little Things We Kill · line producer
- 2003Ghosts of the Abyss · producer
visual effects 19
- 2015Kingsman: The Secret Service · visual effects supervisor
- 2014Hercules · visual effects supervisor
- 2013Movie 43 · visual effects
- 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 · visual effects supervisor
- 2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 · visual effects supervisor
- 2009Avatar · visual effects supervisor
- 2006X-Men: The Last Stand · visual effects supervisor
- 2004AVP: Alien vs. Predator · visual effects supervisor
- 1997Titanic · visual effects
- 1994True Lies · senior visual effects supervisor
- 1993Cliffhanger · visual effects supervisor
- 1992Batman Returns · visual effects supervisor
- 1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day · visual effects designer
- 1989The Abyss · visual effects supervisor
- 1982Poltergeist · animation supervisor
- 1981Heavy Metal · visual effects director
- 1977Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure · animation
- 1974The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat · animation
- 1970Shinbone Alley · animation
Directing 4
- 2014Deepsea Challenge 3D · director
- 1999Virus · director
- 1996T2 3-D: Battle Across Time · director
- 1981Heavy Metal · director
crew 7
- 2011Season of the Witch · visual effects design consultant
- 2009Monsters vs Aliens · thanks
- 2007Rush Hour 3 · visual effects design consultant
- 1986Poltergeist II: The Other Side · visual effects art director
- 1985Fright Night · visual effects art director
- 1984Ghostbusters · visual effects art director
- 1981Heavy Metal · special effects
Writing 1
- 1988Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw · storyboard
art 2
- 1987Born in East L.A. · title designer
- 1983Still Smokin · title designer