
John Frazier (Special Effects Supervisor)
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JOHN FRAZIER (Special Effects Supervisor) was born on September 23, 1944 in Richmond, California. As a child, his family moved to Southern California, where he was raised. He attended Canoga Park High School and attended college at Los Angeles Trade Tech, where he studied high-rise construction and freeway design.
In 1963 he began designing special effects props at the Haunted House nightclub in Hollywood. The owner recognized his skills, and got Frazier a job at NBC. In 1970, he joined Local 44 and began working on special effects for motion pictures. He has been the special effects coordinator and/or supervisor on more than 60 films, and has been honored with Academy Award nominations for “Twister,” “Armageddon,” “The Perfect Storm,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Spider-Man,” before finally winning in 2005 for “Spider-Man 2.” He was nominated once again in 2006 for his work on “Poseidon.”
Frazier also won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for “The Perfect Storm,” and “Twister” additionally he received two CLIO Awards for his work in TV commercials. He currently resides in Southern California.
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