Bill Neil (visual effects artist)

Bill Neil (born September 24, 1939) is an American visual effects artist.^[1][2][3] He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Poltergeist II: The Other Side.^[4] He is the younger brother of documentary filmmaker Eleanor Coppola.^[5]

Bill Neil
Born	William Herbert Neil (1939-09-24) September 24, 1939 (age 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Visual effects artist
Relatives	Eleanor Coppola (sister) Francis Ford Coppola (brother-in-law)

Selected filmography

• The Rain People (1969; camera operator)
• He Is My Brother (1975; camera operator)
• Apocalypse Now (1979; camera operator)
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• Return of the Jedi (1983)
• The Right Stuff (1983)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
• Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986; co-nominated with Richard Edlund, John Bruno and Garry Waller)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Dick Tracy (1990)
• Ghost (1990)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• Matilda (1996)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
• I, Robot (2004)
• Superman Returns (2006)