Roger Dicken

Roger Dicken (15 April 1939 – 18 February 2024)^[1][2] was a British special effects artist.^[3] He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth.^[4]

Roger Dicken
Born	(1939-04-15)15 April 1939 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died	18 February 2024(2024-02-18) (aged 84) North Wales
Nationality	British
Occupation	Special effects artist

Dicken died on 18 February 2024, at his home in North Wales, at the age of 84.^[5][6][7]

At the 97th Academy Awards, his name was mentioned in the In Memoriam section.^[8]

Selected filmography

• Scars of Dracula (1970, bat puppet)
• When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1971; co-nominated with Jim Danforth)
• The Land That Time Forgot (1974)
• Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
• Alien (1979, facehugger and chest burster effects)