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Speech
Rygiel: I just want to say thank you to J. R. R. Tolkien
who wrote it; Peter Jackson who directed it; New Line who supported
it; my wife and family, Theresa, Sara and Jackson, who supported
me and the amazing artists at Weta Digital in New Zealand. Here
it is.
Taylor: We wanted to weave a tapestry of heightened reality
with the visual effects on LORD OF THE RINGS and a tribute has to
go to Alex Funke, DOP of the miniatures department, Carla Fry who
was there with us from the beginning. The wonderful people at the
Weta Workshop, Mary Machlachlan, John Baster, Jason Docherty and
Gino Acevedo for their work with the creatures. And all of my good
friends back at home and especially my partner Tania. I send my
love to you.
Additional Thanks
Rygiel: Ellen Somers, Shawn Burns, Theresa Ellis Rygiel, Sara Rygiel,
Jackson Rygiel, Lauren Ritchie, Barrie Osborne, Eileen Moran, Weta
Digital, Sandra Marsh Agency.
Stetson: To Jim Dow, modelshop supervisor, STAR TREK THE
MOTION PICTURE, for giving me my first job in visual effects. To
Greg Jein, for pushing me forward as the chief model maker for BLADE
RUNNER. To Douglas Trumbull and Richard Edlund, two great mentors,
who showed me two different ways to make movie magic. To Ridley
Scott, for setting the standard of excellence by which I measure
my career. And with Ridley, also to Peter Hyams, Luc Besson, Walter
Hill and Peter Jackson, who each taught me differently how to collaborate,
elaborate, and expand their vision. To my former partner Bob Spurlock,
for six years of pursuing our craft with excellence and honor. To
Scott Ross of Digital Domain, for giving me confident support to
grow into the job of my dreams. To Carla Fry and Lauren Ritchie
at New Line for their parts in making this project happen, and for
helping to make me a part of it. And to Bob Shaye - great party
last night, Bob! To the visual effects production team - Ellen Somers,
Libby Hazell, Aaron Cowan, as well as Kirsty, Lisa and Square Mary,
for their humor, patient effort and endurance. To the visual effects
art department, shepherded by Marion Davey, and headed variously
by Paul Lasaine, Christian Rivers and Jeremy Bennett for their inspired
artistic contributions. To Andrew Lesnie for his passionate pursuit
of excellence on these films. His enthusiasm and understanding of
the visual effects requirements made our work not only possible,
but much, much better. To the second unit directors and cinematographers
- Geoff Murphy, John Mahaffie, Guy Norris, Simon Carroll, John Cavill,
Allen Guilford, Alun Bollinger, Richard Bluck. To the miniature
effects team, led by Alex Funke, who deserves this award as much
as any of us, and his team, including Marty Walsh, Chuck Schuman,
Rob Kerr and Dave Hardberger. To the special effects team, led by
Steve Ingram, who were so willing to leap into whatever new madness
we needed as we got our plates and elements. To Harry Harrison,
for his genius at rigging and setting up shots at the drop of a
hat. To my fellow nominees Richard Taylor, Randy Cook and Jim Rygiel,
and the fine artists, technicians and crafts men and women at Weta
Workshops and Weta Digital, for their faith and support when we
worked together, and their follow-through afterwards. Thank you
all for completing the job. To Alan Lee, for his iincredible, unparalleled
vision of Middle Earth. The J.R.R. Tolkien, for a lifetime of pleasure,
escape and inspiration. To Peter Jackson, for having the courage,
strength, single-mindedness and vision to turn Tolkien's masterpiece
into three films. To Barrie Osborne, for doing his best to keep
up all sane. To my wife Leslie, and my children Katie and Paul,
in the name of all the families who gave their extraordinary support
to the making of this film, interrupting their lives and leaving
their friends to accompany us on this quest. I know they found adventures
and rewards of their own. And to my parents, Jean and Paul Stetson,
for a lifetime of faith, support and encouragement. And to my wife
Leslie's mother Joan Nebel, who always believed this would happen,
and to Leslie's father Reynold Nebel, who left this world in May
2000. He is missed by us all.
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