{{short description|British special effects supervisor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Paul Corbould | birth_name = | other_names = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Special effects supervisor | years_active = 1979–present | children = }}
'''Paul Corbould''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɔr|b|oʊ|l|d}}) is a British special effects supervisor best known for his work on major blockbuster films such as ''Children of Men'' (2006), ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011), ''Thor: The Dark World'' (2013), and most recently ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014). He is a brother of Oscar-winning special effect supervisors Chris Corbould and Neil Corbould.
For his work in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', he achieved critical success and received his first Best Visual Effects nomination at the 87th Academy Awards which he shared with Stephane Ceretti, Jonathan Fawkner and Nicolas Aithadi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015|title=87th Academy Awards|accessdate=January 15, 2015}}</ref> He was nominated at the 68th British Academy Film Awards in same category with Stephane, Jonathan and Nicolas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/film/special-visual-effects|title=BAFTA awards 2015:Special Visual Effects}}</ref>
==Special effects filmography==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role |- | 2024 | ''Wicked'' ''Part One'' | rowspan="11"|special effects supervisor |- | rowspan="2"|2023 | ''Heart of Stone'' |- | ''Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'' |- | 2022 | ''Jurassic World Dominion'' |- | 2021 | ''Black Widow'' |- | 2019 | ''Men in Black: International'' |- | rowspan="2"|2017 | ''Dunkirk'' |- | ''Beauty and the Beast'' |- | 2016 | ''Doctor Strange'' |- | 2015 | ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' |- | 2014 | ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2013 | ''47 Ronin'' | special effects coordinator |- | ''Thor: The Dark World'' | assistant special effects coordinator |- | rowspan="2" |2012 | ''Skyfall'' | special effects floor supervisor |- | ''John Carter'' | assistant special effects supervisor |- | 2011 | ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' | rowspan="10"| special effects supervisor |- | 2010 | ''The Wolfman'' |- | rowspan="3"| 2008 | ''Inkheart'' |- | ''Body of Lies'' |- | ''Mamma Mia!'' |- | 2007 | ''1408'' |- | rowspan="2" |2006 | ''Children of Men'' |- | ''As You Like It'' |- | rowspan="3"| 2005 | ''V for Vendetta'' |- | ''Goal! The Dream Begins'' |- | ''Kingdom of Heaven'' | special effects assistant supervisor |- | rowspan="2"|2004 | ''Wimbledon'' | special effects supervisor |- | ''King Arthur'' | special effects senior technician |- | 2002 | ''Die Another Day'' | senior special effects technician |- | 2001 | ''Black Hawk Down'' | assistant special effects supervisor - as Paul Grant Corbould |- | 2000 | ''Gladiator'' | floor supervisor |- | rowspan="2"|1999 | ''Captain Jack'' | special effects technician |- | ''Entrapment'' | special effects floor supervisor: second unit |- | 1998 | ''Saving Private Ryan'' | lead senior special effects technician |- | rowspan="2"|1997 | ''The Peacemaker'' | special effects technician: UK |- | ''Event Horizon'' | special effects supervisor |- | 1994 | ''Immortal Beloved'' | special effects assistant |- | rowspan="2"|1992 | ''Orlando'' | special effects technician |- | ''The Power of One'' | special effects |- | 1991 | ''Let Him Have It'' | special effects technician - as Paul Corbold |- | 1990 | ''The Rainbow Thief'' | special effects technician |- | 1987 | ''Withnail & I'' | special effects |- | 1985 | ''Steaming'' | special effects |- | 1984 | ''Amadeus'' | special effects |- | rowspan="2"|1983 | ''Superman III'' | special effects - uncredited |- | ''The Hunger'' | special effects |- | 1981 | ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' | special effects - uncredited |- | rowspan="2"|1980 | ''Hawk the Slayer'' | special effects |- | ''The Elephant Man'' | special effects - uncredited |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Year ! Series ! Role |- | 2012 | ''The Borgias''<br /> {{bulleted list|"The Siege at Forli"|"Day of Ashes"}} | special effects (TV Series) |- | 2001 | ''Band of Brothers'' <br /> {{bulleted list|"Currahee"|"Points"}} | floor leader and senior special effects technician - 2 episodes (TV miniseries) |- | 1996 | ''Gulliver's Travels'' | special effects supervisor (TV miniseries) |- | 1994 | ''Bermuda Grace'' | special effects technician (TV Movie) |- | rowspan="2"| 1993 | ''Harnessing Peacocks'' | special effects (TV Movie) |- | ''Heartbeat'' <br /> {{bulleted list|"Riders of the Storm"}} | Special effects chief - One Episode (TV Series) |- | 1992 | ''The Blackheath Poisonings'' | special effects technician |- | 1989 | ''Back Home'' | special effects technician (TV movie) |- | 1988 | ''The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission'' | special effects technician - uncredited (TV movie) |- | 1986 | ''The Last Days of Patton'' | special effects - uncredited (TV movie) |- | rowspan="3"|1985 | ''Jenny's War'' | special effects - (TV Movie) |- | ''Space'' | special effects (TV miniseries) |- | ''Murder with Mirrors'' | special effects technician - uncredited (TV Movie) |- | 1983 | ''The Winds of War'' | special effects - (TV miniseries) |}
==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Year<br />Ceremony ! Category ! Nominated work ! Recipients ! Result |- ! colspan="6" | Academy Awards<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015|title=The 87th Academy Awards (2015) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=February 23, 2015|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|publisher=AMPAS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017|title=The 89th Academy Awards (2017) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=February 23, 2017|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|publisher=AMPAS}}</ref> |- | {{center|February 22, 2015<br />Oscars 2014}} | rowspan="3"| Best Visual Effects | ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Stephane Ceretti|Jonathan Fawkner|Nicolas Aithadi}} | {{nom}} |- | {{center|February 26, 2017<br />Oscars 2017}} | ''Doctor Strange'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Stephane Ceretti|Richard Bluff|Vincent Cirelli}} | {{nom}} |- |- | {{center|March 2, 2025<br />Oscars 2025}} | ''''Wicked'' ''Part One'''' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Pablo Helman|Jonathan Fawkner|David Shirk}} | {{nom}} |- ! colspan="5" | British Academy Film Awards<ref>{{cite web|title=60th BAFTAs Nominess|url=http://www.bafta.org/site/page287.html|publisher=BAFTAs Organization|accessdate=February 28, 2015|archive-date=24 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124220256/http://www.bafta.org/site/page287.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/film |title=Film in 2015 |date=9 January 2015 |publisher=BAFTA |accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2017/film |title=Film in 2017 |date=9 January 2017 |publisher=BAFTA |accessdate=9 January 2017}}</ref> |- | {{center|February 11, 2007<br />60th BAFTAs}} | rowspan="3"| Best Special Visual Effects | ''Children of Men'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Mike Eames|Frazer Churchill|Tim Webber}} | {{nom}} |- | {{center|February 8, 2015<br />68th BAFTAs}} | ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Stephane Ceretti|Jonathan Fawkner|Nicolas Aithadi}} | {{nom}} |- | {{center|February 12, 2017<br />70th BAFTAs}} | ''Doctor Strange'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Stephane Ceretti|Richard Bluff|Vincent Cirelli}} | {{nom}} |- ! colspan="5" | Visual Effects Society Awards |- | {{center|February 12, 2007<br />5th VES Awards}} | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture | ''Children of Men'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Lucy Killick|Frazer Churchill|Tim Webber}} | {{nom}} |- | {{center|February 4, 2015<br />13th VES Awards}} | Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture | ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Stephane Ceretti|Susan Pickett|Jonathan Fawkner|Nicolas Aithadi}} | {{nom}} |- | {{center|February 7, 2018<br />15th VES Awards}} | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | ''Doctor Strange'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Stephane Ceretti|Susan Pickett|Richard Bluff|Vincent Cirelli}} | {{nom}} |- ! colspan="5" | Saturn Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/|title=RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and SUPER 8 lead Saturn Awards with 3 awards each.|date=July 26, 2012|work=saturnawards.org|accessdate=July 27, 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://variety.com/2014/film/news/gravity-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-lead-saturn-awards-noms-1201120744/ "''Gravity'', ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' Lead Saturn Awards Noms"]</ref> |- | {{center| July 26, 2012 <br /> 38th Saturn Awards }} | rowspan="4"| Best Special Effects | ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Mark G. Soper|Christopher Townsend}} | {{nom}} |- | {{center| June 26, 2014 <br /> 40th Saturn Awards }} | ''Thor: The Dark World'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Jake Morrison|Mark Breakspear}} | {{nom}} |- | {{center| June 25, 2015 <br /> 41st Saturn Awards }} | ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Stephane Ceretti|Jonathan Fawkner|Nicolas Aithadi}} | {{nom}} |- | {{center| June 22, 2016 <br /> 42nd Saturn Awards }} | ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' | '''Shared with''':<br />{{unbulleted list|Christopher Townsend|Ben Snow|Paul Butterworth}} | {{nom}} |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0179274}}
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