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John Bruno Biography ((?)-)

Addresses: Manager: Pitt Group, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 470, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Special effects designer, director, art director, producer, actor

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Visual Effects Supervisor
• (And director of "Taarna" segment) Heavy Metal (animated), Sony Pictures Classics, 1981
• The Abyss, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
• Batman Returns, Warner Bros., 1992
• Cliffhanger (also known as Cliffhanger--l'ultima sfida andCliffhanger, traque au sommet), TriStar, 1993
• True Lies, 1994
• (And director) T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (short film; also knownas T2: Terminator 2:3-D and Terminator 2: 3-D), Landmark Entertainment/Lightstorm Entertainment/Universal Creative/Universal Studios Recreation Group, 1996
• AVP: Alien vs. Predator (also known as AvP), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004
• Visual Effects Art Director
• Ghostbusters, Columbia, 1984
• Fright Night, Columbia, 1985
• Poltergeist II: The Other Side (also known as Poltergeist II), 1986
• Other
• Visual effects designer, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (also known asT2, T2: Extreme Edition, T2: Ultimate Edition, T2-Terminator 2: Judgment Day, El exterminator 2, and Terminator 2--Le jugement dernier), TriStar, 1991
• Associate producer, Dead Center on a Flat Earth, 1999
• Director, Virus, MCA/Universal, 1999
• Producer, Ghosts of the Abyss (documentary; also known as Titanic3D: Ghosts of the Abyss), Buena Vista/Walt Disney, 2003
• Film Appearances
• Custodian, True Lies, 1994
• Ghosts of the Abyss (documentary; also known as Titanic3D: Ghosts of the Abyss), Buena Vista/Walt Disney, 2003
• Television Director
• Episodic
• "Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy," Star Trek: Voyager (also known as Voyager), UPN, 1999
• "Fury," Star Trek: Voyager (also known as Voyager), UPN, c.1999
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• A Night of Movie Magic, The Discovery Channel, 1995
• Interviewee, The Making of "Alien vs. Predator," Fox, 2004
• Episodic
• "Motion Control: Unforgettable Shots," Movie Magic, 1994
• "Robots: Mechanical Movie Stars," Movie Magic, 1997
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Virus: Ghost in the Machine, Universal Studios Home Video, 1999
• Imagining "Heavy Metal," Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1999
• Ghostbusters' SFX Team Featurette, 1999
• Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection, Sparkhill Production,2005

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

• "Life Line," an episode of Star Trek: Voyager (also known as Voyager), broadcast by UPN in 1999, was based on a story by Bruno.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Starlog, February, 1999