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William Mesa Biography ((?)-)

Gender

Male

Occupation

Visual effects supervisor, director, producer

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Visual Effects Supervisor
• First Family, Warner Bros., 1980
• Megaforce, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982
• Two of a Kind, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
• Reckless, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1984
• Oh, God! You Devil, Warner Bros., 1984
• Stand by Me, Columbia, 1986
• Monster in the Closet, Troma, 1986
• Adventures in Babysitting (also known as A Night on the Town), Buena Vista, 1987
• Housekeeping, Columbia, 1987
• Rambo III, TriStar, 1988
• Sunset, TriStar, 1988
• Distant Thunder, Paramount, 1988
• 976-EVIL, New Line Cinema, 1988
• UHF (also known as The Vidiot from UHF), Orion, 1989
• Driving Miss Daisy, Warner Bros., 1989
• Lock Up, TriStar, 1989
• Flight of the Intruder, Paramount, 1990
• Darkman, Universal, 1990
• Black Robe (also known as Robe noire), Samuel Goldwyn, 1991
• If Looks Could Kill (also known as Teen Agent), Warner Bros., 1991
• Billy Bathgate, Buena Vista, 1991
• Under Siege (also known as Piege en haute mer), Warner Bros., 1992
• The Fugitive, Warner Bros., 1993
• Monolith, MCA, 1993
• Fearless, Warner Bros., 1993
• (And second unit photographer) Army of Darkness (also known as Army of Darkness: The Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror, Army ofDarkness: Evil Dead 3, Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness, Captain Supermarket, Evil Dead 3, and The Medieval Dead), Universal, 1993
• New Nightmare (also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street 7 and Wes Craven's New Nightmare), New Line Cinema, 1994
• The Demolitionist, A-pix Entertainment, 1995
• Tale of the Mummy (also known as Russell Mulcahy's Tale of theMummy), Lauren Films, 1998
• The Deep End of the Ocean, Columbia, 1999
• Deep Blue Sea, Warner Bros., 1999
• Red Planet, Warner Bros., 2000
• Delivering Milo, Lakeshore International, 2000
• Pluto Nash, Warner Bros., 2001
• Collateral Damage, Warner Bros., 2001
• Death to Smoochy, Warner Bros., 2001
• Film Work
• Other
• Introvision supervisor, Outland, Warner Bros., 1981
• (As Bill Mesa) Visual effects director, The Karate Kid III, Columbia, 1989
• Rear screen supervisor, The Chase, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
• Director, producer, and visual effects director, Galaxis (also known as Galactic Force, Star Crystal, and Terminal Force),Turner Home Video, 1995
• Director, cinematographer, and visual effects director, The Darkening (also known as Dark Encounters), Inner Sky International, 1995
• Director, producer, and visual effects producer, DNA, Interlight,1997
• Visual effects producer, The Waterboy, Buena Vista, 1998
• Executive producer, Colony 12, Storm Entertainment, 2001
• Film Appearances
• Tropical Snow, 1986
• Television Visual Effects Supervisor
• Movies
• The Night They Saved Christmas, ABC, 1984
• The Hugga Bunch, 1985
• The Christmas Star, ABC, 1986
• Oceans of Fire, 1986
• Murder by the Book (also known as Alter Ego), NBC, 1987
• Miracle Landing, CBS, 1990
• Blood Ties, 1991
• The Tower, Fox, 1993
• Rapture, 1993
• It Came from Outer Space II, Sci-Fi Channel, 1996
• Quicksilver Highway, Fox, 1997
• Miniseries
• Inside the Third Reich, ABC, 1982
• Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story, NBC, 1987
• RECORDINGS
• Video Games
• Director, Maximum Surge, Cyber Cinema Interactive, 1996