Craig Davies (designer)
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Craig Davies, also known as Craig Hayes, is a stop motion and full size movie model maker, art designer and visual effects director. He is most notable for his work in the RoboCop
movie franchise, where he designed and built the ED-209
and other robotic menaces.
RoboCop (franchise)
The RoboCop franchise, began in 1987 with the film RoboCop. RoboCop 2, followed in 1990 and RoboCop 3 in 1993. There have also been various television series, video game and comic book adaptations. The franchise has made over $109,715,854 USD worldwide.-Future:Sony Pictures was working on a new...
movie franchise, where he designed and built the ED-209
ED-209
The Enforcement Droid Series 209, or ED-209, is a fictional robot in the RoboCop franchise. The ED-209 serves as a heavily-armed obstacle and foil for the series' titular character, as well as a source of comic relief due to its lack of intelligence and tendency towards clumsy malfunctions.The...
and other robotic menaces.
Filmography
- RoboCopRoboCopRoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction-action film directed by Paul Verhoeven. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, RoboCop centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg known as "RoboCop"...
, ED-209 Creator and Designer, 1987 - WillowWillow (film)Willow is a 1988 American fantasy film directed by Ron Howard and produced/co-written by George Lucas. Warwick Davis stars in the film, as well as Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and Patricia Hayes...
, stop motion model maker, 1988 - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (designer & constructor: scorpion), 1989
- RoboCop 2RoboCop 2RoboCop 2 is a 1990 science fiction action film directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bayer, Tom Noonan and Gabriel Damon. Set in the near future in a dystopian metropolitan Detroit, Michigan...
, effects art director: robot monster crew, 1990 - RoboCop 3 (computer graphics: Tippett Studio, 1993
- Jurassic Park (computer interface engineer: Tippett Studio), 1993
- Three Wishes (visual effects art director, visual effects supervisor), 1995
- Tremors II: Aftershocks (video) (art co-supervisor: Tippett Studio, art director: Tippett Studio), 1996
- DragonHeart (visual effects art director - uncredited), 1996
- Starship Troopers (design visual effects supervisor: Tippett Studio), 1997
- Virus (visual effects supervisor: robot), 1999
- My Favorite Martian (visual effects art director, visual effects supervisor), 1999
- The Haunting (visual effects supervisor), 1999
- Hollow Man (visual effects supervisor), 2000
- Evolution (designer: Amoeba, visual effects designer: amoeba, Tippett Studio), 2001
- The One (visual effects supervisor), 2001
- Blade II (visual effects supervisor: Tippett Studio), 2002
- The Matrix Revolutions (visual effects supervisor: Tippett Studio), 2003
- Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (video) (designer: bugs), 2004
- Constantine (visual effects supervisor: Tippett Studio), 2005
- Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (documentary short) (visual effects consultant), 2007
- Red Cliff (visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage), 2008
- Red Cliff II (visual effects supervisor), 2009