Randall William Cook

Visual Effects

Randall William Cook

Born 1951-01-01 · USA

Randall William Cook (born 1951) is an American special effects artist most known for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He worked on Ghostbusters, as designer, sculptor and animator of the 'Terror Dogs'; The Gate, as visual effects designer and director; King Kong as second unit director. He currently works as a consultant and is preparing several personal properties for production. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting credits

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring poster
8.4

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

I, Madman poster
5.8

A bookshop clerk starts seeing the disfigured killer from her favorite 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her.

I, Madman

1989

The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale poster
NR

Behind the scenes documentary of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale

2002

Deathline poster
5.1

A prostitute helps a U.S. smuggler evade assassins and seek revenge upon his traitorous partner in Moscow.

Deathline

1997

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' poster
8.8

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of 2001's "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes, personally selected by director Peter Jackson, this documentary uses raw footage to reveal the inside story on how the greatest adventure film franchise was born.

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'

2006

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters poster
6.9

The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the "Ghostbusters" franchise.

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2020

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan poster
7.4

There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that man is special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. Focusing on the man behind the landmark effects on films like Clash Of The Titans, One Million Years B.C., Jason And The Argonauts and many more, this in-depth film features interviews with the great man himself, and with an array of animators and directors influenced by his work including Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Terry Gilliam, James Cameron and Steven Spielberg. The film also features unseen footage of tests and experiments recently uncovered.

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2012

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” poster
8.0

The astonishing story of the genesis, production, worldwide success, and legacy of King Kong (1933), directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, a landmark of cinema, one of the most influential motion pictures in history.

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

2008

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection poster
8.0

For over a half century, Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans around the world with his breathtaking motion picture effects and stop-motion animation. Presented here for the first time ever is the authorized collection of his earliest work, along with hours of supplemental features.

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

2005

The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images poster
NR

This documentary covers the early storyboard, pre-visualization, and screening processes in the production. Christian Rivers, a Wētā Workshop art director in the production team, drew most of the storyboards of the plot of the movie. After scene design was finalized, Peter Jackson used toy-sized miniatures of setting and characters, to review and decide on camera movements for each scene. The computer graphics program PreViz was then used to visualize the scenes with basic 3D models.

The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images

2002

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie poster
7.2

"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, this award-winning documentary reveals previously unreleased and classified government footage from several countries.

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

1995

Weta Digital poster
NR

Peter Jackson, members of Weta, and film production personnel are interviewed, telling of the birth of a small company in 1993 (for the making of Heavenly Creatures), which would provide visual effects for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and its various tasks in rendering fictional, fantasy environments and entities. The process behind the making of the Watcher in the Water, the Cave-troll, the giant corridor of Dwarrowdelf, the Balrog and its fire effects, the water-horses of the Bruinen flood, and the Ringwraiths' true appearance are explained by effects specialists of Weta Digital and the American company Digital Domain.

Weta Digital

2002

United We Fall poster
NR

David Cairns and Fiona Watson offer a personal, witty and comprehensive study of the Hal Roach era of legendary Hollywood comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, including a film-by-film review of every short subject the team produced in the year 1928.

United We Fall

2025

Demon in the Bottle poster
4.4

Four teenagers find a lost treasure buried by a 18th century pirate on a desert island. But they accidentally release the monster who lives inside a bottle, keeping the treasure.

Demon in the Bottle

1996

Behind the camera