A Gorham native gained an Oscar Sunday night time whereas a second Mainer continues to be ready to listen to if he gained one of many prestigious movie awards.
Eric Saindon, who’s presently dwelling in New Zealand, was a member of a four-man staff that gained an Oscar within the visible results class for his or her work on “Avatar: The Method of Water.” Saindon, 53, is a senior results supervisor. The movie is directed and produced by James Cameron.
Eric Saindon, initially from Gorham, gained a visible results Oscar for his work on “Avatar: The Method of Water.” Picture courtesy of Weta FX
Sunday’s nomination was the third for Saindon, who grew up in Gorham and was additionally nominated for “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” in 2014 and “The Hobbit: An Surprising Journey” in 2013. Sunday’s Oscar win was his first.
After graduating from Gorham Excessive College in 1988, Saindon took group faculty lessons, and later studied structure at Washington State College. He received a job out of faculty at an organization that made animation software program.
After that, he labored on the animation firm Santa Barbara Studios in California. In 1999, he went to work at Weta Digital in New Zealand – now Weta FX – and labored his method as much as senior visible results supervisor. He’s been at Weta ever since and lives in Wellington, New Zealand, together with his spouse and 4 kids.
The second Mainer nominated for an Oscar is Todd Subject, who directed Tár, a movie that was nominated for six Oscars. Subject, 59, has declined to call the Midcoast city the place he lives to guard his household’s privateness. Subject is called as a nominee in three classes: greatest director, greatest authentic screenplay and greatest image.
He didn’t win within the Greatest Unique Screenplay or Greatest Director classes however was nonetheless awaiting outcomes for the ultimate award. The screenplay and director awards had been taken by the creators of “The whole lot, All over the place, All at As soon as.”
Trinity Bliss, as Tuk, in a scene from “Avatar: The Method of Water.” Gorham native Eric Saindon was the senior visible results supervisor on the movie. twentieth Century Studios through AP
Tár’s different nominations embrace Cate Blanchett for greatest actress, Monika Willi for movie enhancing and Florian Hoffmeister for cinematography. Hoffmeister didn’t win the cinematography Oscar, dropping to James Pal for his work on “All Quiet on the Western Entrance.”
“Tár” stars Blanchett as Lydia Tár, a self-absorbed and internationally well-known symphony conductor whose life is unravelling amid sexual misconduct and abuse of energy claims. Subject stated the character of Lydia Tár got here to him greater than 10 years in the past, and he jotted info about her and her life in a pocket book, one thing he does as characters happen to him. He stated being largely residence for thus lengthy gave him the time and the “luxurious” to write down and attempt to flesh out a narrative concerning the conductor.
Subject’s three characteristic movies collectively have garnered 14 Oscar nominations. He personally has been nominated six occasions – twice for greatest image, twice for greatest tailored screenplay and as soon as every for greatest director and greatest authentic screenplay. If Subject wins Sunday, it could be his first Oscar.
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars, which had been held Sunday night time on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The awards had been televised stay on ABC-TV.
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