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Alex Funke
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<h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>He worked with <a href="/facts/Charles_and_Ray_Eames/ElUpy0se">Charles and Ray Eames</a> for eleven years, a period he deemed important to his career success. His first Oscar was a shared one for <i><a href="/facts/Total_Recall_(1990_film)/WwSuqtvW">Total Recall</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> Funke became noted as an expert on miniatures<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> and was brought to New Zealand for work on <a href="/facts/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series)/LR5Q0xn9"><i>The Lord of the Rings</i> film trilogy</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> At the <a href="/facts/75th_Academy_Awards/5B38lxCv">75th</a> and <a href="/facts/76th_Academy_Awards/1SxxzLmu">76th Academy Awards</a>, he won <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Visual_Effects/GgtNDdtQ">Best Visual Effects</a> for his work on <i><a href="/facts/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers/1t5FL5Xw">The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King/tyW7C0ho">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</a></i>, respectively. He shared both wins with <a href="/facts/Jim_Rygiel/mT7uBso7">Jim Rygiel</a>, <a href="/facts/Joe_Letteri/r1Sv8HxQ">Joe Letteri</a> and <a href="/facts/Randall_William_Cook/Ezgh4awU">Randall William Cook</a>. </p> <h2 id="selected-filmography">Selected filmography</h2> <ul><li>1977 – <a href="/facts/Powers_of_Ten_(film)/HlVntbVh">Powers of Ten</a></li> <li>1978 – <a href="/facts/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series)/5ph3eSQb">Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)</a></li> <li>1979 – <a href="/facts/Buck_Rogers_in_the_25th_Century_(TV_series)/fC2dt5bV">Buck Rogers</a></li> <li>1981 – <a href="/facts/Heavy_Metal_(film)/HfJka7MA">Heavy Metal</a></li> <li>1988 – <a href="/facts/The_Blob_(1988_film)/yRXaUt7Y">The Blob</a></li> <li>1989 – <a href="/facts/The_Abyss/bHc6ad9y">The Abyss</a></li> <li>1990 – <a href="/facts/Total_Recall_(1990_film)/WwSuqtvW">Total Recall</a> - Shared an <a href="/facts/Academy_Special_Achievement_Award/ErkvzUpb">Academy Special Achievement Award</a> for this.</li> <li>1991 – <a href="/facts/Grand_Canyon_(1991_film)/h9e0DxWD">Grand Canyon</a></li> <li>1992 – <a href="/facts/Freejack/UIxdpDRl">Freejack</a></li> <li>1992 – <a href="/facts/The_Lawnmower_Man_(film)/5c6YwNxF">The Lawnmower Man</a></li> <li>1995 – <a href="/facts/The_Indian_in_the_Cupboard_(film)/xNrlLhbH">The Indian in the Cupboard</a></li> <li>1995 – <a href="/facts/Waterworld/hl6QfN92">Waterworld</a></li> <li>1996 – <a href="/facts/Executive_Decision/bhCSV1J8">Executive Decision</a></li> <li>1996 – <a href="/facts/The_Lawnmower_Man_2:_Beyond_Cyberspace/zpDlgEv6">The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace</a></li> <li>1997 – <a href="/facts/Starship_Troopers_(film)/bGpv8I7I">Starship Troopers</a></li> <li>1998 – <a href="/facts/Snake_Eyes_(1998_film)/pNSEHHQc">Snake Eyes</a></li> <li>1998 – <a href="/facts/Mighty_Joe_Young_(1998_film)/SMmrbVuN">Mighty Joe Young</a></li> <li>1999 – <a href="/facts/Mystery_Men/X3u9zd2e">Mystery Men</a></li> <li>2001 – <a href="/facts/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring/hD2yWfDr">The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</a></li> <li>2002 – <a href="/facts/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers/1t5FL5Xw">The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</a></li> <li>2003 – <a href="/facts/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King/tyW7C0ho">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</a></li> <li>2005 – <a href="/facts/King_Kong_(2005_film)/NpLua8Ig">King Kong</a></li> <li>2008 – <a href="/facts/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia:_Prince_Caspian/q6USLeQB">The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian</a></li> <li>2015 – <a href="/facts/Fast_%26_Furious_7/krq54rYW">Fast & Furious 7</a></li> <li>2017 – <a href="/facts/Blade_Runner_2049/3GHB8uK4">Blade Runner 2049</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298754/">Alex Funke</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Charles and Ray Eames: designers of the twentieth century by Pat Kirkham,pg 90 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JJGeC8kqrEUC&dq=%22alex+funke%22+effects&pg=PA90" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=JJGeC8kqrEUC&dq=%22alex+funke%22+effects&pg=PA90</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Peter Jackson: from Prince of splatter to Lord of the rings by Ian Pryor, pg 290 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MOwdgVQqzdsC&dq=%22alex+funke%22+effects&pg=PA290" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=MOwdgVQqzdsC&dq=%22alex+funke%22+effects&pg=PA290</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood by Kristin Thompson, pg 306 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1odPDYvGBygC&dq=%22alex+funke&pg=PA306" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=1odPDYvGBygC&dq=%22alex+funke&pg=PA306</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>