Neil Corbould (/ˈkɔːrboʊld/; born 24 December 1962) is a British special effects supervisor best known for his work on major blockbuster films such as Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Black Hawk Down.
From 1990 to 1996 he worked on many films that included Highlander II: The Quickening, City of Joy, Cliffhanger, Leon and Muppet Treasure Island.
[2] He went on to supervise the science fiction thriller Event Horizon which was followed by Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, for which he received a second BAFTA.
[9] In 2012, Corbould supervised the special effects on Red 2, directed by Dean Parisot and starting Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Anthony Hopkins.
[11][12] Also in 2013, Corbould supervised the special effects on Hercules: The Thracian Wars, directed by Brett Ratner followed by Exodus, which reunited him for the fourth time with director Ridley Scott.
In 2023, he was honored a rare trifecta of Best Visual Effects nominations in a single year, for his work on The Creator, Napoleon and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.