Steven "Spaz" Williams (born 1963)[2] is a Canadian special effects artist, animator, and film and commercials director.
[4] ILM had purchased Silicon Graphics computers to create the computer-generated effects in The Abyss, and said workstations used Alias modeling software.
Dippé, Scott E. Anderson and Jay Riddle, Williams helped develop a photorealistic alien pseudopod made out of seawater, which later earned the film an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
[7] As the chief computer graphics animator of The Mask, Williams shared a nomination for Best Visual Effects (along with Tom Bertino, Jon Farhat and Scott Squires) at the 67th Academy Awards.
[4] In 2022, a feature-length documentary on the life of Williams, Jurassic Punk (also known as Spaz), debuted at the South by Southwest Film Festival.