Harold Weed
Harold "Howie" S. Weed is an American visual and special effects artist known for his work on Hollywood films and franchises. His most notable works have been ', Star Trek, and '.
Weed started his career in films in the 1980s with an uncredited model making job for the film Gremlins.
''Star Wars''
Weed has gained a cult following for his involvement with the Star Wars Universe. Weed works with George Lucas' company Industrial Light and Magic and has appeared in Episode IV as multiple characters and worked on multiple Star Wars films behind the scenes with his special effects work.In the 1997 Special Edition re-release of , Weed played Ketwol, a character created with a costume and mechanical stilts.
Also in the re-release, Weed appeared as the Wampa, replacing actor Des Webb, and then as character Melas.
Weed worked on Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace as a digital model development and construction artist and then Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith as a digital modeler.
Weed has been interviewed for the Star Wars: Insider magazine and Jedi News.
In literature
Weed appears in:- 17th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
- Cinefex issues 69-72
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning
- The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies by R.G. Young
- Star Wars: The Making of Episode I, The Phantom Menace'' by Laurent Bouzereau and Jody Duncan
Filmography
| Year | Film | Credit |
| 2014 | ' | Digital Artist |
| 2013 | Pacific Rim | Digital artist |
| 2013 | ' | Senior digital artist |
| 2012 | Battleship | Digital artist |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Digital artist |
| 2011 | Super 8 | Digital artist |
| 2011 | I Am Number Four | Digital artist |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Digital models and simultaneous |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Digital modeler and simulator |
| 2007 | Transformers | Character modeler |
| 2007 | ' | Technical director: Light |
| 2006 | Eragon | Digital modeler |
| 2006 | ' | Digital modeler |
| 2006 | Poseidon | Computer graphics modeler |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Modeler and texture artist |
| 2005 | ' | Digital Modeler |
| 2005 | ' | Digital artist |
| 2005 | The Island | Digital models |
| 2003 | ' | Digital modeler |
| 2003 | ' | Digital modeler |
| 2003 | Dreamcatcher | Digital modeler |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Digital modeler |
| 2002 | The Time Machine | Lead digital modeler |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Digital model development |
| 1999 | ' | Digital model development & construction artist |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Model maker: saucer crash miniature & blue screen unit |
| 1997 | ' | Digital effects artist |
| 1996 | Dragonheart | Sculptor |
| 1995 | Congo | Chief model maker: miniatures unit |
| 1994 | Star Trek Generations | Model maker |
| 1994 | The Flintstones | Model maker |
| 1993 | Fire in the Sky | Creature technician |
| 1991 | ' | Model maker |
| 1991 | Naked Lunch | Anamatonics technician |
| 1990 | Bird on a Wire | CWI special makeup effects |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | Anamatronics |
| 1990 | Arachnophobia | Anamatronic engineer |
| 1990 | RoboCop 2 | Chris Walas Inc crew member |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | Character performer |
| 1988 | The Blob | Designer |
| 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Creature construction |
| 1986 | ' | Sculptor |
| 1986 | House | Creature effects |
| 1986 | The Fly | Fly creature effects |
| 1985 | Enemy Mine | Special creature effects technician |
| 1984 | Gremlins | Creature crew |
| 1980/1997 | Special Edition | Chief creature maker |
Incomplete lists of Weed's visual effects works appear on the websites Hollywood.com and the New York Times.