Dan Lemmon is a New Zealand visual effects supervisor. In 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes. This was in the category of Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, his nomination was shared with Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and R. Christopher White.

His second nomination was at the 87th Academy Awards for the film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. His nomination was shared with Letteri, Barrett, and Erik Winquist. He received his third nomination (and first win) at the 89th Academy Awards for The Jungle Book, together with Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, and Andrew R. Jones. His fourth nomination was at the 90th Academy Awards for the film War for the Planet of the Apes, together with Letteri, Barrett, and Joel Whist. His fifth nomination was at the 95th Academy Awards for the superhero film, The Batman, with Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy.[citation needed]

Early career

Lemmon graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) and was one of the early students in the BYU Center for Animation. One of Lemmon's earliest credits was for modeling, coloring, lighting, and compositing work on Titanic.

Filmography

Awards and honors

Academy Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2012Rise of the Planet of the ApesAcademy Award for Best Visual EffectsNominated
2015Dawn of the Planet of the ApesNominated
2017The Jungle BookWon
2018War for the Planet of the ApesNominated
2023The BatmanNominated

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