Neal Scanlan (born around 1961) is a special effects artist who served as creature effects supervisor on Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the stand-alone film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He is serving as creatures and droids FX on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Scanlan received an Oscar nomination for his work on Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Biography
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Neal Scanlan was the Creature Effects Supervisor for the Star Wars anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.[2] When Pablo Hidalgo was writing the reference book Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide, he talked to Scanlan to learn what the crew's inspirations for the characters were. When Hidalgo visited the Rogue One set, he received a crash-course in the aliens from Scanlan.[3]
Andor television series
- "We treat this exactly like we would a film, there is no difference in our approach."
- ―Neal Scanlan
B2EMO was designed by Neal Scanlan.
Neal Scanlan was the Creature and Droid FX Creative Supervisor for the Star Wars: Andor television series. He treated working on the show the same way he would work on a film.[4] When designing the droid B2EMO, Scanlan and his team decided to design something that was rectangular and squat. They looked at the script and were able to understand what B2EMO would have to do in the show. The team considered this as well as the droid's relationship with the surrounding world, allowing them to figure out how to emote through small gestures, body language, and the motion of the head.[5] Scanlan and his creature shop built B2EMO from scratch, and they figured out every detail including his square figure and red color. The droid was entirely practical and controlled with a remote, allowing the actors to share scenes with the droid.[6] B2EMO was the first droid built by Scanlan's team that was able to do things that could be recognized emotionally, and he was capable of shrinking down.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Series | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens | Special Creature Effects[7] | |
| 2016 | Secrets of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey | Himself[8] | |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Special Creature Effects[2] | |
| 2017 | Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi | Special Creature Effects[9] | |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Special Creature Effects[10] | |
| 2019 | Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker | Special Creature Effects[11] | |
| 2022 | "Kassa" | Star Wars: Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[12] |
| 2022 | "That Would Be Me" | Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[13] |
| 2022 | "Reckoning" | Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[14] |
| 2022 | "Aldhani" | Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[15] |
| 2022 | "The Axe Forgets" | Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[16] |
| 2022 | "The Eye" | Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[17] |
| 2022 | "Announcement" | Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[18] |
| 2022 | "Narkina 5" | Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[19] |
| 2022 | "Nobody's Listening!" | Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[20] |
| 2022 | "One Way Out" | Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[21] |
| 2022 | "Daughter of Ferrix" | Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[22] |
| 2022 | "Rix Road" | Andor | CFX Creature & Droid Creative Supervisor[23] |
| 2024 | "Lost / Found" | Star Wars: The Acolyte | Special Creature Effects[24] |
| 2024 | "Revenge / Justice" | The Acolyte | Special Creature Effects[25] |
| 2024 | "Destiny" | The Acolyte | Special Creature Effects[26] |
| 2024 | "Day" | The Acolyte | Special Creature Effects[27] |
| 2024 | "Night" | The Acolyte | Special Creature Effects[28] |
| 2024 | "Teach / Corrupt" | The Acolyte | Special Creature Effects[29] |
| 2024 | "Choice" | The Acolyte | Special Creature Effects[30] |
| 2024 | "The Acolyte" | The Acolyte | Special Creature Effects[31] |
| 2025 | "One Year Later" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[32] |
| 2025 | "Sagrona Teema" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[33] |
| 2025 | "Harvest" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[34] |
| 2025 | "Ever Been to Ghorman?" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[35] |
| 2025 | "I Have Friends Everywhere" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[36] |
| 2025 | "What a Festive Evening" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[37] |
| 2025 | "Messenger" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[38] |
| 2025 | "Who Are You?" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[39] |
| 2025 | "Welcome to the Rebellion" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[40] |
| 2025 | "Make It Stop" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[41] |
| 2025 | "Who Else Knows?" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[42] |
| 2025 | "Jedha, Kyber, Erso" | Andor | Special Creature Effects[43] |
| 2027 | Star Wars: Starfighter | Creature designer[44] | |
| TBA | Ahsoka Season 2 | Star Wars: Ahsoka | Creature designer[44] |
Sources
Notes and references
External links
Official website (backup link)- Neal Scanlan on Wikipedia
- Neal Scanlan at the Internet Movie Database
- Neal Scanlan (Creature Effects Supervisor) by Dennis Pellegrom on Star Wars Interviews (April, 2016) (original page now obsolete)
