Harold Weed

Harold "Howie" S. Weed (born December 23, 1962) 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

Incomplete lists of Weed's visual effects works appear on the websites Hollywood.com and the New York Times.

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