John Stears
Special Effects Supervisor, Film crewmember
1934 – 1999
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Who was John Stears?
John Stears was a British two-time Academy Award winning special effects expert, who created James Bond's lethal Aston Martin DB5, Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder, the Jedi Knights' lightsabers, the endearing robots R2-D2 and C-3PO as well as a host of other movie gadgets and special effects.
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- Born
- Aug 25, 1934
Uxbridge - Also known as
- The Dean of F/X
- The Real Q
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Brenda Stears
(1960 - 1999/06/28)
- Brenda Stears
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 28, 1999
Pacific Palisades
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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