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A groggy morning turned into a joyful one for Craig Hammack on Tuesday. The Texas A&M graduate awoke to the news he had been nominated for an Academy Award for his visual effects work on \u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hammack, senior visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic<\/a> in San Francisco, said he was thrilled to hear the news \u2014\u00a0announced at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time \u2014 as he shook off the morning cobwebs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Craig Hammack is senior visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic. Photo courtesy of Industrial Light & Magic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to get in the right frame of mind at 5:30 to be overly excited about anything, but this is a real thrill,\u201d he said. \u201cThese films are actually quite difficult to make, and this was definitely a particularly difficult and important one. I’m very happy for the hundreds of Industrial Light & Magic crew members that put in so many hours to get this done, to get the recognition for all that hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Plano native graduated from Texas A&M with an environmental design degree in 1994 and then spent two years in the Visualization program, which is now in the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts<\/a>. He has spent the last 26 years at Industrial Light & Magic, starting as a technical director and moving up to his senior visual effects supervisor role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Oscar nomination \u2014 on which he is joined by Geoffrey Baumann, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick \u2014 is Hammack\u2019s second. The first was for 2016\u2019s \u201cDeepwater Horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He calls the \u201cBlack Panther\u201d films \u201ca real honor to get to work on,\u201d and counts his experiences with director Ryan Coogler among his career highlights. His work on \u201cWakanda Forever\u201d included the memorable beginning: the funeral procession for King T\u2019challa, the title character, after actor Chadwick Boseman\u2019s death in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShooting the footage with all the extras in costume dancing to the tribal song in the celebration of Chadwick \u2026 it was one of the first things we shot, and a great way to kick it off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Part of the funeral procession scene from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Movie photos courtesy of Marvel Studios. \u00a9 2022 MARVEL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Road to Aggieland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hammack had an early connection to science and technology. His father, Hilton, was a space scientist who worked with digital control systems for space instruments. His mother, Brenda, worked in data analysis at the University of Texas at Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But computers truly sparked Hammack\u2019s early interest. The Apple II Plus \u2014 an early \u201980s staple \u2014 was especially important, he said, and introduced him to such games as \u201cUltima\u201d and \u201cCastle Wolfenstein.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRudimentary graphics, but the games themselves were very creative, and a lot of the winning strategies involved creative solutions to problems,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was all great fun and seemed like something very far beyond me, but there in my home to tinker with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The path to College Station was helped by Hammack\u2019s older brother Davin, who was on campus majoring in electrical engineering. A love of math and drawing led Hammack to architecture and majoring in environmental design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hammack recalled Rodney Hill, his first design professor, teaching students how to think and how to learn to learn. The early morning class included a meditation technique to encourage a clear state of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the beginning of every class we would lie on top of our drafting tables and go through a meditation story with him,\u201d Hammack said. \u201cIt was like a quick power nap that was amazingly effective. That kicked off a love of conceptual thought and problem-solving that I kept through the program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After graduation, Hammack entered the Visualization program. He calls it \u201cthe perfect place at the perfect time for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was new enough to feel experimental and encourage wildly diverse paths,\u201d he said. \u201cI quickly found that I wasn\u2019t the best computer scientist there, or the best artist, but had enough of each to be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hammack worked as the program\u2019s webmaster and videographer, including documenting the building of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. He called the classes \u201cintense but good,\u201d and said that they had the added bonus of providing access to prime equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI soaked up everything I could and used my school projects to just play with various software,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rnaeWNmdRmE\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Starting a Career<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Light & Magic hired Hammack during his Visualization graduate studies, and he soon found his way from technical director to development and effects tasks, eventually moving into larger roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As senior visual effects supervisor, Hammack said his job is to achieve the director\u2019s vision by partnering with the filmmakers. That includes working with a visual effects producer and previsualization supervisors on how scenes and background plates will be shot, laying the groundwork for the visual effects that come later. He then leads the effects work in post-production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hammack\u2019s career has included working on big moments in big-budget films. Some of his favorites include the Coruscant city chase<\/a> of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in \u201cStar Wars: Episode II \u2014 Attack of the Clones,\u201d developing plane controls and effects for \u201cPearl Harbor\u201d and effects for the mechanical spider<\/a> in \u201cWild Wild West.\u201d He worked with \u201cStar Wars\u201d creator George Lucas on \u201cRed Tails\u201d and with Oscar-winning director Brad Bird on \u201cTomorrowland.\u201d And his travels have included Australia for \u201cThor: Ragnarok,\u201d Uganda for \u201cBlack Panther\u201d and Budapest for \u201cBlack Widow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 1997\u2019s \u201cTitanic,\u201d Hammack was responsible for underwater scenes including bubble and water dynamics as the ship plunged into the ocean depths<\/a>, taking lead character Jack (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) down in its wake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plucky Jack makes his way back to the surface, but his later death scene continues to spark debate by fans: Was there room for him on the floating door he was clinging to while Rose (played by Kate Winslet) lay on it, waiting for rescue? The persistent theory even prompted director James Cameron to plan a National Geographic TV special<\/a> to air in February for the 25th<\/sup> anniversary of the film that shows how the door could not have supported both characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hammack noted that his work has included such unlikely scenarios as Indiana Jones surviving a nuclear explosion<\/a> by hiding in a refrigerator, \u201cso I\u2019ve learned to go with the idea of movie physics when the story calls for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving said that, James Cameron seems like a guy who cares quite a bit about those kinds of things, especially in such an important scene, so I\u2019m guessing someone did the math,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oscar Honors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hammack described his Oscar experience for \u201cDeepwater Horizon\u201d<\/a> as \u201cpretty surreal.\u201d The film \u2014 about the BP underwater drilling rig explosion in 2010 \u2014 was an under-the-radar candidate, he said, but the fire work involved was \u201csome of the best that had been done.\u201d The nomination led to press appearances and a lunch for the nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all done very well to make you feel very special,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the 2017 ceremony, Hammack\u2019s first memory is that his wife \u201clooked absolutely stunning.\u201d And he witnessed the all-time Oscar goof, the best-picture blunder when \u201cLa La Land\u201d was initially declared the winner, before the mistake was corrected and the honor went to \u201cMoonlight.\u201d Hammack calls it \u201can odd twist on a pretty fantastic night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hammack will experience the Oscar whirlwind again for his work on Wakanda, the fictional African country he helped to build first for \u201cBlack Panther\u201d and then for \u201cWakanda Forever.\u201d Hammack and the Industrial Light & Magic team created the country and its Golden City, a task that he calls a dream for a student with an architecture background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfro-futuristic architecture to design and build,\u201d he said. \u201cCity planning from scratch around cultural themes. It was all great fun and rewarding to realize and see it enjoyed on the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For \u201cWakanda Forever,\u201d Hammack said he again worked on city design but on a street level, and an attack scene of the city, along with T\u2019challa\u2019s funeral procession. The film has grossed more than $840 million worldwide since its November release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Academy Awards are March 12 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Foundation for Success<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In looking back at his career, Hammack said that he\u2019s been fortunate to be around \u201cincredibly smart and talented people\u201d on his movie adventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same goes for his time in Texas A&M\u2019s Visualization program, and he said he could go on for days talking about how professors influenced him and how much the program meant to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the biggest part of it, though, was the culture and the privilege to be around such incredibly driven and passionate people that were so talented in creative things, but just so smart,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That includes students who went on to Industrial Light & Magic before him, he said, creating a trail for him to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople like Tim McLaughlin and John Walker, Kevin Reuter, David Hisanaga, David Parrish, Jason Rosson and so many more,\u201d he said. \u201cThey had all been hired before me at ILM and were doing really well at establishing a reputation for the Viz Lab. By the time my turn came, the Viz Lab was a regular recruiting stop for all the major companies, and I think it was easy for them to take a chance on another Viz student.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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