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John Knoll (born 1962) is a visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer (CCO) at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop (along with his brother, Thomas Knoll), he has also worked as visual effects supervisor on the ''Star Wars'' prequels and the 1997 special editions of the original trilogy. He also served as ILM's visual effects supervisor for ''Star Trek Generations'' and ''Star Trek: First Contact'', as well as the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series. Along with Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall, Knoll and the trios work on ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' earned them the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.〔79th Academy Awards#Awards〕 Knoll has been praised by directors James Cameron, Gore Verbinski, Guillermo del Toro, and Brad Bird. Del Toro, who worked with Knoll for the first time on ''Pacific Rim'', stated "He basically has the heart of a kid and the mind of a scientist, and that's a great combination." A co-developer of Photoshop along with his brother Thomas Knoll, Knoll is also the inventor of Knoll Light Factory, a lens flare generating software inspired by his work at Industrial Light and Magic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Red Giant - Products - Knoll Light Factory 3.0 - More Info )〕 Knoll was also the Computer Graphics Project Designer on ''The Abyss'', an achievement which earned ILM its tenth Academy Award for Visual Effects, and worked on two ''Star Trek'' episodes: ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''s pilot episode ("Encounter at Farpoint") and the ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' episode "Explorers". His brother is Thomas Knoll and their father was Glenn Knoll, who was an emeritus professor at the University of Michigan.〔http://prezi.com/yltwomrmonnj/biography-of-john-thomas-knoll/〕 == Feature films == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Knoll」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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