Misplaced Pages

Roger Dicken (15 April 1939 – 18 February 2024) was a British special effects artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth.

Dicken died on 18 February 2024 at the age of 84.

Selected filmography

• Scars of Dracula (1970, bat puppet)
• When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1971; co-nominated for an Academy Award with Jim Danforth)
• The Land That Time Forgot (1974)
• Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
• Alien (1979, facehugger and chest burster effects)

References

1. "Roger Dicken". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
2. Giesen, Rolf (2008). Special Effects Artists: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary of the Pre-digital Era with a Filmography. McFarland. p. 48. ISBN 9780786429318 – via Google Books.
3. "Putting the squirm into: But the monsters just aren't right says Roger Dicken". Evening Post. Reading, Berkshire, England. 29 September 1979. p. 7. Retrieved 24 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
5. Barnes, Mike; Bartlett, Rhett (18 April 2024). "Roger Dicken, VFX Artist on Alien and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Dies at 84". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
6. "Veteran VFX Artist Roger Dicken Passes at 84". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
7. "'Alien' VFX Artist Roger Dicken Dies Age 84". www.animationmagazine.net. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.

External links

• Roger Dicken at IMDb

This biographical article related to film in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1939 births
• 2024 deaths
• People from Portsmouth
• British special effects people
• British film biography stubs