Paul Huston joined Industrial Light & Magic for the first Star Wars film doing work as a story board artist and modelmaker. Since then he has worked at ILM as a modelmaker, cameraman and visual effects art director. He has worked extensively with the ILM matte department throughout his career and has played an integral role in the transition from traditional matte to digital matte painting.

As a senior digital matte artist, he supervises the work of other matte artists. Huston has earned two Emmy Nominations and an Emmy Award for Highest Achievement in Visual Effects as a digital matte artist for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles; and in 1993 won an Association of Independent Commercial Producers/Museum of Modern Art (AICP/MOMA) Production Design Award for his work on British Petroleum's "Elevator."

In January of 1994, Huston worked on the Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition in creating new shots for scenes in Mos Eisley and Obi-Wan Kenobi's house on the Dune Sea.

Huston painstakingly matched his Special Edition artwork with the original print of Star Wars to allow new CG creatures, characters, and vehicles to populate scenes in the way George Lucas originally intended.

In 2003 he received the Visual Effects Society - Best Matte Painting in a Theatrical Motion Picture Award for his work on Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.

Huston graduated with honors from the University of Colorado College of Environmental Design, with minors in English and Fine Art. His post-graduate work was done at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles and at the Academy of Art College, San Francisco.

ILM CREDITS
Feature Films
2004 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN -- Digital Matte Artist
2003 PETER PAN -- Digital Matte Artist
2002 DREAMCATCHER -- Digital Matte Artist
2002 GANGS OF NEW YORK -- Digital Matte Artist
2002 STAR WARS: EPISODE II "Attack of the Clones"- Digital Matte Artist
2001 THE MUMMY RETURNS - Digital Matte Artist
2000 SPACE COWBOYS - Digital Matte Artist
1999 STAR WARS: EPISODE I "The Phantom Menace" - Digital Matte Artist
1998 MERCURY RISING - Digital Matte Artist
1997 SPAWN - Digital Matte Artist
1997 CONTACT - Digital Matte Artist
1997 THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK - Digital Matte Artist
1997 STAR WARS SPECIAL EDITION - Digital Matte Artist
1996 101 DALMATIANS - Digital Matte Artist
1996 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - Digital Matte Artist
1996 YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES (Television Series) - Digital Matte Artist
"Journey to Radiance" & "Daredevils" Episodes
1995 CONGO - Digital Matte Artist
1995 STAR TREK GENERATIONS - Digital Matte Artist
1994 RADIOLAND MURDERS - Digital Matte Artist
1994 THE HUDSUCKER PROXY - Digital Matte Artist
1994 BABY'S DAY OUT - Digital Matte Artist
1994 YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES (Television Series) - Digial Matte Artist
"Hollywood Follies" & "Peacock's Eye" Episodes
1992 YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES (Television Series) - Digital Matte Artist
"The Scandal of 1920" Episode
1991 BACKDRAFT - Art Director
1990 DIE HARD 2 - Art Director
1989 THE ABYSS - Cameraman
1989 AKIRA KUROSAWA'S DREAMS - Matte Cameraman
1989 INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE - Matte Model Artist
1989 THE 'BURBS - Chief Modelmaker
1988 WILLOW - Matte Modelmaker
1987 BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED - Designer
1987 EMPIRE OF THE SUN - Matte Modelmaker
1986 BABY: SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND - Miniatures Consultant
1986 LABYRINTH - Matte Cameraman
1985 EWOKS: THE BATTLE FOR ENDOR (Two Hour TV Movie) - Matte Cameraman
1985 AMAZING STORIES (Television Series) - Matte Modelmaker
1985 COCOON - Matte Cameraman
1985 THE GOONIES - Matte Cameraman
1985 THE EXPLORERS - Matte Cameraman
1985 ENEMY MINE - Matte Cameraman
1985 YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES - Matte Modelmaker
1984 INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM - Chief Modelmaker
1983 RETURN OF THE JEDI - Chief Modelmaker
1982 POLTERGEIST - Chief Modelmaker
1981 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - Chief Modelmaker
1981 DRAGONSLAYER - Modelmaker
1980 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - Modelmaker/Camera Assistant
1980 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND - Technical Consultant
1977 STAR WARS - Modelmaker

Commercials
1994 OLDSMOBILE "Aurora" - Digital Matte Artist
1993 MALAYSIAN AIRLINES "Vision" - Digital Matte Artist
1993 FORTIS "Winds of Change" - Digital Matte Artist
1993 BRITISH PETROLEUM "Elevator" - Production Designer/Art Director
1992 CHRYSLER "Bang" - Art Director
1992 CHRYSLER "Morph" - Art Director
1991 GENERAL ELECTRIC "Brilliant Idea" - Art Director
1991 MERRILL LYNCH "Risk" - Art Director
1990 OLD SPICE "Seasons' Greetings" - Art Director
1990 BLACK & DECKER "Big Vac" - Art Director
1990 PACIFIC BELL "Message Center" - Model Supervisor
1990 U.S. AIR "Ballet" - Model Supervisor