Known for his work on ‘Star Wars’ and ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ the British creator passed away on April 10 in Los Angeles after a short illness.
Bruce Logan, the VFX pioneer and cinematographer, passed away on April 10 in Los Angeles after a short illness. He was 78.
Logan was born on May 15, 1946, in Bushey Heath, England, and attended Merchant Taylor’s Guild School. Although he did not have a formal education in film – his Facebook notes he studied at the “School of Hard Knocks, The University of Life - he learned under the tutelage of his father, BBC classical drama director Campbell Logan. Logan began making animated films at 14, and by 19 was hired by Stanley Kubrick to work on visual effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
Logan also contributed his expertise to Michelangelo Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point (1968), Big Bad Mama (1974), Jackson County Jail (1976), and Star Wars Episode IV — A New Hope (1977), for which he created miniature explosions. He also worked on I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), Airplane! (1980), The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981), Firefox (1982), and High Road to China (1983).
Turning to cinematography, Logan worked on Tron (1982), and also directed Vendetta (1986) and the second music video for Madonna’s Borderline (1990).
Logan is survived by his wife, Mariana Campos-Logan, his daughter Mary Grace Logan, and his child Campbell. In an Instagram post, Mary Grace Logan, shared, “I’m so proud to be your daughter and to honor your life and legacy. Daddy—aka Bruce Logan, ASC—was a visionary cinematographer, director, and visual effects pioneer whose artistry illuminated films like Star Wars, Tron, and 2001: A Space Odyssey.”
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