# Harold Weed

Harold "Howie" S. Weed (born December 23, 1962) is an American visual and special effects artist known for his work on Hollywood films and franchises. His most notable works have been Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Star Trek, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Weed started his career in films in the 1980s with an uncredited model making job for the film Gremlins.

## Star Wars

Weed has gained a cult following for his involvement with the Star Wars Universe. Weed works with George Lucas' company Industrial Light and Magic and has appeared in Episode IV as multiple characters and worked on multiple Star Wars films behind the scenes with his special effects work.
In the 1997 Special Edition re-release of Star Wars: A New Hope, Weed played Ketwol, a character created with a costume and mechanical stilts.
Also in the re-release, Weed appeared as the Wampa, replacing actor Des Webb, and then as character Melas.
Weed worked on Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace as a digital model development and construction artist and then Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith as a digital modeler.
Weed has been interviewed for the Star Wars: Insider magazine and Jedi News.

## In literature

Weed appears in:
* 17th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
* Cinefex issues 69-72
* Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning
* The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies by R.G. Young
* Star Wars: The Making of Episode I, The Phantom Menace by Laurent Bouzereau and Jody Duncan

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Credit |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Digital Artist |
| 2013 | Pacific Rim | Digital artist |
| 2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Senior digital artist |
| 2012 | Battleship | Digital artist |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Digital artist |
| 2011 | Super 8 | Digital artist |
| 2011 | I Am Number Four | Digital artist |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Digital models and simultaneous |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Digital modeler and simulator |
| 2007 | Transformers | Character modeler |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Technical director: Light |
| 2006 | Eragon | Digital modeler |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Digital modeler |
| 2006 | Poseidon | Computer graphics modeler |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Modeler and texture artist |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Digital Modeler |
| 2005 | xXx: State of the Union | Digital artist |
| 2005 | The Island | Digital models |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Digital modeler |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Digital modeler |
| 2003 | Dreamcatcher | Digital modeler |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Digital modeler |
| 2002 | The Time Machine | Lead digital modeler |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Digital model development |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Digital model development & construction artist |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Model maker: saucer crash miniature & blue screen unit |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Digital effects artist |
| 1996 | Dragonheart | Sculptor |
| 1995 | Congo | Chief model maker: miniatures unit |
| 1994 | Star Trek Generations | Model maker |
| 1994 | The Flintstones | Model maker |
| 1993 | Fire in the Sky | Creature technician |
| 1991 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Model maker |
| 1991 | Naked Lunch | Anamatonics technician |
| 1990 | Bird on a Wire | CWI special makeup effects |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | Animatronics |
| 1990 | Arachnophobia | Animatronic engineer (creature effects) |
| 1990 | RoboCop 2 | Chris Walas Inc crew member |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | Character performer |
| 1988 | The Blob | Designer |
| 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Creature construction |
| 1986 | Nutcracker: The Motion Picture | Sculptor |
| 1986 | House | Creature effects |
| 1986 | The Fly | Fly creature effects |
| 1985 | Enemy Mine | Special creature effects technician |
| 1984 | Gremlins | Creature crew |
| 1980/1997 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition | Chief creature maker |
Incomplete lists of Weed's visual effects works appear on the websites Hollywood.com and the New York Times.