Question: Who directed the Michael Jackson film for which Universal Hartland provided the visual effects?

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AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation: The AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation (previously Best Visual Effects) is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) for achievements in visual effects in film, television, documentary and short film.  The award was first presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI)at the Australian Film Institute Awards (known commonly as the AFI Awards) from 2006-2010, prior to the establishment of the Academy.  In 2014 the award for Best Visual Effects was renamed Best Visual Effects or Animation.  Additionally, this category is now open to any film, television or documentary production, regardless of geography, which has had 100% of its visual effects and animation made in Australia.

Michael Jackson HIStory statue: The Michael Jackson "HIS"tory statue is a sculpture of Michael Jackson created in 1994 by Diana Walczak that became the basis for the cover image of Jackson's album "" as well as the basis for large temporary statues to market the album and the 1995 HIStory World Tour.  Michael's vision was to appear as a giant statue on the album cover.  Diana sculpted the original statue with a monumental look.  The sculpture was then digitized, lit, and rendered by her computer animation and visual effects company, Kleiser-Walczak Construction Co., into the "HIStory" album cover.

Animal Logic: Animal Logic is an Australian animation and visual effects studio based at Fox Studios in Sydney and Warner Bros.  Studios in Los Angeles.  Established in 1991, Animal Logic has produced visual effects and animation for feature films such as "The Great Gatsby", "Walking with Dinosaurs 3D", "The Matrix", "300", the Academy Award-winning "Happy Feet", "Moulin Rouge! " and "".  Animal Logic also produced the animation on "The Lego Movie", directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller and released in February 2014.  Animal Logic was recognised for its work as lead visual effects vendor on Baz Luhrmann’s "The Great Gatsby", when it won Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects at the 3rd AACTA Awards ceremony.

John Nelson (visual effects artist): John Nelson (born July 21, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan) is a Visual effects supervisor and a 1976 graduate of the University of Michigan.  He won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 73rd Academy Awards, for his work on the film "Gladiator".  He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for supervising the visual effects in the films "I, Robot" and "Iron Man".

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker is the name of several video games based on the 1988 Michael Jackson film "Moonwalker".  U.S. Gold published various games for home computers, released in 1989, whilst Sega developed two similarly themed beat 'em up video games in 1990; one released for arcades and another released for the Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System.  Each of the games' stories loosely follow the story of the film, in which Michael Jackson must rescue kidnapped children from the evil Mr. Big, and incorporate synthesized versions of some of the musician's songs.

Carey Villegas: Carey Villegas is a visual effects artist who was nominated at the 83rd Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects, for the film "Alice in Wonderland".  His nomination was shared with Sean Phillips, Ken Ralston and David Schaub.  Also for Alice in Wonderland, Carey won the 2010 Golden Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for the British Academy Award (BAFTA), Critics Choice Award, Saturn Award, and the Visual Effects Society Award (VES) for "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture".

Captain EO: Captain EO is a 1986 American 3D science fiction film starring Michael Jackson and directed by Francis Ford Coppola (who came up with the name "Captain EO" from the Greek, cf. Eos, the Greek goddess of dawn) that was shown at Disney theme parks from 1986 through 1996.  The attraction returned to the Disney Parks in 2010 as a tribute after Jackson's death.  The film was shown for the final time at Epcot on December 6, 2015.

Manex Visual Effects: Manex Visual Effects (MVFX) was a motion picture special visual effects company located in Alameda, California.  Though a small company active only for a short period of time, it provided visual effects for a number of high-profile movies and the company received international recognition including two Best Visual Effects Oscars and one Academy Award for Technical Achievement.  As the company that created Bullet time for The Matrix their work has been highly influential.

Universal Hartland Visual Effects: Universal Hartland was the visual effects house of Universal Studios Hollywood.  The effects studio was in operation from 1978 to 1981.  The studio was created as a means for Universal to enter the visual effects field that was growing larger as well as provide in-house effects creation for "Battlestar Galactica" and "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century".  Before the facility closed its doors in 1981 it had worked on four films, six television shows (two of which they did effects for the entire run of the show), several Universal Theme Park attractions, some commercials and a few specialty projects, including the special model effects for the Horizons attraction for Disney's Epcot Center and sequences for Disney's Captain EO 3-D attraction.

Michael Jackson's This Is It (album): Michael Jackson's This Is It (or simply This Is It) is a posthumous two-disc soundtrack album by American singer Michael Jackson.  Released by MJJ Music on October 26, 2009, "This Is It" features previously released music, as well as six previously unreleased recordings by Michael Jackson.  "This Is It" was released to coincide with the theatrical release of "Michael Jackson's This Is It", a concert film documenting Michael Jackson's rehearsals for the This Is It concert series at London's O2 Arena.  "This Is It" is the sixth album to be released by Sony and Motown/Universal since Michael Jackson's death in June 2009.

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Answer: Francis Ford Coppola