Selected Filmography
2005 (year of release) - WAR OF THE WORLDS, Animation Director
Academy Award Nominee for Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1997- JURASSIC PARK: THE LOST WORLD, Animation Director
Academy Award Nominee for Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1996- ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS. Animal Behavioral
Consultant
1993- JURASSIC PARK. Senior Animator “Raptors” and “T-Rex”
Academy Award Winning Film for Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1993- THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Key Sculptor of 14 Characters and Replacement-Animation “Jack Skellington” Heads
Film Nominated for Academy Award Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1993- CONEHEADS. Key Animator “Garthok”
1991- NAKED LUNCH. Key Sculptor
1990- ROBCOP II. Key Animator “Cain Robot”
1988- WILLOW. Key Sculptor “Eborsisk”
Film Nominated for Academy Award Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1987- ROBOCOP. Key Animator “ED-209”
1986- GOLDEN CHILD. Creature Designer and Key Sculptor/Fabricator of Demon “Sardo Numpsa”
1985- DINOSAUR! (TV Documentary). Dinosaur Designer, Key Sculptor/
Fabricator, Key Animator of Multiple Dinosaurs
Emmy Winning Entry for Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1985- EWOK MOVIE: BATTLE FOR ENDOR. Creature Designer,
Key Sculptor/Fabricator of “Dragon” and Key Animator
Emmy Winning Entry for Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1984- EWOK MOVIE: GREAT ADVENTURE. Key Sculptor, Puppeteer “Bora”
Emmy Winning Entry for Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1983- GREMLINS. Key Sculptor, Stage/Location Puppeteer
1983- STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI. Creature Crew and Key Sculptor of “Rancor the Pit Monster” (uncredited)
Academy Award Winning Film for Best Achievement in Visual Effects.
JURASSIC PARK (1993). Dutra animating the T-Rex stop-motion model for JP’s “Movement Bible”.
JURASSIC PARK (1993). Dutra animating the Raptor “Dinosaur Input Device”, or DID.
RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983). Dutra sculpting “Rancor the Pit Monster” hand puppet used in the film’s sequence.
ROBOCOP (1987). Dutra animating Enforcement Droid "ED-209"