Pablo Helman (born July 5, 1959) is an Argentine visual effects supervisor. He was nominated for four Academy Awards for his work on the films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), War of the Worlds (2005), The Irishman (2019) and Wicked (2024).
Visual effects supervisor
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Pledge | Sean Penn | |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | George Lucas | |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Jonathan Mostow | |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Peter Weir | ||
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick | David Twohy | |
| The Bourne Supremacy | Paul Greengrass | ||
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Steven Spielberg | |
| Munich | |||
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Also aerial unit director | |
| The Spiderwick Chronicles | Mark Waters | ||
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | M. Night Shyamalan | |
| 2012 | Battleship | Peter Berg | |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | Michael Bay | |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Jonathan Liebesman | Also second unit director |
| 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Dave Green | |
| Silence | Martin Scorsese | ||
| 2017 | The Mummy | Alex Kurtzman | |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Martin Scorsese | |
| 2020 | Mank | David Fincher | |
| 2022 | The Fabelmans | Steven Spielberg | |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Martin Scorsese | |
| 2024 | Wicked | Jon M. Chu |
Awards and nominations
- 2003: Nominated, 75th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones with Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Ben Snow
- 2003: Won, 29th Saturn Awards for Special Special Effects, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones with Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Ben Snow.
- 2006: Nominated, 78th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, War of the Worlds with Randal M. Dutra, Dennis Muren and Daniel Sudick
- 2019: Won, Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture, The Irishman, with Leandro Estebecorena, Mitchell Ferm, Jill Brooks and Jeff Brink
- 2020: Nominated, 92nd Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, The Irishman with Leandro Estebecorena Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, and Stephane Grabil
- 2024: Nominated, 97th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Wicked with Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould
