Roger Dicken

British special effects artist (1939–2024)

Roger Dicken
Born	(1939-04-15)15 April 1939 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died	18 February 2024(2024-02-18) (aged 84) North Wales
Nationality	British
Occupation	Special effects artist

Roger Dicken (15 April 1939 – 18 February 2024)^[1]^[2] was a British special effects artist.^[3] He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth.^[4]

Dicken died on 18 February 2024 at the age of 84.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Selected filmography

Scars of Dracula (1970, bat puppet)
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1971; co-nominated for an Academy Award with Jim Danforth)
The Land That Time Forgot (1974)
Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
Alien (1979, chest burster effects)

^ "Roger Dicken". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ Giesen, Rolf (2008). Special Effects Artists: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary of the Pre-digital Era with a Filmography. McFarland. p. 48. ISBN 9780786429318 – via Google Books.
^ "Putting the squirm into: But the monsters just aren't right says Roger Dicken". Evening Post. Reading, Berkshire, England. 29 September 1979. p. 7. Retrieved 24 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ Barnes, Mike; Bartlett, Rhett (18 April 2024). "Roger Dicken, VFX Artist on Alien and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Dies at 84". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
^ "Veteran VFX Artist Roger Dicken Passes at 84". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ "'Alien' VFX Artist Roger Dicken Dies Age 84". www.animationmagazine.net. Retrieved 2 June 2024.