Biography
Derek Meddings directed special-effects sequences for many large-budget films of the '70s, '80s, and early '90s. His most acclaimed work can be seen in Superman: The Movie (1978) and the
James Bond thriller
Moonraker (1979), both of which won him special industry awards. Meddings also worked on
Tim Burton's
Batman (1980) and
The Neverending Story III (1994). Meddings was working on a new
James Bond movie,
Golden Eye, when he passed away. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide