Terminator 2: Judgment Day Illustrator George Jenson has sadly passed away. He was part of the art department on the hit sequel to 1984’s The Terminator.
Credited as ‘George Jensen’ on T2 he was part of the art machine that brought the movie to life under the direction of James Cameron.
THR reports:
Jenson died May 25 in Henderson, Nevada, of complications from melanoma, publicist Rick Markovitz announced.
A native of Canada who specialized in science fiction, Jenson received his Oscar nomination for his visual effects efforts on the 1984 film 2010, Peter Hyams’ sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
George was an artist of many talents; working in art, animation and VFX on many high production value/cult movies.
It is always sad to hear of people passing who were involved with our favorite movies and sadly it will just become more commonplace as time goes on; an era of pure talent and true creatives are leaving us.
We thank George for his contribution to the Terminator franchise and his work lives on in one of the most loved and highly revered Terminator movies and that will continue for many years and decades to come.
RIP George Jenson.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Update:
Peter Kent (Schwarzenegger’s Terminator T-800 Stuntman) comments on TheTerminatorFans.com Facebook:
Thank you George. Your story boards still stick in my mind. When I first walked into the production office it was the first thing I saw up-and-down the hallways your amazing artwork and it was that right there that set the tone for what I knew was going to be a phenomenal film.
