A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away people used to believe whatever they saw with their own eyes. But do you really believe a man can fly? Do you believe aliens are invading Earth or that an evil empire will destroy freedom across the universe? For the makers of films like Superman, Independence Day and Star Wars, their mission is to make you believe and that's when they come to someone like me. Over the years, I've travelled through time, breathed life back into dinosaurs and blown up entire planets. Today, I work at Industrial Light& Magic, but my interest in special effects goes back to my childhood. I remember seeing the alien in The War Of The Worlds zap some soldiers with a ray gun and I thought to myself, I want to do that." My father had a home movie camera and I filmed my brother pretending to be a soldier. Then I filmed some fireworks exploding. My mum went crazy when she saw it, but my dad thought it was really funny and