Simon Cheung
1968 - 2026
Life Journey
Simon Cheung's Timeline
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Born
Simon was born, beginning a life that would touch many hearts.
Moved to his new home of San Rafael
Simon left Canada to pursue his dream of working at ILM in Marin, in 1995, starting in their commercials division
Career milestone
First movie credit: Men In Black. Simon worked on building the iconic 'supercar' in Men In Black. It took him months to build, and he eventually ended up purchasing the '87 Ford Crown Vic from the ILM studio after the movie was released, making it one of his favourite 'toys'
Special achievement
Simon won a VES Award for his work on the Samson Model in 2009's Avatar.
Passed away
Simon passed away doing what he loved - Snowboarding - at Heavenly Ski Resort. He wouldn't have had it any other way!
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