Archie Ahuna, SFX Emmy Nominee

Veteran special effects supervisor Archie Ahuna is the only person from Hawaii among "Lost's" Emmy nominees. Ahuna has honed his SFX skills over 35 years by working on productions such as "Hawaii Five-O," "Magnum P.I.," "Pearl Harbor," and "Tears of the Sun." Ahuna's experience and wise caution have endeared him to cast and crew: "As a special-effects person, you have to have imagination and you have to be ready to do anything and everything to make what's in the script come to life. I'll do whatever they want me to do, but only if it can be done without putting anybody at risk." Congratulations, Archie!

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