Michael Lantieri

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Michael Lantieri

Visual Effects

Michael Lantieri (born August 13, 1954) is a special effects supervisor. Lantieri went to school in Los Angeles, California, with actor-director Ron Howard, with the ambition to…

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Jurassic World

Jurassic World

6.7 2015 Movie
Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

8.0 1993 Movie
Back to the Future Part II

Back to the Future Part II

7.8 1989 Movie
Minority Report

Minority Report

7.4 2002 Movie
The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

6.6 1997 Movie
The Terminal

The Terminal

7.4 2004 Movie
The Polar Express

The Polar Express

6.7 2004 Movie
Westworld

Westworld

8.0 2016 TV Show
A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

7.1 2001 Movie
Flight

Flight

6.9 2012 Movie
Hulk

Hulk

5.6 2003 Movie
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

7.5 1988 Movie

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Michael Lantieri (born August 13, 1954) is a special effects supervisor. Lantieri went to school in Los Angeles, California, with actor-director Ron Howard, with the ambition to work in films as a director, which he had been interested in from a young age. However, he went to work in the special effects department of Universal Studios, with his first credited work being for Heartbeeps (1981), serving as a remote operator. His first collaboration with Steven Spielberg was with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), where he served as a special effects supervisor. His work on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) garnered him his first awards nomination (shared with Ken Ralston) by the Saturn Awards. He received his first of five Academy Award nominations with Back to the Future Part II (1989). His work on Jurassic Park (1993) earned him an Academy Award. Lantieri has subsequently worked on each film of the Jurassic Park franchise, serving as an under-special dinosaur effects for all except Jurassic Park III, where he was credited as a consultant. One of his most famous films was Mars Attacks! (1996), where he had the job of creating lifelike animations. Two years later, he directed his first and so far only film in Komodo (1998). In addition, Lantieri also worked on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, along with effects for video games. In television, he has worked on The Last Tycoon (2016) and Westworld (2016-18). His work on the show earned him (alongside several others) a nomination and ensuing award win for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in 2017 for the episode "The Bicameral Mind." Unrelated to effects, Lantieri was also part of the destruction of the Steve Bartman baseball; when Grant DePorter bought the ball in late 2003, he tasked Lantieri to help detonate the ball publicly, which was done on February 26, 2004. The remains of the detonated ball are now at the Chicago Sports Museum. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Lantieri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    Kandagawa Jet Girls

    TV show Sound Director

  2. 2018
    The Darkest Minds

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  3. 2016
    Westworld

    TV show Special Effects Coordinator

  4. 2016
    Outatime: Saving the DeLorean Time Machine

    Movie Himself

  5. 2015
    Secret in Their Eyes

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  6. 2015
    Jurassic World

    Movie Special Effects

  7. 2013
    Escape Plan

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  8. 2012
    The Master

    Movie Special Effects Coordinator

  9. 2012
    Flight

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  10. 2010
    Little Fockers

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  11. 2009
    A Christmas Carol

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  12. 2009
    Land of the Lost

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  13. 2008
    Get Smart

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  14. 2008
    The Spiderwick Chronicles

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  15. 2006
    Monster House

    Movie Special Effects

  16. 2004
    The Making of 'Seabiscuit'

    Movie Self

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  1. 2004
    The Polar Express

    Movie Special Effects Coordinator

  2. 2004
    The Terminal

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  3. 2004
    Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  4. 2004
    The Prince & Me

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  5. 2003
    House of Sand and Fog

    Movie Special Effects Coordinator

  6. 2003
    The Making of 'Hulk'

    Movie Self

  7. 2003
    Seabiscuit

    Movie Special Effects Coordinator

  8. 2003
    Hulk

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  9. 2002
    Minority Report

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  10. 2001
    The Making Of Jurassic Park III

    Movie Self

  11. 2001
    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  12. 2000
    The 6th Day

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  13. 1999
    Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West

    Movie Self

  14. 1999
    Wild Wild West: Good Guys Gadgets

    Movie Self

  15. 1999
    Wild Wild West: Evil Devices

    Movie Himself

  16. 1999
    The Astronaut's Wife

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  17. 1999
    Komodo

    Movie Director

  18. 1999
    Wild Wild West

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  19. 1999
    It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'

    Movie Self

  20. 1998
    Deep Impact

    Movie Special Effects Coordinator

  21. 1997
    MouseHunt

    Movie Special Effects Coordinator

  22. 1997
    The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor

  23. 1997
    The Making of 'The Lost World'

    Movie Self

  24. 1996
    Matilda

    Movie Special Effects Supervisor