Mike Meinardus
Michael Meinardus (* before 1987) is a special effects artist .
Life
Meinardus' career began in 1987 when he was in charge of special effects for the Sirens episode of the television series CBS Summer Playhouse . He then worked in the 1990s and 2000s in the films Lord of the Flies , Ghost - Message from Sam , A completely normal hero , The shrill four in Las Vegas , On the hunt , Just 60 seconds , password: Swordfish , Born 2 Die and Mr. & Mrs. Smith as coordinator for the special effects and assistant to the VFX supervisor. He himself first worked as a VFX supervisor in the film Invasion by Oliver Hirschbiegel in 2007 . He worked in this position the following year with Tropic Thunder by Ben Stiller , in 2015 in Jurassic World by Colin Trevorrow and in 2017 in the film Geostorm by Dean Devlin . For his contribution to the visual effects of Jurassic World , he and his colleagues were nominated at the Satellite Awards 2015 in the category " Best Visual Effects ". The award went to The Walk team . The artistic achievements of him and his colleagues Stephen Rosenbaum , Jeff White and Scott Benza in the film Kong: Skull Island earned the film the only Oscar nomination in the category " Best Visual Effects " at the 2018 Academy Awards .
In his career, Meinardus worked with several directors several times, such as Tony Scott ( True Romance , The Public Enemy No. 1 ), Dominic Sena ( Only 60 seconds left , Password: Swordfish ), Jan de Bont ( Speed , Twister ), Jay Roach ( Austin Powers - spy in secret missionary position , Austin Powers in gold stand ) and Michael Bay ( Bad Boys - tough guys , The Rock - rock of decision ).
Filmography (selection)
- 1990: Lord of the Flies (Lord of the Flies)
- 1990: Die Hard 2: Die Harder
- 1990: Ghost - Message from Sam (Ghost)
- 1991: Ricochet - The Impact (Ricochet)
- 1991: Last Boy Scout (The Last Boy Scout)
- 1992: A normal hero (Hero)
- 1993: True Romance
- 1993: Meteor Man (The Meteor Man)
- 1994: speed
- 1995: Bad Boys (Bad Boys)
- 1995: In the Swamp of Crime (Just Cause)
- 1995: Quick and the Dead (The Quick and the Dead)
- 1996: The Rock - Rock of the decision (The Rock)
- 1996: Twister
- 1996: The Lawnmower Man 2 - Beyond Cyberspace (Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace)
- 1997: Fletcher's Visions (Conspiracy Theory)
- 1997: The Shrill Four in Las Vegas (Vegas Vacation)
- 1998: The public enemy no. 1 (Enemy of the State)
- 1998: On the Hunt (US Marshals)
- 1999: Austin Powers - Spy Who Shagged Me (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
- 2000: Gone in 60 Seconds (Gone in 60 Seconds)
- 2001: Rush Hour 2
- 2001: Password: Swordfish (Swordfrish)
- 2002: Austin Powers in Goldmember (Austin Powers in Goldmember)
- 2002: Showtime
- 2003: Born 2 Die (Cradle 2 the Grave)
- 2004: Starsky & Hutch
- 2004: Hard at the limit (torque)
- 2004: ... and then came Polly (Along Came Polly)
- 2005: In Love with a Witch (Bewitched)
- 2005: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- 2006 Just My Luck (Just My Luck)
- 2007: Invasion (The Invasion)
- 2007: Die Hard 4.0 (Live Free or Die Hard)
- 2007: The Reaping - The Messengers of the Apocalypse (The Reaping)
- 2007: Number 23 (The Number 23)
- 2008: Tropic Thunder
- 2009: Terminator: The Redemption (Terminator Salvation)
- 2010: Hawaii Five-0 (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2010: Knight and Day
- 2011: Mission: Impossible - Phantom Protocol (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol)
- 2013: Sleepy Hollow (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2013: Oblivion
- 2013: GI Joe - The Reckoning (GI Joe: Retaliation)
- 2015: Jurassic World
- 2015: SpongeBob SquarePants 3D
- 2017: No Way Out - Against the Flames (Only the Brave)
- 2017: Geostorm
- 2017: Kong: Skull Island
Web links
- Mike Meinardus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The 90th Academy Awards - 2018. Oscars .org, accessed February 22, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Meinardus, Mike |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meinardus, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Special effects artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | before 1987 |