Shane Mahan
Shane Patrick Mahan (* 1964 in Greenville , Michigan ) is an American makeup, special effects artist and puppeteer, the 2009 Iron Man for the Oscar in the category visual effects best was nominated.
Life
He grew up in Greenville , Michigan and attended Greenville High School . After graduating in 1981, he moved to Hollywood. There he worked from 1983 for the Stan Winston Studio on the film The Terminator . In the decades that followed, he worked for the company as head of creation effects on films such as Predator , Jurassic Park and War of the Worlds . In 2007 he became a co-owner of the company.
After the death of Stan Winston in 2008 he founded the company with three other longtime employees Lindsay MacGowan , J. Alan Scott and John Rose Grant Studio Legacy Effects . In 2009 he was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Iron Man together with John Nelson , Ben Snow and Daniel Sudick .
Filmography
- 1984: The Terminator (The Terminator)
- 1986: Aliens - The Return (Aliens)
- 1986: Invasion from Mars (Invaders from Mars)
- 1986: Vindicator (The Vindicator)
- 1987: Predator
- 1989: Leviathan
- 1990: Edward Scissorhands (Edward Scissorhands)
- 1990: Predator 2
- 1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- 1992: Batman Returns (Batman Returns)
- 1993: Jurassic Park
- 1994: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
- 1995: Congo
- 1995: Chiller - Cold as Ice (Chiller)
- 1996: DNA - The island of Dr. Moreau (The Island of Dr. Moreau)
- 1997: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
- 1999: Galaxy Quest - Planlessly through space (Galaxy Quest)
- 1999: Inspector Gadget (Inspector Gadget)
- 1999: Instinct (Instinct)
- 2000: What Lies Beneath (What Lies Beneath)
- 2001: AI - Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- 2001: Pearl Harbor
- 2001: Spider of Death (Earth vs. the Spider)
- 2001: The Day the World Ended - death from space (The Day the World Ended)
- 2002: Teenage Caveman
- 2003: Big Fish
- 2003: Wrong Turn
- 2005: Constantine
- 2005: War of the Worlds (War of the Worldsl)
- 2005: Winn-Dixie - My Shaggy Friend (Because of Winn-Dixie)
- 2005: Zathura : A Space Adventure
- 2006: Antarctica - Caught in the Ice (Eight Below)
- 2006: Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
- 2006: Skinwalkers
- 2007: The Deaths of Ian Stone
- 2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- 2008: Iron Man
- 2008: Nosebleed
- 2009: GI Joe - Secret Mission Cobra (GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra)
- 2009: Pandorum
- 2009: Terminator: The Redemption (Terminator Salvation)
- 2010: Alice in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)
- 2010: Iron Man 2
- 2010: Passion Play
- 2011: Breaking Dawn - Until the end of the night: Part 1 (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1)
- 2011: Cowboys & Aliens
- 2011: The Muppets (The Muppets)
- 2011: I Am Number Four (I Am Number Four)
- 2011: Real Steel
- 2011: Thor
- 2012: The Bourne Legacy (The Bourne Legacy)
- 2012: The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games)
- 2012: John Carter - Between Two Worlds (John Carter)
- 2012: Marvel's The Avengers (The Avengers)
- 2012: Snow White and the Huntsman
- 2012: The Amazing Spider-Man
- 2012: The Watch - Neighbors of the 3rd Kind (The Watch)
- 2012: Total Recall
Web links
- Shane Mahan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cristy Lytal: In 'Iron Man,' he's the heavy. Los Angeles Times. April 27, 2008, accessed January 27, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mahan, Shane |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mahan, Shane Patrick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American makeup, special effects artist, and puppeteer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greenville , Michigan |