Michael L. Fink

Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 18 nominations. See more awards »

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The Golden Compass Visual Effects

(2007)

WarGames Visual Effects

(1983)

X-Men Visual Effects

(2000)

X2 Visual Effects

(2003)

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Visual effects (41 credits)

2015/II Drone (Short) (visual effects consultant)

2012 Life of Pi (senior visual effects supervisor: BUF Compagnie - as Michael Fink)

2012 Lil Tokyo Reporter (Short) (visual effects consultant)

2011 The Tree of Life (senior visual effects supervisor: Prime Focus: VFX - as Michael Fink)

2011 Sucker Punch (senior visual effects supervisor: Prime Focus VFX)

2010 Tron (senior visual effects supervisor: Prime Focus: VFX)

2009 Avatar (senior executive: Prime Focus - as Michael Fink)

2008 Tropic Thunder (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

2007 The Golden Compass (senior visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

2005 Constantine (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

2003 X2 (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

2002 Moonlight Mile (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

2002 Road to Perdition (visual effects supervisor: second unit - as Michael Fink)

2002 Clockstoppers (visual effects supervisor)

2002 The Mothman Prophecies (visual effects consultant: Cinesite - as Michael Fink)

2001 Vanilla Sky (visual effects supervisor: Cinesite - as Mike Fink)

2001 Thir13en Ghosts (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

2000 X-Men (visual effects supervisor)

1998 Lethal Weapon 4 (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

1997 Contact (senior visual effects supervisor: Warner Digital - as Michael Fink)

1996 Mars Attacks! (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

1996 Eraser (visual effects supervisor: Warner Digital Studios - as Michael Fink)

1995 Braveheart (visual effects supervisor: R/Greenberg Associates West - as Michael Fink)

1994 Baby's Day Out (visual effects supervisor)

1992 Batman Returns (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

1991 Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

1990 RoboCop 2 (optical wrangler - as Michael Fink)

1990 Bird on a Wire (computer visuals consultant - as Mike Fink)

1990 The Hunt for Red October (visual effects consultant: Boss Film Corporation - as Michael Fink)

1989 Tango & Cash (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

1988 The Blob (visual effects production supervisor - as Michael Fink)

1988 The Seventh Sign (visual effects supervisor)

1987 Project X (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

1985 My Science Project (special lighting effects consultant - as Michael Fink)

1985 D.A.R.Y.L. (visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (special visual effects supervisor - as Michael Fink)

1983 WarGames (visual effects supervisor)

1982 Blade Runner (action prop supervisor - as Mike Fink)

1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (effects props and miniatures - as Mike Fink)

1979 The China Syndrome (electronic consultant - as Mike Fink)

1939 The Wizard of Oz (stereo conversion supervisor - 3D version 2013)

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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (4 credits)

2007 The Golden Compass (second unit director - as Michael Fink)

2006 Superman Returns (second unit director: baseball unit, Los Angeles - as Michael Fink)

2005 Constantine (second unit director - as Michael Fink)

1988 The Seventh Sign (second unit director - as Michael Fink)

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Thanks (9 credits)

2019 Love in the Rain (Short) (special thanks)

2019 Dante Falls (Short) (special thanks)

2018 Kintsugi (Short) (special thanks)

2018 Masks (Short) (thanks)

2015 The First Rain (Short) (special thanks)

2015/III Recoil (Short) (very special thanks)

2012 Let It Go: A FIlm for Social Change (Short) (special thanks)

2005 Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - Dark Side of the Knight (Video documentary short) (special thanks - as Michael Fink)

1981 One from the Heart (with the participation of - as Michael Fink)

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Self (12 credits)

2009 Next-Gen Action: The Amazing Visual FX and Design of G.I. Joe (Video documentary short)
Self (as Michael Fink)

2008 Inside Norad: Cold War Fortress (Video short)
Self

2008 Armoured Bears: The Panserbjørne of Svalbard (Video documentary short)
Self

2008 The Golden Compass: Daemons (Video documentary short)
Self

2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Winner

2005 Beyond Batman: Assembling the Arctic Army (Video documentary short)
Self (as Michael Fink)

2005 Beyond Batman: Bats, Mattes & Dark Nights - The Visual FX of Batman Returns (Video documentary short)
Self (as Michael Fink)

2003 FX2: Visual Effects (Video documentary short)
Self (as Michael Fink)

2003 Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part I (Video documentary short)
Self

2003 The Visual Effects of X-Men (Video documentary short)
Self

2003 X-Men Production Scrapbook (Video documentary)
Self

2002 Thir13en Ghosts Revealed (Video short documentary)
Self - Sr. Visual FX Supervisor (as Michael Fink)

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