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Michael Kennen

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Telecine Colorist and Flame Artist, Varitel Video, San Francisco
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Michael has been a part of the commercial and motion picture industry since the early 90's. After working as an Assistant Feature Film Editor in Los Angeles, Michael moved back to the San Francisco Bay Area and worked for many years at the commercial post production house Varitel Video. He worked his way up from Assistant Editor to Telecine Colorist and finally to Flame Compositor. In the early 2000's, Michael moved from the commercial industry back to the motion picture industry where he worked as a compositor utilizing various programs such as Flame, Shake, After Effects, and Nuke. During this time, Michael worked for numerous VFX companies such as Industrial Light + Magic, Sony Imageworks, Rhythm + Hues, Tippett Studio and The Orphanage, to name a few. Since 2014, Michael has worked for Whiskytree as a Senior Artist, working on a wide variety of projects, including feature films, commercials, games, and virtual reality worlds.
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    Known for

    Jeff Bridges, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard in Iron Man (2008)
    Iron Man
    7.9
    • Visual Effects(The Orphanage)
    • 2008
    Battleship (2012)
    Battleship
    5.8
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 2012
    Pacific Rim (2013)
    Pacific Rim
    6.9
    • Visual Effects(Industrial Light & Magic)
    • 2013
    Super 8 (2011)
    Super 8
    7.0
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 2011

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    • Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy in The Gorge (2025)
      The Gorge
      6.7
      • compositing supervisor: Whiskytree
      • 2025
    • Billy Crystal and Jacobi Jupe in Before (2024)
      Before
      6.1
      TV Series
      • compositor: Whiskytree
      • 2024
    • Branden Cook, Nate Mann, Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Ncuti Gatwa, and Josiah Cross in Masters of the Air (2024)
      Masters of the Air
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • compositing supervisor: Whiskytree
      • 2024
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, and Teyonah Parris in The Marvels (2023)
      The Marvels
      5.5
      • compositor: Whiskytree
      • 2023
    • Danny DeVito, Owen Wilson, Mike Benitez, Rosario Dawson, Chase Dillon, Tiffany Haddish, and LaKeith Stanfield in Haunted Mansion (2023)
      Haunted Mansion
      6.0
      • compositor: Whiskytree
      • 2023
    • Pierce Brosnan, Ellen Barkin, Nina Dobrev, and Adam Devine in The Out-Laws (2023)
      The Out-Laws
      5.4
      • compositor: Whiskytree
      • 2023
    • Margot Robbie in Babylon (2022)
      Babylon
      7.1
      • visual effects: Whiskytree
      • 2022
    • Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Genevieve O'Reilly, Alan Tudyk, Denise Gough, Faye Marsay, Kyle Soller, and Adria Arjona in Andor (2022)
      Andor
      8.5
      TV Series
      • compositing supervisor: Whiskytree (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Ewan McGregor, James Earl Jones, Hayden Christensen, and Dmitrious Bistrevsky in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
      Obi-Wan Kenobi
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • compositing supervisor: Whiskytree
      • 2022
    • David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, Fred Armisen, Pedro Pascal, Keegan-Michael Key, Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Ben Ashenden, Alexander Owen, and Guz Khan in The Bubble (2022)
      The Bubble
      4.7
      • Compositing Supervisor: Whiskytree (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, Lee Pace, Laura Birn, and Leah Harvey in Foundation (2021)
      Foundation
      7.6
      TV Series
      • compositing supervisor: Whiskytree
      • 2021
    • Krysten Ritter, Cleo, Trixie, Lidya Jewett, and Winslow Fegley in Nightbooks (2021)
      Nightbooks
      5.8
      • compositing supervisor: Whiskytree
      • 2021
    • Isla Fisher and Jillian Bell in Godmothered (2020)
      Godmothered
      6.1
      • compositing supervisor
      • compositing supervisor: Whiskytree (uncredited)
      • 2020
    • The Captain (2019)
      The Captain
      6.2
      • compositing supervisor: Whiskytree
      • 2019
    • Bolden (2019)
      Bolden
      5.6
      • compositing supervisor
      • 2019

    Editorial Department



    • Hilary English and Frank Zagarino in Project Eliminator (1991)
      Project Eliminator
      3.4
      • assistant editor
      • 1991
    • Peter Cunningham, Vincent Klyn, Thom Mathews, Thunderwolf, and Benny Urquidez in Bloodmatch (1991)
      Bloodmatch
      4.0
      • first assistant editor
      • 1991
    • The Last Best Year (1990)
      The Last Best Year
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • post-production coordinator
      • 1990
    • Soultaker (1990)
      Soultaker
      2.5
      • assistant editor
      • 1990
    • Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women (1985)
      Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women
      Short
      • assistant editor (as Michael A. Kennen)
      • 1985

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