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Todd Semmes

  • Visual Effects
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Todd Semmes is known for Minority Report (2002), Jumper (2008) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002)
    Minority Report
    7.6
    • Camera and Electrical Department(blue screen/aerial units)
    • 2002
    Hayden Christensen in Jumper (2008)
    Jumper
    6.1
    • Visual Effects
    • 2008
    Karin Konoval, Andy Serkis, Terry Notary, Nick Thurston, and Scott Lang in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    7.6
    • Visual Effects
    • 2014
    Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Winstone, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow (2021)
    Black Widow
    6.6
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2021

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Yifei Liu in Mulan (2020)
      Mulan
      5.8
      • spydercam coordinator
      • 2020
    • Game of Thrones (2011)
      Game of Thrones
      9.2
      TV Series
      • motion control
      • motion control team (as Todd 'Hammer' Semmes)
      • 2017–2019
    • Danny Glover, Rob Lowe, Thomas Lennon, Lucas Till, and Jane Levy in Monster Trucks (2016)
      Monster Trucks
      5.7
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging
      • 2016
    • Chris Pratt in Jurassic World (2015)
      Jurassic World
      6.9
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging
      • 2015
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Paul Bettany, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
      Avengers: Age of Ultron
      7.3
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging
      • 2015
    • William Fichtner, Will Arnett, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Johnny Knoxville, Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, and Pete Ploszek in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
      5.8
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Karin Konoval, Andy Serkis, Terry Notary, Nick Thurston, and Scott Lang in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
      Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
      7.6
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging
      • 2014
    • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
      The Amazing Spider-Man 2
      6.6
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Jennifer Connelly, Russell Crowe, Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ray Winstone in Noah (2014)
      Noah
      5.8
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
      The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
      7.5
      • Spydercam coordinator/rigging
      • 2013
    • Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger (2013)
      The Lone Ranger
      6.4
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging
      • 2013
    • Brad Pitt in World War Z (2013)
      World War Z
      7.0
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Premium Rush (2012)
      Premium Rush
      6.5
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging (uncredited)
      • 2012
    • The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
      The Amazing Spider-Man
      6.9
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging (uncredited)
      • 2012
    • Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig in Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
      Cowboys & Aliens
      6.0
      • spydercam coordinator/rigging (uncredited)
      • 2011

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Winstone, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow (2021)
      Black Widow
      6.6
      • spydercam coordinator
      • 2021
    • Yifei Liu in Mulan (2020)
      Mulan
      5.8
      • spydercam coordinator
      • 2020
    • Alan Arkin, Tim Burton, Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, Michael Keaton, Helen Aberson, Nick Bartlett, Clive Brunt, Michael Buffer, Ben Crowe, Amerjit Deu, Colin Farrell, Katterli Frauenfelder, Derek Frey, Steve Healey, Rick Heinrichs, Bret Jones, Julian Kershaw, Ehren Kruger, Chris Lebenzon, Sandy Martin, Deobia Oparei, Ian Porter, Douglas Reith, Stephen Samson, Roshan Seth, Harry Taylor, Leah R. Powell, Mark Reader, Ben Davis, Nigel Lowe, Victor Pietraru, Lillia Langley, Peter Brookes, Richard James-Clarke, Marjo Nantel, Mehari 'Bibi' Tesfamarian, Binyam 'Bichu' Tesfamarian, Otgonchimeg Chuluunzorig, Jana Posna, Jewels Good, Max Gill, Peter Trevor, Nina Mangold, Philip Rosch, Eva Green, Ethan Keaton, Joseph Gatt, Lars Eidinger, Liam Bewley, Carol Been, Jo Osmond, Lucy DeVito, Frank Bourke, Heather Rome, Jason Shillingford, Kamil Lemie, Greg Canestrari, Scott Haney, Mark Shrimpton, Phil Zimmerman, Harold Pearl, Joseph Macnab, Vincent Andriano, Anatoli Akerman, Rob Heanley, Richard Leeming, Christian Wolf-La'Moy, Chris Rogers, Erick Hayden, Richard Price, Justin Springer, Zee Asha, Daniel Gonçalves, Keith Lomas, James Thomas Scott, Rosie Akerman, Edd Osmond, Hugh O'Brien, Georgie-May Tearle, Simon Connolly, Richard Garaghty, Sharon Rooney, Jaymes Sygrove, Charlotte Worwood, Alice Bonifacio, Jessie Vinning, Mickey Lewis, Venla Shalin, Zak Holland, Josef Davies, Angela Sant'Albano, Ragevan Vasan, Craig Thomas Lambert, Beth Willetts, Bernardo Santos, Anthony Rhodes, Jackson Kai, Emily Tebbutt, Lampros Kalfuntzos, Stuart Whelan, Jessica Barker-Wren, Tom Gaskin, Philips Nortey, Rashid Shadat, Matthew Castle, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, Miguel Muñoz Segura, Zenaida Alcalde, Paul Riddell, Sarah Sayuri Leung, John Southgate, Will Rowlands, Tom Seekings, and Matt Truman in Dumbo (2019)
      Dumbo
      6.2
      • Spydercam coordinator/rigger
      • 2019
    • Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman (2018)
      Aquaman
      6.8
      • cablecam operator
      • 2018
    • Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Angela Bassett, Ving Rhames, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
      Mission: Impossible - Fallout
      7.7
      • spydercam coordinator (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Matt Damon in Downsizing (2017)
      Downsizing
      5.8
      • spydercam coordinator
      • 2017
    • Robert Downey Jr., Michael Keaton, and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
      Spider-Man: Homecoming
      7.4
      • spydercam coordinator (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Michael Rooker, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, and Elizabeth Debicki in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
      Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
      7.6
      • spydercam coordinator
      • 2017
    • Danny Glover, Rob Lowe, Thomas Lennon, Lucas Till, and Jane Levy in Monster Trucks (2016)
      Monster Trucks
      5.7
      • spydercam coordinator
      • 2016
    • Michael Fassbender in Assassin's Creed (2016)
      Assassin's Creed
      5.6
      • spydercam specialty rigger
      • 2016
    • Kevin Hart in Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)
      Kevin Hart: What Now?
      6.0
      • spydercam coordinator
      • 2016
    • Chris Pratt in Jurassic World (2015)
      Jurassic World
      6.9
      • spydercam coordinator
      • 2015
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Paul Bettany, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
      Avengers: Age of Ultron
      7.3
      • spydercam coordinator
      • 2015
    • Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum in Jupiter Ascending (2015)
      Jupiter Ascending
      5.3
      • spydercam coordinator
      • 2015
    • William Fichtner, Will Arnett, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Johnny Knoxville, Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, and Pete Ploszek in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
      5.8
      • spydercam coordinator
      • 2014

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Top Speed (2003)
      Top Speed
      5.4
      • first assistant director
      • 2003
    • Challenge of a Lifetime (2001)
      Challenge of a Lifetime
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2001
    • Temptation Island (2001)
      Temptation Island
      3.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2001–2003

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    • Alternative name
      • Todd 'Hammer' Semmes

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