Michael Lantieri
Birth Name:
Michael Lantieri
Profession
Special effects, Director, Actor, Stunts
Fast Facts
- In 2012, he received the Satellite Award for his visual effects on "Flight․"
- Received an International Press Academy Award for his work on the film "Beouwulf․"
- Won the International Press Academy Award for Visual Effects for his work on "Flight․"
- Often works on films produced by director Steven Spielberg
- Often works on films that are based on popular works of literature, such as his work on "Alice in Wonderland," "A Christmas Carol," "The Polar Express," etc
- In 2004, he destroyed the Bartman baseball that was widely regarded as the cause of the Chicago Cubs losing in the 2003 MLB postseason
- Often places items of the Chicago Cubs in his projects
- While filming a scene for "Back to the Future Part III" in which a train pushes the DeLorean, he convinced director Robert Zemeckis to shoot the scene backwards because he was afraid that the train would go over the car and kill the stuntman
Awards
- 1987Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 1988Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 1988BAFTA Film Award - Best Special Effects:Winner
- 1990Oscar - Best Effects, Visual Effects:Nominated
- 1990BAFTA Film Award - Best Special Effects:Winner
- 1991ACCA - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 1992Oscar - Best Effects, Visual Effects:Nominated
- 1992ACCA - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 1993BAFTA Film Award - Best Special Effects:Winner
- 1994Oscar - Best Effects, Visual Effects:Winner
- 1994Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Winner
- 1994BAFTA Film Award - Best Special Effects:Winner
- 1994BAFTA Film Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 1996Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 1997Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 1998Oscar - Best Effects, Visual Effects:Nominated
- 1998Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 1998OFTA Film Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2001Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 2002Oscar - Best Effects, Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2002Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Winner
- 2002BAFTA Film Award - Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2002OFTA Film Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2002PFCS Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2003Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 2003BAFTA Film Award - Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2003Gold Derby Film Award - Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2003INOCA - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2003OFTA Film Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2003OFCS Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2003PFCS Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2004Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 2007Satellite Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2012Satellite Award - Best Visual Effects:Winner
- 2013VES Award - Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2016Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 2017Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Special Visual Effects:Winner
- 2019VES Award - Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:Nominated