Michael Lantieri
Visual Effects
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Michael Lantieri (born August 13, 1954) is a special effects supervisor.
Lantieri went to school in Los Angeles, California, with actor-director Ron Howard, with the ambition to work in films as a director, which he had been interested in from a young age. However, he went to work in the special effects department of Universal Studios, with his first credited work being for Heartbeeps (1981), serving as a remote operator. His first collaboration with Steven Spielberg was with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), where he served as a special effects supervisor. His work on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) garnered him his first awards nomination (shared with Ken Ralston) by the Saturn Awards. He received his first of five Academy Award nominations with Back to the Future Part II (1989). His work on Jurassic Park (1993) earned him an Academy Award. Lantieri has subsequently worked on each film of the Jurassic Park franchise, serving as an under-special dinosaur effects for all except Jurassic Park III, where he was credited as a consultant.
One of his most famous films was Mars Attacks! (1996), where he had the job of creating lifelike animations. Two years later, he directed his first and so far only film in Komodo (1998). In addition, Lantieri also worked on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, along with effects for video games. In television, he has worked on The Last Tycoon (2016) and Westworld (2016-18). His work on the show earned him (alongside several others) a nomination and ensuing award win for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in 2017 for the episode "The Bicameral Mind."
Unrelated to effects, Lantieri was also part of the destruction of the Steve Bartman baseball; when Grant DePorter bought the ball in late 2003, he tasked Lantieri to help detonate the ball publicly, which was done on February 26, 2004. The remains of the detonated ball are now at the Chicago Sports Museum.
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Filmography
Acting
57 credits
Westworld
Jurassic World
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Hulk
Jurassic Park
Matilda
Deep Impact
Monster House
Minority Report
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Escape Plan
Hook
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Back to the Future Part II
The Terminal
The Polar Express
Get Smart
Little Fockers
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Death Becomes Her
Flight
The Flintstones
Casper
A Christmas Carol
Twins
The Master
Fright Night
Wild Wild West
The 6th Day
Kandagawa Jet Girls
Congo
Flashdance
The Darkest Minds
Land of the Lost
MouseHunt
The Witches of Eastwick
The Astronaut's Wife
Secret in Their Eyes
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
The Prince & Me
Back to School
The Last Starfighter
Seabiscuit
Nothing but Trouble
House of Sand and Fog
Caddyshack II
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Outatime: Saving the DeLorean Time Machine
The Making of 'The Lost World'
The Making Of Jurassic Park III
Wild Wild West: Good Guys Gadgets
Wild Wild West: Evil Devices
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West
The Making of 'Hulk'
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Directing
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