Michael Lantieri
Birth Name:
Michael Lantieri
Profession
Special effects, Director, Actor, Stunts
Fast Facts
- Won the International Press Academy Award for Visual Effects for his work on "Flight․"
- Received an International Press Academy Award for his work on the film "Beouwulf․"
- In 2012, he received the Satellite Award for his visual effects 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
- 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
- Often places items of the Chicago Cubs in his projects
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