Michael Owens (visual effects artist)

Michael Owens
Occupation(s)	Assistant director, visual effects artist

Michael Owens is an American assistant director and visual effects artist best known for his work with Clint Eastwood.[1][2][3] He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Hereafter.[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Special effects	Second unit director	Director
1982	E.T. The Extra Terrestrial	Yes	No	Steven Spielberg
	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Yes	No	Nicolas Meyer
1983	Return of the Jedi	Yes	No	Richard Marquand
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Yes	No	Steven Spielberg
1985	Explorers	Yes	No	Joe Dante
	Young Sherlock Holmes	Yes	No	Barry Levinson
1986	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	No	Yes	Leonard Nimoy
	Howard the Duck	Yes	No	Willard Huyck
1987	The Witches of Eastwick	Yes	No	George Miller
1988	Caddyshack II	Yes	No	Allan Arkush
1989	The 'Burbs	Yes	No	Joe Dante
	Skin Deep	Yes	No	Blake Edwards
1991	The Doors	Yes	No	Oliver Stone
	Switch	Yes	No	Blake Edwards
	Hudson Hawk	Yes	No	Michael Lehmann
1993	Fire in the Sky	Yes	Yes	Robert Lieberman
1996	101 Dalmatians	Yes	No	Stephen Herek
1998	Meet Joe Black	Yes	No	Martin Brest
	Mercury Rising	Yes	No	Harold Becker
1999	Bringing Out the Dead	Yes	Yes	Martin Scorsese
2000	Space Cowboys	Yes	Yes	Clint Eastwood
2002	Men in Black II	No	Yes	Barry Sonnenfeld
	Blood Work	Yes	No	Clint Eastwood
	Gangs of New York	Yes	No	Martin Scorsese
2003	The Hunted	Yes	No	William Friedkin
2004	Van Helsing	Yes	Yes	Stephen Sommers
	Hidalgo	Yes	Yes	Joe Johnston
2006	Flags of Our Fathers	Yes	Yes	Clint Eastwood
	Letters From Iwo Jima	Yes	Yes
2008	Changeling	Yes	No
	Tropic Thunder	Yes	No	Ben Stiller
	Gran Torino	Yes	No	Clint Eastwood
2009	Invictus	Yes	No
2010	Hereafter	Yes	No
2011	J. Edgar	Yes	No
2012	Trouble with the Curve	Yes	No	Robert Lorenz
	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	Yes	No	Timur Bekmambetov
2014	Jersey Boys	Yes	No	Clint Eastwood
	American Sniper	Yes	No
2016	Sully	Yes	No
2019	Togo	Yes	No	Ericson Core

References

1. Kershner, Jim (February 13, 2011). "Spotlight: CdA's Owens achieves visual success in Hollywood". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
2. Allison, Tanine (June 25, 2018). Destructive Sublime: World War II in American Film and Media. Rutgers University Press. p. 140. ISBN 9780813597522 – via Google Books.
3. Laist, Randy (January 31, 2020). The Twin Towers in Film: A Cinematic History of New York's World Trade Center. McFarland. p. 265. ISBN 9781476638416 – via Google Books.
4. "The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 9, 2022.

External links

• Michael Owens at IMDb