MICHAEL OWENS Visual Effects Supervisor/2nd Unit Director
PROJECTS DIRECTOR STUDIO & PRODUCERS
“TOGO” ERICSON CORE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS Kim Zubick
“STONER” JOE WRIGHT AMAZON/BLUMHOUSE Consultant
“SULLY” CLINT EASTWOOD WARNER BROTHERS + Aerial Photography Direct (UC) Frank Marshall, Allyn Stewart VES Award Nominee
“AMERICAN SNIPER” CLINT EASTWOOD WARNER BROTHERS Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz
“JERSEY BOYS” CLINT EASTWOOD WARNER BROTHERS Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz
“TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE” ROB LORENZ WARNER BROTHERS Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz
“ABRAHAM LINCOLN: TIMUR TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX VAMPIRE HUNTER” * BEKMAMBETOV Tim Burton, Jim Lemley
“J. EDGAR” CLINT EASTWOOD WARNER BROTHERS Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Rob Lorenz
“HEREAFTER” CLINT EASTWOOD WARNER BROTHERS Academy Award Nominee Clint Eastwood, Kathleen Kennedy, Winner VES Award Rob Lorenz, Steven Spielberg
“INVICTUS” CLINT EASTWOOD WARNER BROTHERS VES Award Nominee Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz, Lori McCreary, Mace Neufeld
“GRAN TORINO” CLINT EASTWOOD WARNER BROTHERS Clint Eastwood, Bill Gerber, Rob Lorenz
“THE CHANGELING” CLINT EASTWOOD UNIVERSAL PICTURES Winner VES Award Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Rob Lorenz
“TROPIC THUNDER” BEN STILLER DREAMWORKS Supervisor – Prep/Shoot Stuart Cornfeld, Eric McLeod
“BLADES OF GLORY” JOSH GORDON DREAMWORKS Visual Effects Consultant WILL SPECK Stuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller
“LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA” CLINT EASTWOOD DREAMWORKS/WARNER BROTHERS Supervisor & 2nd Unit Director Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz, Steven Spielberg
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“FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS” CLINT EASTWOOD DREAMWORKS/WARNER BROTHERS Supervisor & 2nd Unit Director Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz, Winner VES Award Steven Spielberg
“VAN HELSING” (ILM) STEPHEN SOMMERS UNIVERSAL PICTURES VFX Plate Supervisor Bob Ducsay, Stephen Sommers + Addtl Unit Director(UC)
“GANGS OF NEW YORK” (ILM) MARTIN SCORSESE MIRAMAX FILMS BAFTA Award Nominee Alberto Grimaldi, Martin Scorsese, VES Award Nominee
“THE HUNTED” (ILM) WILLIAM FRIEDKIN LAKESHORE ENTERTAINMENT James Jacks, Ricardo Mestres
“HIDALGO” (ILM) JOE JOHNSTON WALT DISNEY PICTURES 2nd Unit Director (UC) Casey Silver
“MEN IN BLACK II” (ILM) BARRY SONNENFELD AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT 2nd Unit Director - NY COLUMBIA PICTURES Graham Place, Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes
“BLOOD WORK” (ILM) CLINT EASTWOOD MALPASO PRODUCTIONS WARNER BROTHERS Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz
“SPACE COWBOYS” (ILM) CLINT EASTWOOD MALPASO PRODUCTIONS Visual Effects Supervisor WARNER BROTHERS Space Sequence Designer Clint Eastwood, Andrew Lazar + Addtl Unit Director (UC)
“BRINGING OUT THE DEAD” MARTIN SCORSESE TOUCHSTONE PICTURES Visual Effects Supervisor PARAMOUNT PICTURES + Addtl Unit Director (UC) Barbara De Fina, Scott Rudin
“MEET JOE BLACK” (ILM) MARTIN BREST UNIVERSAL PICTURES Martin Brest, David Wally
“MERCURY RISING” (ILM) HAROLD BECKER IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT UNIVERSAL PICTURES Brian Grazer, Karen Kehela
“101 DALMATIANS (ILM) STEPHEN HEREK WALT DISNEY PICTURES + Addtl Unit Director (UC) John Hughes, Ricardo Mestres
“FIRE IN THE SKY” (ILM) ROBERT LIEBERMAN PARAMOUNT PICTURES Visual Effects Supervisor Todd Black, Joe Wizan Alien Sequence Designer + Addtl Unit Director - UC
“THE DOORS” (ILM) OLIVER STONE IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT Bill Graham, A. Kitman Ho
“SWITCH” (ILM) BLAKE EDWARDS WARNER BROTHERS Tony Adams
“HUDSON HAWK” (ILM) MICHAEL LEHMANN TRISTAR Visual Effects Plate Supervisor Joel Silver
“HOOK” (ILM) STEVEN SPIELBERG AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT Plate Photography Supervisor TRISTAR PICTURES Frank Marshall, Gerald R. Molen, Kathleen Kennedy
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“THE BURBS” (ILM) JOE DANTE IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT Larry Brezner, Michael Finnell
“THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK” GEORGE MILLER WARNER BROTHERS Winner BAFTA Award Neil Canton, Peter Guber, Jon Peters
“SKIN DEEP” (ILM) BLAKE EDWARDS TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Tony Adams
“CADDYSHACK II” (ILM) ALLAN ARKUSH ORION PICTURES Neil Canton, Peter Guber, Jon Peters
“STAR TREK IV: LEONARD NIMOY PARAMOUNT PICTURES THE VOYAGE HOME” Harve Bennett 2nd Unit Director/2ndUnit DP (UC)
“YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES” BARRY LEVINSON PARAMOUNT PICTURES Visual Effects Cameraman (ILM) AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT Mark Johnson
“EXPLORERS” JOE DANTE PARAMOUNT PICTURES Visual Effects Cameraman (ILM) David Bombyk, Edward S. Feldman
“INDIANA JONES AND THE STEVEN SPIELBERG PARAMOUNT PICTURES TEMPLE OF DOOM” LUCASFILM Visual Effects Cameraman (ILM) George Lucas, Frank Marshall, Robert Watts
“STAR WARS: EPISODE VI RICHARD MARQUAND LUCASFILM RETURN OF THE JEDI” George Lucas, VFX Cameraman (ILM) Howard G. Kazanjian
“E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL” STEVEN SPIELBERG UNIVERSAL PICTURES VFX Camera Assistant (ILM) AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT Kathy Kennedy, Steven Spielberg *shared COMMERCIAL DIRECTING (PARTIAL LIST) ADVERTISING AGENCIES Chevy Blazer “Storm”, “The Planet Earth,” Campbell Ewald Chevy Suburban “Shadow” Shell “Tollbooth”, “Train” Ogilvy & Mather Toyota “Leaf” Saatchi & Saatchi Diet Coke “Its What’s Inside” Wells Rich & Green AT&T “River” McCann Erickson Volkswagen “Bumble Bee” Wensauer/DDB Malaysian Airlines “Vision” BSB/VHQ/Malaysia BMW “Catch Up” Ammirati Nike “Godzilla vs. Barkley” Wieden & Kennedy American Airlines “Indy” DDB Needham/NY
MUSIC VIDEOS DIRECTOR Morris Day – Director of Photography David Fincher Thomas Dolby - Director of Photography David Fincher Bourgeois Tagg - Director of Photography David Fincher Rick Springfield - Director of Photography David Fincher
Locations: Alabama, Atlanta, Canada, Chicago, Czech Republic, England, Florida, Hawaii, Iceland, Italy, London, Louisiana, Mexico, Morocco, New Jersey, New York City, North Carolina, Oregon, Prague, Saudi Arabia, S. Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vancouver, Virginia, Washington D.C..
Affiliations: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, DGA, Local 600, VES