Known For
Visual Effects
Credits
58 titles
Michael Lantieri
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Lantieri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Kandagawa Jet Girls
Sound Director
The Darkest Minds
Special Effects Supervisor
Westworld
Special Effects Coordinator
Outatime: Saving the DeLorean Time Machine
Himself
Secret in Their Eyes
Special Effects Supervisor
Jurassic World
Special Effects
Escape Plan
Special Effects Supervisor
The Master
Special Effects Coordinator
Flight
Special Effects Supervisor
Little Fockers
Special Effects Supervisor
A Christmas Carol
Special Effects Supervisor
Land of the Lost
Special Effects Supervisor
Get Smart
Special Effects Supervisor
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Special Effects Supervisor
Monster House
Special Effects
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
Self
The Polar Express
Special Effects Coordinator
The Terminal
Special Effects Supervisor
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
Special Effects Supervisor
The Prince & Me
Special Effects Supervisor
House of Sand and Fog
Special Effects Coordinator
The Making of 'Hulk'
Self
Seabiscuit
Special Effects Coordinator
Hulk
Special Effects Supervisor
Minority Report
Special Effects Supervisor
The Making Of Jurassic Park III
Self
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Special Effects Supervisor
The 6th Day
Special Effects Supervisor
Wild Wild West: Evil Devices
Himself
Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West
Self
Wild Wild West: Good Guys Gadgets
Self
The Astronaut's Wife
Special Effects Supervisor
Komodo
Director
Wild Wild West
Special Effects Supervisor
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
Self
Deep Impact
Special Effects Coordinator
MouseHunt
Special Effects Coordinator
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Special Effects Supervisor
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
Matilda
Special Effects
Congo
Special Effects Supervisor
Casper
Special Effects Supervisor
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self
The Flintstones
Special Effects Supervisor
Jurassic Park
Special Effects Supervisor
Death Becomes Her
Special Effects Supervisor
Hook
Special Effects Supervisor
Nothing but Trouble
Special Effects
Back to the Future Part II
Special Effects Supervisor
Twins
Special Effects Coordinator