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John P. Cazin

  • Special Effects
  • Art Department
  • Visual Effects
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John P. Cazin is known for Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Inception (2010) and Starship Troopers (1997).
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    Known for

    Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
    Live Free or Die Hard
    7.1
    • Visual Effects(as John Cazin, New Deal Studios)
    • 2007
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)
    Inception
    8.8
    • Special Effects
    • 2010
    Dina Meyer and Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers (1997)
    Starship Troopers
    7.3
    • Special Effects(as John Cazin, visual effects pyro unit, SPI)
    • 1997
    Jennifer Lopez, Mark Strong, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, and Simu Liu in Atlas (2024)
    Atlas
    5.6
    • Special Effects
    • 2024

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    Special Effects

    • Jennifer Lopez, Mark Strong, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, and Simu Liu in Atlas (2024)
      Atlas
      5.6
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2024
    • Shemar Moore in S.W.A.T. (2017)
      S.W.A.T.
      7.2
      TV Series
      • special effects foreman
      • special effects foreman: pyrotechnics
      • special effects technician
      • 2017–2022
    • Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman (2020)
      Promising Young Woman
      7.5
      • on-set special effects coordinator (as John Cazin)
      • 2020
    • Michael Ealy, Cobie Smulders, and Jake Johnson in Stumptown (2019)
      Stumptown
      7.5
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator (as John Cazin)
      • 2019
    • All Rise (2019)
      All Rise
      7.1
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Scarlet Spencer and Dallas Dupree Young in Cousins for Life (2018)
      Cousins for Life
      4.7
      TV Series
      • special effects foreman
      • 2019
    • Bunker of Blood: Chapter 6: Zombie Lust: Night Flesh (2018)
      Bunker of Blood: Chapter 6: Zombie Lust: Night Flesh
      2.8
      Video
      • special effects (as Jon P. Cazin)
      • 2018
    • Annie Potts, Lance Barber, Zoe Perry, Raegan Revord, Montana Jordan, and Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)
      Young Sheldon
      7.7
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2017
    • Viola Davis in How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
      How to Get Away with Murder
      8.1
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator (uncredited)
      • 2015–2017
    • Bruce Willis in Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)
      Once Upon a Time in Venice
      5.3
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2017
    • Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Jon Tenney, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)
      Major Crimes
      7.8
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, and Nathalie Emmanuel in The Fate of the Furious (2017)
      The Fate of the Furious
      6.6
      • pyrotechnician
      • 2017
    • Mel Gibson in Blood Father (2016)
      Blood Father
      6.4
      • special effects technician: additional photography (as John Cazin)
      • 2016
    • Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)
      Our Brand Is Crisis
      6.1
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2015
    • Ron Perlman and Dana Delany in Hand of God (2014)
      Hand of God
      7.4
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2015

    Art Department

    • Tales from the Darkside (1983)
      Tales from the Darkside
      7.4
      TV Series
      • on-set carpenter
      • construction coordinator
      • leadman (as John Cazin) ...
      • 1986–1988
    • Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
      Critters 2: The Main Course
      5.6
      • set carpenter (as John Cazin)
      • 1988

    Visual Effects

    • Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)
      Inception
      8.8
      • visual effects: New Deal Studios (as John Cazin)
      • 2010
    • Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
      Live Free or Die Hard
      7.1
      • miniature effects crew: New Deal Studios (as John Cazin)
      • 2007

    Personal details

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    • Official sites
      • Official Site for Surefire Special Effects, Inc.
      • Surefire Special FX
    • Alternative names
      • John Cazin

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