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Mike Kelt

  • Visual Effects
  • Special Effects
  • Producer
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Mike Kelt
Mike is CEO and SFX Supervisor at Artem Ltd - a leading physical special effects company with workshops in London and Glasgow. He has been in the Special Effects business for over 35 years, the last 34 of which have been with Artem which he helped to establish and has run since the start.

Artem works in Feature Film, TV and Commercials and Mike has been involved in projects across each of these creative sectors. His feature film credits include 'Paddington 2', 'Hot Fuzz', 'T2 - Trainspotting', 'Macbeth' and, most recently, Amazon Prime's Cinderella starting Idina Menzel, James Corden, and Billy Porter.

Before Artem, when at the BBC, Mike worked on such cult projects as 'Blake's 7', 'Doctor Who', 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy', and many other Drama and Entertainment productions. He began his career in Theatre as a Set Designer and Production Manager in rep and opera.

In November 2005, Mike became Dr Kelt when he was awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Hertfordshire for 'Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects at Home and Abroad'

Mike sits on BSAC, (British Screen Advisory Council), the Board of UK Screen, (the trade body for the facilities sector), Skillset's Facilities Skills Council, and the Court of the University Of Hertfordshire.
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  • Known for

    Tommy Lee Jones, Kenneth Choi, Chris Evans, JJ Feild, Neal McDonough, Bruno Ricci, Hugo Weaving, Derek Luke, Sebastian Stan, and Hayley Atwell in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
    Captain America: The First Avenger
    6.9
    • Special Effects
    • 2011
    Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz (2007)
    Hot Fuzz
    7.8
    • Special Effects
    • 2007
    Liam Neeson, January Jones, and Diane Kruger in Unknown (2011)
    Unknown
    6.8
    • Special Effects(miniatures unit)
    • 2011
    Matt Damon, Monica Bellucci, Heath Ledger, and Lena Headey in The Brothers Grimm (2005)
    The Brothers Grimm
    5.9
    • Special Effects
    • 2005

    Credits

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    Visual Effects



    • Kate Beckinsale, Rufus Sewell, Ian McKellen, Eileen Atkins, and Ivan Kaye in Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
      Cold Comfort Farm
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • visual effects
      • 1995
    • Screen One (1985)
      Screen One
      6.8
      TV Series
      • visual effects designer
      • 1993
    • Paul Merton in Paul Merton: The Series (1991)
      Paul Merton: The Series
      7.6
      TV Series
      • visual effects
      • 1991
    • The Les Dawson Show (1978)
      The Les Dawson Show
      7.5
      TV Series
      • visual effects
      • visual effects designer
      • 1987–1989
    • Screen Two (1984)
      Screen Two
      6.5
      TV Series
      • visual effects designer
      • 1989
    • Duke Bluebeard's Castle (1988)
      Duke Bluebeard's Castle
      8.0
      TV Movie
      • visual effects designer
      • 1988
    • Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater, Robert Hardy, and Christopher Timothy in All Creatures Great & Small (1978)
      All Creatures Great & Small
      8.4
      TV Series
      • visual effects designer
      • 1988
    • Star Cops (1987)
      Star Cops
      7.3
      TV Series
      • visual effects designer
      • 1987
    • Everyman (1977)
      Everyman
      7.3
      TV Series
      • visual effects
      • 1986
    • Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
      Doctor Who
      8.4
      TV Series
      • visual effects designer
      • 1983–1986
    • Alice in Wonderland (1986)
      Alice in Wonderland
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • models designed by
      • visual effects designer
      • 1986
    • Ian McShane in Lovejoy (1986)
      Lovejoy
      7.8
      TV Series
      • visual effects designer
      • 1986
    • The Tripods (1984)
      The Tripods
      7.4
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor (as Michael Kelt)
      • 1985
    • Top of the Pops (1964)
      Top of the Pops
      6.9
      TV Series
      • visual effects design
      • visual effects
      • 1981–1985
    • Ronnie Corbett in Sorry! (1981)
      Sorry!
      6.7
      TV Series
      • visual effects designer
      • 1985

    Special Effects



    • Sean Astin, Christopher Lloyd, Tami Stronach, and Shohreh Aghdashloo in Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps (2024)
      Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
      5.5
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2024
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Tuesday (2023)
      Tuesday
      6.3
      • special effects
      • 2023
    • Chemistry of Death (2023)
      Chemistry of Death
      6.5
      TV Series
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2023
    • Out of Darkness (2022)
      Out of Darkness
      5.5
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2022
    • Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Camila Cabello, and Nicholas Galitzine in Cinderella (2021)
      Cinderella
      4.4
      • special effects
      • 2021
    • Timothy Spall and Phyllis Logan in The Last Bus (2021)
      The Last Bus
      6.6
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2021
    • Solly McLeod, Cailean Galloway, Maisie Prendergast, Lauren Harris, Max Mason, Albert Clogston, Richard Prendergast, and Rachel Prendergast in Maximus (2021)
      Maximus
      8.0
      Short
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2021
    • Horizon Line (2020)
      Horizon Line
      4.8
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2020
    • Edward Anderson in Error in Terror (2019)
      Error in Terror
      Short
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2019
    • Gerard Butler and Peter Mullan in The Vanishing (2018)
      The Vanishing
      5.9
      • special effects supervisor: Artem
      • 2018
    • Keeley Hawes and Richard Madden in Bodyguard (2018)
      Bodyguard
      8.0
      TV Series
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2018
    • Kit Harington in The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2018)
      The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
      6.1
      • special effects supervisor: United Kingdom, Artem
      • 2018
    • Steven Ogg in Solis (2018)
      Solis
      4.4
      • SFX by: ARTEM
      • 2018
    • Paddington 2 (2017)
      Paddington 2
      7.8
      • special effects
      • 2017
    • Jackie Chan in The Foreigner (2017)
      The Foreigner
      7.0
      • special effects
      • 2017

    Producer



    • Indian Summer
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production



    • Robert Gwyn Davin, Philip Madoc, Joanna Maw, Steffan Thomas, Mark Charles, and Barry Cockers in Hawk (2011)
      Hawk
      7.4
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2011

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      • Artem Ltd Official Website
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    • Alternative name
      • Michael Kelt

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