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Michael Kay(II)

  • Special Effects
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Michael Kay is known for The Matrix Resurrections (2021), Inception (2010) and I Am Number Four (2011).
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    Known for

    Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eréndira Ibarra, Jessica Henwick, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
    The Matrix Resurrections
    5.6
    • Special Effects
    • 2021
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)
    Inception
    8.8
    • Special Effects
    • 2010
    Alex Pettyfer in I Am Number Four (2011)
    I Am Number Four
    6.1
    • Special Effects
    • 2011
    Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
    Ghost in the Shell
    6.3
    • Special Effects
    • 2017

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    Special Effects

    • All-Star Weekend
      • special effects engineer
      • Completed
    • Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eréndira Ibarra, Jessica Henwick, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
      The Matrix Resurrections
      5.6
      • special effects engineer
      • 2021
    • Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, and Celeste O'Connor in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
      Ghostbusters: Afterlife
      7.0
      • special effects engineer
      • 2021
    • Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Hana Mae Lee, Emily Alyn Lind, Andrew Bachelor, Jenna Ortega, and Judah Lewis in The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)
      The Babysitter: Killer Queen
      5.8
      • special effects engineer
      • 2020
    • Matthew Rhys in Perry Mason (2020)
      Perry Mason
      7.6
      TV Series
      • special effects engineer
      • 2020
    • Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, and Margot Robbie in Bombshell (2019)
      Bombshell
      6.8
      • special effects foreman (as Michael R. Kay)
      • 2019
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
      Spider-Man: Far from Home
      7.4
      • special effects foreman: Los Angeles additional photography
      • 2019
    • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
      Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
      7.9
      TV Series
      • special effects engineer
      • 2018–2019
    • Damon Wayans and Seann William Scott in Lethal Weapon (2016)
      Lethal Weapon
      7.8
      TV Series
      • special effects engineer
      • 2016–2019
    • Steven Spielberg, Ben Mendelsohn, George Michael, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Perdita Weeks, Kamara Benjamin Barnett, Mandy June Turpin, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Stephen Mitchell, Neet Mohan, Win Morisaki, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Kae Alexander, Sarah Sharman, Robert Gilbert, Raed Abbas, Letitia Wright, Tye Sheridan, Asan N'Jie, Hannah John-Kamen, Cara Theobold, Olivia Cooke, Alphonso Austin, Amy Clare Beales, Jane Leaney, Kathryn Wilder, and Philip Zhao in Ready Player One (2018)
      Ready Player One
      7.4
      • special effects foreman
      • 2018
    • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
      The Cloverfield Paradox
      5.5
      • special effects engineer
      • 2018
    • Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in Bright (2017)
      Bright
      6.3
      • special effects foreman
      • 2017
    • Mel Gibson, Mark Wahlberg, John Lithgow, Will Ferrell, Linda Cardellini, John Cena, Scarlett Estevez, and Owen Vaccaro in Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
      Daddy's Home 2
      6.0
      • special effects foreperson
      • 2017
    • Gina Gershon, Whoopi Goldberg, and Charlie Sheen in 9/11 (2017)
      9/11
      4.5
      • physical effects technician
      • 2017
    • Julianne Moore, Matt Damon, and Oscar Isaac in Suburbicon (2017)
      Suburbicon
      5.8
      • special effects engineer
      • 2017
    • Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
      Ghost in the Shell
      6.3
      • special effects foreman
      • 2017

    Visual Effects

    • Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, and Naomi Watts in Stay (2005)
      Stay
      6.7
      • rollover rig: visual effects plate unit
      • special effects technician: visual effects plate unit (as Michael R. Kay)
      • 2005

    Additional Crew

    • Jack Black and Kyle Gass in Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006)
      Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny
      6.8
      • puppeteer (as Michael R. Kay)
      • 2006

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      • Michael R. Kay

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