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Michael Lawler(I)

  • Visual Effects
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
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Michael Lawler is known for Darkman (1990), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Broken Arrow (1996).
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    Known for

    Liam Neeson in Darkman (1990)
    Darkman
    6.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 1990
    Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
    8.7
    • Visual Effects(miniature and optical effects unit)
    • 1980
    Christian Slater and John Travolta in Broken Arrow (1996)
    Broken Arrow
    6.1
    • Visual Effects(miniatures)
    • 1996
    Steven Seagal in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
    Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
    5.6
    • Visual Effects
    • 1995

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    Visual Effects

    • Roswell (1999)
      Roswell
      7.5
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor: Encore Visual Effects
      • 1999–2002
    • Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999)
      Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
      7.8
      Video Game
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 1999
    • Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, and Frances Fisher in Titanic (1997)
      Titanic
      7.9
      • visual effects cameraman (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Richard Dean Anderson, Jane Leeves, and Robert Guillaume in Pandora's Clock (1996)
      Pandora's Clock
      6.1
      TV Mini Series
      • visual effects director of photography (uncredited)
      • 1996
    • Christian Slater and John Travolta in Broken Arrow (1996)
      Broken Arrow
      6.1
      • director of photography: miniatures
      • 1996
    • Steven Seagal in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
      Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
      5.6
      • visual effects cameraman
      • 1995
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1994)
      Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
      7.2
      Video Game
      • visual effects cameraman
      • 1994
    • RoboCop 3 (1993)
      RoboCop 3
      4.2
      • visual effects cameraman (uncredited)
      • 1993
    • Ariana Richards and Jeff Daniels in Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (1991)
      Grand Tour: Disaster in Time
      6.4
      • director of miniature photography
      • 1991
    • If Looks Could Kill (1991)
      If Looks Could Kill
      5.8
      • visual effects cameraman: Introvision
      • 1991
    • Willem Dafoe, Danny Glover, and Brad Johnson in Flight of the Intruder (1991)
      Flight of the Intruder
      5.8
      • visual effects cameraman
      • 1991
    • Liam Neeson in Darkman (1990)
      Darkman
      6.4
      • visual effects cameraman
      • 1990
    • Miracle Landing (1990)
      Miracle Landing
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • visual effects cameraman
      • 1990
    • Rick Moranis, Thomas Wilson Brown, Amy O'Neill, Robert Oliveri, and Jared Rushton in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
      Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
      6.4
      • visual effects cameraman
      • 1989
    • Miracle Mile (1988)
      Miracle Mile
      7.0
      • visual effects cameraman
      • 1988

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Simply Mad About the Mouse (1991)
      Simply Mad About the Mouse
      6.9
      Short
      • director of photography (segments "The Siamese Cat Song", "Open, Close & Interstitial Sequences")
      • 1991
    • Summerspell (1983)
      Summerspell
      5.1
      • gaffer
      • 1983
    • Michael Jackson and The Jacksons in The Jacksons: Can You Feel It (1981)
      The Jacksons: Can You Feel It
      7.8
      Music Video
      • special photography
      • 1981

    Cinematographer

    • Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe (1985)
      Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
      7.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 1985

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    • Alternative name
      • Mike Lawler

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