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Phil McLaren

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Phil McLaren is known for District 9 (2009), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Adrift (2018).
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    Known for

    District 9 (2009)
    District 9
    7.9
    Movie
    • Special Effects(second & pick-up units)
    • 2009
    Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
    Mad Max: Fury Road
    8.1
    Movie
    • Special Effects
    • 2015
    Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin in Adrift (2018)
    Adrift
    6.6
    Movie
    • Special Effects
    • 2018
    Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
    Ghost in the Shell
    6.3
    Movie
    • Special Effects
    • 2017

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    Special Effects

    • Predator: Badlands
      • senior special effects technician
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Klara and the Sun
      • senior special effects technician
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Emily Watson, Mark Strong, Olivia Williams, and Travis Fimmel in Dune: Prophecy (2024)
      Dune: Prophecy
      7.3
      TV Series
      • special effects floor supervisor
      • 2024
    • Charlie Vickers in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
      The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
      6.9
      TV Series
      • special effects floor supervisor
      • senior special effects technician
      • 2022–2024
    • Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • special effects floor supervisor
      • 2022
    • Charlize Theron, Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, John Cena, and Nathalie Emmanuel in F9: The Fast Saga (2021)
      F9: The Fast Saga
      5.2
      • special effects technician: second unit, Georgia
      • 2021
    • Yifei Liu in Mulan (2020)
      Mulan
      5.8
      • special effects floor supervisor
      • 2020
    • Portia Doubleday, Lucy Hale, and Charlotte McKinney in Fantasy Island (2020)
      Fantasy Island
      4.9
      • special effects technician
      • 2020
    • The Meg (2018)
      The Meg
      5.7
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2018
    • Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin in Adrift (2018)
      Adrift
      6.6
      • on-set lead special effects
      • 2018
    • Josh Thomson, Luciane Buchanan, Chai Hansen, and Emilie Cocquerel in The New Legends of Monkey (2018)
      The New Legends of Monkey
      6.5
      TV Series
      • senior special effects technician
      • 2018
    • Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
      Ghost in the Shell
      6.3
      • special effects floor supervisor
      • 2017
    • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
      Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
      7.8
      • special effects technician: dailies
      • 2016
    • Jason Statham in Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
      Mechanic: Resurrection
      5.7
      • special effects floor supervisor
      • 2016
    • John Kassir and Oakes Fegley in Pete's Dragon (2016)
      Pete's Dragon
      6.7
      • special effects technician
      • 2016
    • Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
      The BFG
      6.3
      • special effects technician: UK
      • 2016
    • Nancy Brunning and Temuera Morrison in The Patriarch (2016)
      The Patriarch
      7.1
      • special effects technician
      • 2016

    Art Department

    • Molly McDowall in Nurse Me (2016)
      Nurse Me
      Short
      • assistant art director
      • 2016

    Additional Crew

    • The Killian Curse (2006)
      The Killian Curse
      8.1
      TV Series
      • safety
      • 2006

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