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Shaun Friedberg 'Pyrokinesis'

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Shaun Friedberg 'Pyrokinesis' is known for Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014).
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    Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
    Alita: Battle Angel
    7.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 2019
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    7.6
    • Visual Effects(as Shaun Friedberg)
    • 2011
    Karin Konoval, Andy Serkis, Terry Notary, Nick Thurston, and Scott Lang in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    7.6
    • Visual Effects(as Shaun Friedberg)
    • 2014
    Hera Hilmar in Mortal Engines (2018)
    Mortal Engines
    6.1
    • Visual Effects
    • 2018

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    Visual Effects



    • Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • lead motion r&d td: Weta FX
      • 2022
    • Paul Giamatti, Dwayne Johnson, Jesse Plemons, Edgar Ramírez, Emily Blunt, and Jack Whitehall in Jungle Cruise (2021)
      Jungle Cruise
      6.5
      • lead motion r&d technical director: Weta Digital
      • 2021
    • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
      Godzilla vs. Kong
      6.3
      • lead motion r&d technical director
      • 2021
    • Andrew Diaz, Hala Finley, Lyon Daniels, Akira Akbar, Andy Walken, Nathan Blair, YaYa Gosselin, Vivien Lyra Blair, Dylan Henry Lau, Lotus Blossom, and Isaiah Russell-Bailey in We Can Be Heroes (2020)
      We Can Be Heroes
      4.7
      • lead motion r&d technical director
      • 2020
    • Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
      The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
      6.0
      • lead motion r&d technical director
      • 2020
    • Yifei Liu in Mulan (2020)
      Mulan
      5.8
      • lead motion r&d technical director
      • 2020
    • Rosie Perez, Jurnee Smollett, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Margot Robbie, and Ella Jay Basco in Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)
      Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
      6.1
      • lead motion r&d technical director
      • 2020
    • Danny Glover, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Dwayne Johnson, and Karen Gillan in Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
      Jumanji: The Next Level
      6.6
      • lead motion r&d technical director
      • 2019
    • F. Murray Abraham, Justin Theroux, Rose, Monte, Tessa Thompson, and Arturo Castro in Lady and the Tramp (2019)
      Lady and the Tramp
      6.2
      • lead motion r&d technical director (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Will Smith and Victor Hugo in Gemini Man (2019)
      Gemini Man
      5.7
      • lead motion r&d technical director
      • 2019
    • Michael Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Natalie Portman, Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Redford, Rene Russo, Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin, Linda Cardellini, Vin Diesel, Alan Silvestri, Matthew Berry, Russell Bobbitt, Taika Waititi, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, James D'Arcy, Chris Evans, Jon Favreau, Kevin Feige, Jeffrey Ford, Keith Giffen, Patrick Gorman, Frank Grillo, Sean Gunn, Maximiliano Hernández, Ken Jeong, Scarlett Johansson, Ameenah Kaplan, Jack Kirby, Brie Larson, Stan Lee, James Lin, Mike Lutz, Lee Moore, Callan Mulvey, Elizabeth Olsen, Taylor Patterson, Jimmy Ray Pickens, John Posey, Chris Pratt, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Zoe Saldaña, Hiroyuki Sanada, Matthew Schmidt, Joe Simon, John Slattery, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wisdom, Benedict Wong, Charles Wood, Jennifer 'Ms Fer' Russell, Camille Kinloch, Penelope Kathryn Golden, Eric Patrick Cameron, Trent Opaloch, Terry Notary, Ava Russo, Julian Russo, Jamie Wedel, Bazlo LeClair, Loen LeClair, Augie Rosalina, Erica Ribley, Carlos A. Aparicio, Tom Hiddleston, Sam Hargrave, Anthony Mackie, Robert Pralgo, Cobie Smulders, Caleb Spencer Barr, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monique Ganderton, Larry Lieber, Yvette Nicole Brown, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Ty Simpkins, Audrae Peterson, Don Heck, Evangeline Lilly, Keith Wallace, Chadwick Boseman, Aaron Lazar, Kyle Banks, Sebastian Stan, Joy McAvoy, Danai Gurira, Steve Englehart, Tessa Thompson, Donald Mustard, Hayley Atwell, Karen Gillan, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Steven Essani, Ross Marquand, Bill Mantlo, Pom Klementieff, Steve Gan, Brian Schaeffer, Michael Pierino Miller, Keith Nussbaum, Emma Fuhrmann, Anthony B. Harris, Letitia Wright, Maxwell L. Highsmith, Tom Holland, Jim Starlin, Anthony G Breed, Brent McGee, Ami Fujimoto, Michael James Shaw, Dustin Pitan, Carrie Coon, Eric Word, Andrew S. McMillan, Benjamin Weaver, Mari Kasuya, Khalid Ghajji, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Ayren Sainté, Jack Champion, John Michael Morris, Hye Jin Jang, Marie Mouroum, Winston Duke, Michael A. Cook, Jackson A. Dunn, Jennifer Elmore, Ben Sakamoto, Jay D. Kacho, Faith Logan, Brent Moorer Gaskins, Vincent Angel, Paul Pillsbury, Timothy Carr, Daniela Gaskie, Cameron Brumbelow, Kris Taylor, James Robert Taylor, Lia Russo, Jacob Batalon, Andy Field, Renah Gallagher, Tevin Beech, Bobby Hoskins, Jacob Evans, Jason M. Edwards, Olaniyan Thurmon, Kevin Kobinsky, Miles Webb, Maria Z. Wilson, Alexa Medina, Rob Romero, Cade Woodward, Monica Mathis, Shaun McMillan, Roe Dunkley, Jamaal Burcher, Kiersten Dolbec, Raul Alcantar, Greg Tiffan, Eric Wallace, Kari Yovetich, Ryan L. Price, Daniel L. Murphy, Daniel Callister, Nolan Ekberg, Kevin So, Lexi Rabe, and Robert Tinsley in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
      Avengers: Endgame
      8.4
      • lead motion r&d technical director
      • 2019
    • Elliot Page, Robert Sheehan, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Aidan Gallagher, and Emmy Raver-Lampman in The Umbrella Academy (2019)
      The Umbrella Academy
      7.8
      TV Series
      • lead motion r&d technical director
      • 2019
    • Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
      Alita: Battle Angel
      7.3
      • senior motion r&d technical director
      • 2019
    • Hera Hilmar in Mortal Engines (2018)
      Mortal Engines
      6.1
      • senior motion r&d technical director
      • 2018
    • Yifeng Li in Animal World (2018)
      Animal World
      6.4
      • lead motion r&d technical director
      • 2018

    Animation Department



    • Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong'o, and Neel Sethi in The Jungle Book (2016)
      The Jungle Book
      7.3
      • animation technical director: Weta Digital
      • 2016

    Additional Crew



    • Child's Play 3 (1991)
      Child's Play 3
      5.2
      • military school student extra (uncredited)
      • 1991

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      • Shaun Friedberg

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