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James McPhail

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James McPhail is known for Watchmen (2009), Atlas (2024) and District 9 (2009).
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    Known for

    Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson in Watchmen (2009)
    Watchmen
    7.6
    Movie
    • Visual Effects(Image Engine, uncredited)
    • 2009
    Jennifer Lopez, Mark Strong, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, and Simu Liu in Atlas (2024)
    Atlas
    5.6
    Movie
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 2024
    District 9 (2009)
    District 9
    7.9
    Movie
    • Visual Effects(Image Engine)
    • 2009
    Edward Norton and Lou Ferrigno in The Incredible Hulk (2008)
    The Incredible Hulk
    6.6
    Movie
    • Visual Effects(Image Engine)
    • 2008

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    Visual Effects

    • Rebecca Ferguson, Shane McRae, Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, and Remmie Milner in Silo (2023)
      Silo
      8.1
      TV Series
      • fx td:ILM
      • 2024–2025
    • Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Keegan-Michael Key, and Brian Tyree Henry in Transformers One (2024)
      Transformers One
      7.6
      • fx technical director: ILM
      • 2024
    • Jennifer Lopez, Mark Strong, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, and Simu Liu in Atlas (2024)
      Atlas
      5.6
      • fx technical director: ILM
      • 2024
    • Rosario Dawson in Ahsoka (2023)
      Ahsoka
      7.5
      TV Series
      • fx technical director: ILM
      • 2023
    • Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, Pedro Pascal, Shirley Henderson, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Katee Sackhoff, Amy Sedaris, Omid Abtahi, Emily Swallow, and Katy O'Brian in The Mandalorian (2019)
      The Mandalorian
      8.6
      TV Series
      • fx td: ILM
      • 2023
    • Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Genevieve O'Reilly, Alan Tudyk, Denise Gough, Faye Marsay, Kyle Soller, and Adria Arjona in Andor (2022)
      Andor
      8.4
      TV Series
      • fx technical director: ILM
      • 2022
    • Ewan McGregor, James Earl Jones, Hayden Christensen, and Dmitrious Bistrevsky in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
      Obi-Wan Kenobi
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • fx td: ILM
      • 2022
    • Ming-Na Wen and Temuera Morrison in The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
      The Book of Boba Fett
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • fx technical director: ILM
      • 2022
    • Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Gemma Chan, Ma Dong-seok, Brian Tyree Henry, Kit Harington, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, and Lia McHugh in Eternals (2021)
      Eternals
      6.2
      • creature td: ILM
      • 2021
    • Charlize Theron, Snoop Dogg, Conrad Vernon, Oscar Isaac, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Kroll, and Javon 'Wanna' Walton in The Addams Family 2 (2021)
      The Addams Family 2
      5.4
      • fx td: Cinesite
      • 2021
    • Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer in Thunder Force (2021)
      Thunder Force
      4.6
      • fx td: Method Studios
      • 2021
    • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
      Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
      6.4
      • visual effects creature td: ILM
      • 2019
    • Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Dave Franco, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Corey Hawkins, Ben Hardy, and Adria Arjona in 6 Underground (2019)
      6 Underground
      6.1
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2019
    • Will Smith, Alan Tudyk, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, Marwan Kenzari, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Adam Alzoubi, and Nathaniel Ellul in Aladdin (2019)
      Aladdin
      6.9
      • creature td: ILM
      • 2019
    • Brie Larson in Captain Marvel (2019)
      Captain Marvel
      6.8
      • creature technical director: ILM
      • 2019

    Additional Crew

    • War Torn
      Short
      • instructor
      • 2010

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