Crew

David Blitstein

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Known For

The Prestige · 2006

★ 8.22006

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

War of the Worlds · 2005

War of the Worlds

★ 6.62005

MovieAdventureThriller

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

They Live · 1988

They Live

★ 7.31988

MovieScience FictionAction

A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.

City of Angels · 1998

City of Angels

★ 6.81998

MovieDramaFantasy

When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.

2010 · 1984

2010

★ 6.71984

MovieThrillerScience Fiction

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

Beverly Hills Cop II · 1987

Beverly Hills Cop II

★ 6.51987

MovieActionComedy

Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.

Filmography

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A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

Special Effects Coordinator

War of the Worlds · 2005

War of the Worlds

★ 6.62005

MovieAdventureThriller

Special Effects Supervisor

They Live · 1988

They Live

★ 7.31988

MovieScience FictionAction

A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.

Special Effects Assistant

City of Angels · 1998

City of Angels

★ 6.81998

MovieDramaFantasy

Special Effects Coordinator

2010 · 1984

2010

★ 6.71984

MovieThrillerScience Fiction

Special Effects Assistant

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

Special Effects

Special Effects Coordinator

Beverly Hills Cop II · 1987

Beverly Hills Cop II

★ 6.51987

MovieActionComedy

Special Effects Assistant

An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

Special Effects Coordinator

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo · 1999

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

★ 6.01999

MovieComedyRomance

Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual mix of female clients. He encounters a couple of problems, though. He falls in love with one of his unusual clients, and a sleazy police officer is hot on his trail.

Special Effects Coordinator

The Indian in the Cupboard · 1995

The Indian in the Cupboard

★ 6.51995

MovieAdventureFamily

A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.

Special Effects Coordinator

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension · 1984

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

★ 6.01984

MovieScience FictionComedy

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

Special Effects

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War · 2016

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War

★ 6.92016

MovieDocumentary

Join an American couple’s courageous mission in 1939 to help refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe. Over the course of two years, the pair will risk their lives so that hundreds can live in freedom.

Writer

House of 1000 Corpses · 2003

House of 1000 Corpses

★ 6.22003

MovieHorror

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

Special Effects Coordinator

The River Wild · 1994

The River Wild

★ 6.51994

MovieAdventureThriller

Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.

Special Effects

Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?

Special Effects Coordinator

Junior · 1994

Junior

★ 5.21994

MovieComedyScience Fiction

A research scientist becomes the world's first pregnant man in order to test a drug he and a colleague have designed for expectant women. To carry out the trial, he has an embryo implant, believing that he will only carry the baby for three months – hardly expecting to face the prospect of giving birth.

Visual Effects Supervisor

Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.

Special Effects Coordinator

America's Sweethearts · 2001

America's Sweethearts

★ 5.72001

MovieComedyRomance

In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.

Special Effects

Beethoven's 2nd · 1993

Beethoven's 2nd

★ 5.61993

MovieFamilyComedy

Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem is that Missy's owner, Regina, wants to sell the puppies and tear the clan apart. It's up to Beethoven and the Newton kids to save the day and keep everyone together.

Special Effects Coordinator

A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.

Special Effects Coordinator

Ghosts of Mississippi · 1996

Ghosts of Mississippi

★ 6.61996

MovieDramaHistory

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

Special Effects Coordinator

Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning-fast deductions. But he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them.

Special Effects

Ed · 1996

★ 4.11996

MovieComedyFamily

Jack Cooper could be a world-class baseball pitcher if he didn't keep buckling under the pressure. He tries to keep his spirits up after he's traded to a minor league team but loses all hope when he discovers that Ed, one of his teammates, is a chimp. Ed used to be the team mascot, but was promoted to third base when the owners realized he had a talent for baseball. As Jack struggles to get used to his new surroundings, Ed helps him regain his confidence on and off the field.

Special Effects Coordinator