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One of the motion picture industry's leading special effects artists. An Academy Award® winner for his work on JURASSIC PARK (1993), he has frequently collaborated with Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment on such projects as INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989), BACK TO THE FUTURE II (1989) and BACK TO THE FUTURE III (1990), WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988), HOOK (1991), THE FLINTSTONES (1994) and CASPER (1995).
Among Lantieri's other credits include FLASHDANCE (1983), FRIGHT NIGHT (1985), THE WOMAN IN RED, THIEF OF HEARTS, THE LAST STARFIGHTER (all 1984), POLTERGEIST II and STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (both 1986), TWINS (1988), THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK (1987), BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA and DEATH BECOMES HER (both 1992), the latter two of which he did simultaneously, CONGO (1995), MARS ATTACKS! and MATILDA (both 1996), MOUSEHUNT (1997), DEEP IMPACT (1998), WILD WILD WEST and THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE (both 1999), THE 6TH DAY (2000), JURASSIC PARK III (2001), MINORITY REPORT (2002), SEABISQUIT and HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (both 2003), THE TERMINAL, THE POLAR EXPRESS and LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (all 2004), MONSTER HOUSE, SUPERMAN RETURNS and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST (all 2006), BEOWULF (2007), THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES, GET SMART and SUPERHERO! (all scheduled for 2008), and HOTEL FOR DOGS and LAND OF THE LOST (both scheduled for 2009). Baseball fans will note that, in 2004, Lantieri designed the explosives to destroy the controversial "Bartman Ball", the ball that was deflected at Wrigley Field when the Chicago Cubs were 5 outs away from the World Series. Nominated for Achievement in Visual Effects 1989: BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (w. Ken Ralston, John Bell & Steve Gawley)
5 nominations, 1 Award |