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Melissa Brockman(I)

  • Visual Effects
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Melissa has been producing visual effects for over 25 years. Initially obtaining a degree in theatre stage management from Boston University, Melissa moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to pursue a career in feature film-making. She began her VFX career in 1996 at Digital Domain on the film Dante's Peak. From there, Melissa continued working at such high-profile companies as Cinesite, Stan Winston Digital, CIS Hollywood and Rhythm & Hues. In 2017 she transitioned to client-side vfx producer on the STX Films production of The Space Between Us. She continued working with STX on such films as Hustlers, 21 Bridges and Countdown. In 2019 she began working for Blumhouse Films on The Invisible Man, directed by Leigh Wannel. For the next two years she worked with Blumhouse on projects such as The Forever Purge, The Black Phone, Firestarter and Vengeance. M3GAN. During those first two years she established a visual effects department and, In 2021, was promoted to VP of VFX. In that role she produced and supervised the hit movies M3GAN, Insidious: The Red Door, Five Nights at Freddy's and many others.
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  • Known for

    Christian Bale and Taye Diggs in Equilibrium (2002)
    Equilibrium
    7.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 2002
    Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, and Hugh Jackman in X-Men (2000)
    X-Men
    7.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 2000
    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
    6.1
    • Visual Effects(as Melissa Brockman Kalmus)
    • 2004
    Elisabeth Moss in The Invisible Man (2020)
    The Invisible Man
    7.1
    • Visual Effects
    • 2020

    Credits

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    Visual Effects



    • Robert De Niro, Adam Scott, and Michelle Monaghan in The Whisper Man (2026)
      The Whisper Man
      6.2
      • visual effects producer
      • 2026
    • Ronald Binion in Imaginary (2024)
      Imaginary
      4.8
      • vfx producer
      • 2024
    • Night Swim (2024)
      Night Swim
      4.7
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2024
    • Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
      Five Nights at Freddy's
      5.4
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2023
    • Lin Shaye, Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, and Ty Simpkins in Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
      Insidious: The Red Door
      5.5
      • visual effects producer
      • 2023
    • Amie Donald and Violet McGraw in M3GAN (2022)
      M3GAN
      6.3
      • visual effects producer
      • 2022
    • Kevin Bacon, Cooper Koch, Monique Kim, Austin Crute, Anna Lore, Quei Tann, Theo Germaine, and Darwin del Fabro in They/Them (2022)
      They/Them
      4.0
      • vfx producer
      • 2022
    • Ashton Kutcher, J. Smith-Cameron, Louanne Stephens, B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook, Isabella Amara, Issa Rae, Dove Cameron, and Eli Bickel in Vengeance (2022)
      Vengeance
      6.8
      • visual effects producer
      • 2022
    • Ryan Kiera Armstrong in Firestarter (2022)
      Firestarter
      4.6
      • vfx producer
      • 2022
    • Ethan Hawke in The Black Phone (2021)
      The Black Phone
      6.9
      • vfx producer
      • 2021
    • The Forever Purge (2021)
      The Forever Purge
      5.4
      • vfx producer
      • 2021
    • Catherine Curtin, Wayne Duvall, Glenn Fleshler, Michaela Watkins, Sarah Burns, Michael Chernus, Milana Vayntrub, Harvey Guillén, Rebecca Henderson, Sam Richardson, and George Basil in Werewolves Within (2021)
      Werewolves Within
      6.0
      • visual effects producer
      • 2021
    • Zoey Luna, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, and Cailee Spaeny in The Craft: Legacy (2020)
      The Craft: Legacy
      4.6
      • vfx producer
      • 2020
    • Kathryn Newton in Freaky (2020)
      Freaky
      6.4
      • vfx producer
      • 2020
    • Elisabeth Moss in The Invisible Man (2020)
      The Invisible Man
      7.1
      • vfx producer
      • 2020

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    • Alternative name
      • Melissa Brockman Kalmus

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