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Tom Culnan

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Tom Culnan is known for Ghostbusters (1984), 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) and The Dark Half (1993).
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    • Known for

    Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Harold Ramis in Ghostbusters (1984)
    Ghostbusters
    7.8
    • Special Effects
    • 1984
    2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
    2010: The Year We Make Contact
    6.7
    • Visual Effects
    • 1984
    The Dark Half (1993)
    The Dark Half
    6.0
    • Special Effects
    • 1993
    Sweet Home (1989)
    Sweet Home
    6.4
    • Special Effects(as Tomu Karunan)
    • 1989

    Credits

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    Special Effects

    • The Gate to the Mind's Eye (1994)
      Theater of Time
      Short
      • mechanical effects supervisor
      • 1993
    • The Dark Half (1993)
      The Dark Half
      6.0
      • animatronics
      • 1993
    • Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future... The Ride (1991)
      Back to the Future... The Ride
      7.9
      Video
      • supervisor: tyrannosaurus rex crew (as Thomas Culnan)
      • 1991
    • Sweet Home (1989)
      Sweet Home
      6.4
      • moldmaker
      • special effects: technical supervisor (as Tomu Karunan, as Tomu Karunan)
      • 1989
    • Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Harold Ramis in Ghostbusters (1984)
      Ghostbusters
      7.8
      • mechanism builder
      • 1984
    • The Frog King (1981)
      The Frog King
      5.3
      Short
      • special effects: frog built by
      • 1981

    Visual Effects

    • 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
      2010: The Year We Make Contact
      6.7
      • starchild personnel: Entertainment Effects Group
      • 1984

    Art Department

    • The Frog King (1981)
      The Frog King
      5.3
      Short
      • designer: frog
      • 1981

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Thomas Culnan

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    • Nicknames
      • Thomas Robert Culnan
      • Thomas R. Culnan
      • T.R. Culnan

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