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John J. Downey

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John J. Downey is known for Tenet (2020), Inception (2010) and Interstellar (2014). John has been married to Katie Downey since 21 March 1981. They have two children.
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    • Known for

    John David Washington in Tenet (2020)
    Tenet
    7.3
    • Special Effects(as John Downey)
    • 2020
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)
    Inception
    8.8
    • Special Effects
    • 2010
    Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar (2014)
    Interstellar
    8.7
    • Special Effects
    • 2014
    Samantha Morton, Lynn Collins, and Taylor Kitsch in John Carter (2012)
    John Carter
    6.6
    • Special Effects
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Special Effects

    • Nope (2022)
      Nope
      6.8
      • special effects foreman
      • 2022
    • Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson, and Gal Gadot in Red Notice (2021)
      Red Notice
      6.3
      • special effects technician (uncredited)
      • 2021
    • John David Washington in Tenet (2020)
      Tenet
      7.3
      • senior special effects technician (as John Downey)
      • 2020
    • Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in Bright (2017)
      Bright
      6.3
      • special effects foreman
      • 2017
    • Dunkirk (2017)
      Dunkirk
      7.8
      • special effects foreman
      • 2017
    • Will Smith, Jared Leto, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adam Beach, Viola Davis, Jay Hernandez, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, and Karen Fukuhara in Suicide Squad (2016)
      Suicide Squad
      5.9
      • special effects foreman (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling in The Nice Guys (2016)
      The Nice Guys
      7.4
      • special effects foreman
      • 2016
    • Aubrey Shea in Jem and the Holograms (2015)
      Jem and the Holograms
      4.2
      • special effects foreman
      • 2015
    • Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar (2014)
      Interstellar
      8.7
      • special effects foreman
      • 2014
    • Johnny Depp in Transcendence (2014)
      Transcendence
      6.2
      • special effects foreman
      • 2014
    • Ashley Rickards in At the Devil's Door (2014)
      At the Devil's Door
      4.8
      • special effects foreman
      • 2014
    • Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, and Ed Helms in The Hangover Part III (2013)
      The Hangover Part III
      5.9
      • special effects foreman
      • 2013
    • Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Matthew Modine, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
      The Dark Knight Rises
      8.4
      • special effects foreman
      • 2012
    • Samantha Morton, Lynn Collins, and Taylor Kitsch in John Carter (2012)
      John Carter
      6.6
      • special effects technician
      • 2012
    • Kevin Bacon, Jason Flemyng, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Lucas Till, Jennifer Lawrence, and Zoë Kravitz in X-Men: First Class (2011)
      X-Men: First Class
      7.7
      • special effects foreman
      • 2011

    Visual Effects

    • Robin Williams in Bicentennial Man (1999)
      Bicentennial Man
      6.9
      • special effects lead: DQI (as John Downey)
      • 1999
    • Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, and Frances Fisher in Titanic (1997)
      Titanic
      8.0
      • special effects technician: Digital Domain (as John Downey)
      • 1997

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • John Downey
    • Spouse
      • Katie DowneyMarch 21, 1981 - present (2 children)

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    • Nickname
      • J.D.

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