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Michael J. Halsted

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Michael J. Halsted is known for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Thunderbolts* (2025) and Twister (1996).
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    Known for

    Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, and Ray Winstone in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    6.2
    • Visual Effects(as Michael Halsted)
    • 2008
    Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Olga Kurylenko, Sebastian Stan, Hannah John-Kamen, and Florence Pugh in Thunderbolts* (2025)
    Thunderbolts*
    7.1
    • Visual Effects
    • 2025
    Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in Twister (1996)
    Twister
    6.6
    • Visual Effects
    • 1996
    Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    6.2
    • Visual Effects(as Michael Halsted)
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Pedro Pascal, Steve Blum, and Jeremy Allen White in Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
      Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
      6.8
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2026
    • Brad Pitt in F1: The Movie (2025)
      F1: The Movie
      7.6
      • visual effects: ILM
      • 2025
    • Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Olga Kurylenko, Sebastian Stan, Hannah John-Kamen, and Florence Pugh in Thunderbolts* (2025)
      Thunderbolts*
      7.1
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2025
    • Martin Klebba, Chris Pratt, Alan Tudyk, Anthony Mackie, Devyn Dalton, and Millie Bobby Brown in The Electric State (2025)
      The Electric State
      5.9
      • lead digital artist: ILM
      • 2025
    • Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked (2024)
      Wicked
      7.3
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2024
    • Auli'i Cravalho in Hailey's on It! (2023)
      Hailey's on It!
      7.1
      TV Series
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2023
    • Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Dev Patel, Alex Livinalli, Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
      Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
      6.6
      • digital lead artist: Industrial Light & Magic (as Michael Halsted)
      • 2022
    • Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Xochitl Gomez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
      Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
      6.8
      • digital artist: ILM (as Michael Halsted)
      • 2022
    • Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Winstone, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow (2021)
      Black Widow
      6.6
      • digital artist: ILM (as Michael Halsted)
      • 2021
    • Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, and Mackenzie Davis in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
      Terminator: Dark Fate
      6.2
      • digital artist: ILM (as Michael Halsted)
      • 2019
    • Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci in The Irishman (2019)
      The Irishman
      7.8
      • digital artist: Industrial Light / Magic (as Michael Halsted)
      • 2019
    • Will Smith, Alan Tudyk, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, Marwan Kenzari, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Adam Alzoubi, and Nathaniel Ellul in Aladdin (2019)
      Aladdin
      6.9
      • digital artist: Industrial Light + Magic (as Michael Halsted)
      • 2019
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña, Benedict Wong, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Tessa Thompson, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Letitia Wright, and Tom Holland in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
      Avengers: Endgame
      8.4
      • lead digital artist: ILM (as Michael Halsted)
      • 2019
    • Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine, Storm Reid, Levi Miller, and Deric McCabe in A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
      A Wrinkle in Time
      4.3
      • digital artist: Industrial Light + Magic (as Michael Halsted)
      • 2018
    • Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
      Thor: Ragnarok
      7.9
      • cg lookdev lead: ILM (as Michael Halsted)
      • 2017

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      • Michael Halsted

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